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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v India⁠

Result

England won by 31 runs

England
287 & 180
India
274 & 162
Date
Wednesday 1 August 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Birmingham
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 287 all out (89.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b R Ashwin 13 28 2 0 46.4
KK Jennings b Mohammed Shami 42 98 4 0 42.9
Joe Root run out 80 156 9 0 51.3
Dawid Malan lbw b Mohammed Shami 8 14 1 0 57.1
Jonny Bairstow b UT Yadav 70 88 9 0 79.5
Ben Stokes c & b R Ashwin 21 41 2 0 51.2
Jos Buttler lbw b R Ashwin 0 2 0 0 0.0
Sam Curran c KD Karthik b Mohammed Shami 24 71 3 0 33.8
Adil Rashid lbw b I Sharma 13 18 2 0 72.2
Stuart Broad lbw b R Ashwin 1 7 0 0 14.3
James Anderson not out 2* 15 0 0 13.3
Extras (b 9, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) 13
Total 89.4 overs 287

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (AN Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-98 (KK Jennings, 35.1 ov), 3-112 (DJ Malan, 39.3 ov), 4-216 (JE Root, 62.3 ov), 5-223 (JM Bairstow, 65.6 ov), 6-224 (JC Buttler, 66.4 ov), 7-243 (BA Stokes, 74.1 ov), 8-278 (AU Rashid, 83.1 ov), 9-283 (SCJ Broad, 84.2 ov), 10-287 (SM Curran, 89.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
UT Yadav 17 2 56 1 3.29 0 0
I Sharma 17 1 46 1 2.71 0 0
R Ashwin 26 7 62 4 2.38 0 0
Mohammed Shami 19.4 2 64 3 3.25 0 0
HH Pandya 10 1 46 0 4.60 0 0

India · 1st innings 274 all out (76 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
M Vijay lbw b SM Curran 20 45 4 0 44.4
S Dhawan c DJ Malan b SM Curran 26 46 3 0 56.5
KL Rahul b SM Curran 4 2 1 0 200.0
V Kohli c SCJ Broad b AU Rashid 149 225 22 1 66.2
AM Rahane c KK Jennings b BA Stokes 15 34 1 0 44.1
KD Karthik b BA Stokes 0 4 0 0 0.0
HH Pandya lbw b SM Curran 22 52 3 0 42.3
R Ashwin b JM Anderson 10 15 2 0 66.7
Mohammed Shami c DJ Malan b JM Anderson 2 4 0 0 50.0
I Sharma lbw b AU Rashid 5 17 0 0 29.4
UT Yadav not out 1* 16 0 0 6.3
Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 1, nb 4) 20
Total 76 overs 274

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (M Vijay, 13.4 ov), 2-54 (KL Rahul, 13.6 ov), 3-59 (S Dhawan, 15.5 ov), 4-100 (AM Rahane, 27.4 ov), 5-100 (KD Karthik, 29.2 ov), 6-148 (HH Pandya, 45.6 ov), 7-169 (R Ashwin, 50.3 ov), 8-182 (Mohammed Shami, 54.1 ov), 9-217 (I Sharma, 63.4 ov), 10-274 (V Kohli, 75.6 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22 7 41 2 1.86 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 2 40 0 4.00 0 3
Sam Curran 17 1 74 4 4.35 1 0
Adil Rashid 8 0 31 2 3.88 0 0
Ben Stokes 19 4 73 2 3.84 0 1

England · 2nd innings 180 all out (53 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b R Ashwin 0 14 0 0 0.0
KK Jennings c KL Rahul b R Ashwin 8 18 1 0 44.4
Joe Root c KL Rahul b R Ashwin 14 35 1 0 40.0
Dawid Malan c AM Rahane b I Sharma 20 64 2 0 31.3
Jonny Bairstow c S Dhawan b I Sharma 28 40 5 0 70.0
Ben Stokes c V Kohli b I Sharma 6 13 0 0 46.2
Jos Buttler c KD Karthik b I Sharma 1 2 0 0 50.0
Sam Curran c KD Karthik b UT Yadav 63 65 9 2 96.9
Adil Rashid b UT Yadav 16 40 1 0 40.0
Stuart Broad c S Dhawan b I Sharma 11 28 0 0 39.3
James Anderson not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 10, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) 13
Total 53 overs 180

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (AN Cook, 3.4 ov), 2-18 (KK Jennings, 7.4 ov), 3-39 (JE Root, 15.1 ov), 4-70 (DJ Malan, 26.2 ov), 5-85 (JM Bairstow, 30.2 ov), 6-86 (BA Stokes, 30.4 ov), 7-87 (JC Buttler, 30.6 ov), 8-135 (AU Rashid, 44.4 ov), 9-176 (SCJ Broad, 51.6 ov), 10-180 (SM Curran, 52.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Mohammed Shami 12 2 38 0 3.17 0 0
R Ashwin 21 4 59 3 2.81 0 0
I Sharma 13 0 51 5 3.92 0 1
UT Yadav 7 1 20 2 2.86 0 0

India · 2nd innings 162 all out (54.2 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
M Vijay lbw b SCJ Broad 6 17 0 0 35.3
S Dhawan c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 13 24 1 0 54.2
KL Rahul c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 13 24 2 0 54.2
V Kohli lbw b BA Stokes 51 93 4 0 54.8
AM Rahane c JM Bairstow b SM Curran 2 16 0 0 12.5
R Ashwin c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 13 15 3 0 86.7
KD Karthik c DJ Malan b JM Anderson 20 50 2 0 40.0
HH Pandya c AN Cook b BA Stokes 31 61 4 0 50.8
Mohammed Shami c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 0 3 0 0 0.0
I Sharma lbw b AU Rashid 11 15 2 0 73.3
UT Yadav not out 0* 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 54.2 overs 162

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (M Vijay, 5.5 ov), 2-22 (S Dhawan, 7.3 ov), 3-46 (KL Rahul, 14.6 ov), 4-63 (AM Rahane, 21.4 ov), 5-78 (R Ashwin, 24.3 ov), 6-112 (KD Karthik, 36.6 ov), 7-141 (V Kohli, 46.3 ov), 8-141 (Mohammed Shami, 46.6 ov), 9-154 (I Sharma, 49.6 ov), 10-162 (HH Pandya, 54.2 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 16 2 50 2 3.13 0 0
Stuart Broad 14 2 43 2 3.07 0 0
Ben Stokes 14.2 2 40 4 2.79 0 0
Sam Curran 6 0 18 1 3.00 0 0
Adil Rashid 4 1 9 1 2.25 0 0

Player of the match: Sam Curran · Umpires: Aleem Dar, CB Gaffaney · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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