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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test

England
v India⁠

Result

England won by 60 runs

England
246 & 271
India
273 & 184
Date
Thursday 30 August 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Southampton
Competition
Test · International series · 4th Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 246 all out (76.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c V Kohli b HH Pandya 17 55 3 0 30.9
KK Jennings lbw b JJ Bumrah 0 4 0 0 0.0
Joe Root lbw b I Sharma 4 14 0 0 28.6
Jonny Bairstow c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah 6 16 0 0 37.5
Ben Stokes lbw b Mohammed Shami 23 79 3 0 29.1
Jos Buttler c V Kohli b Mohammed Shami 21 24 3 0 87.5
Moeen Ali c JJ Bumrah b R Ashwin 40 85 2 2 47.1
Sam Curran b R Ashwin 78 136 8 1 57.4
Adil Rashid lbw b I Sharma 6 14 0 0 42.9
Stuart Broad lbw b JJ Bumrah 17 31 1 0 54.8
James Anderson not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 23, lb 9, w 0, nb 2) 34
Total 76.4 overs 246

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (KK Jennings, 2.1 ov), 2-15 (JE Root, 7.1 ov), 3-28 (JM Bairstow, 12.6 ov), 4-36 (AN Cook, 17.1 ov), 5-69 (JC Buttler, 26.3 ov), 6-86 (BA Stokes, 34.4 ov), 7-167 (MM Ali, 59.3 ov), 8-177 (AU Rashid, 64.3 ov), 9-240 (SCJ Broad, 73.6 ov), 10-246 (SM Curran, 76.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JJ Bumrah 20 5 46 3 2.30 0 1
I Sharma 16 6 26 2 1.63 0 0
HH Pandya 8 0 51 1 6.38 0 1
Mohammed Shami 18 2 51 2 2.83 0 0
R Ashwin 14.4 3 40 2 2.73 0 0

India · 1st innings 273 all out (84.5 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S Dhawan c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 23 53 3 0 43.4
KL Rahul lbw b SCJ Broad 19 24 2 0 79.2
CA Pujara not out 132* 257 16 0 51.4
V Kohli c AN Cook b SM Curran 46 71 6 0 64.8
AM Rahane lbw b BA Stokes 11 14 1 0 78.6
RR Pant lbw b MM Ali 0 29 0 0 0.0
HH Pandya c JE Root b MM Ali 4 5 1 0 80.0
R Ashwin b MM Ali 1 7 0 0 14.3
Mohammed Shami b MM Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
I Sharma c AN Cook b MM Ali 14 27 2 0 51.9
JJ Bumrah c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 6 24 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 4, nb 3) 17
Total 84.5 overs 273

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (KL Rahul, 7.2 ov), 2-50 (S Dhawan, 17.5 ov), 3-142 (V Kohli, 41.1 ov), 4-161 (AM Rahane, 46.5 ov), 5-181 (RR Pant, 56.3 ov), 6-189 (HH Pandya, 58.3 ov), 7-195 (R Ashwin, 60.5 ov), 8-195 (Mohammed Shami, 60.6 ov), 9-227 (I Sharma, 70.6 ov), 10-273 (JJ Bumrah, 84.5 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 18 2 50 0 2.78 0 0
Stuart Broad 18.5 5 63 3 3.35 1 0
Sam Curran 16 4 41 1 2.56 3 0
KK Jennings 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
Adil Rashid 7 0 19 0 2.71 0 0
Moeen Ali 16 1 63 5 3.94 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 1 23 1 3.29 0 3

England · 2nd innings 271 all out (96.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c KL Rahul b JJ Bumrah 12 39 1 0 30.8
KK Jennings lbw b Mohammed Shami 36 87 6 0 41.4
Moeen Ali c KL Rahul b I Sharma 9 15 2 0 60.0
Joe Root run out 48 88 6 0 54.5
Jonny Bairstow b Mohammed Shami 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c AM Rahane b R Ashwin 30 110 2 0 27.3
Jos Buttler lbw b I Sharma 69 122 7 0 56.6
Sam Curran run out 46 83 6 0 55.4
Adil Rashid c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami 11 22 2 0 50.0
Stuart Broad c RR Pant b Mohammed Shami 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 1* 9 0 0 11.1
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 9
Total 96.1 overs 271

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (AN Cook, 12.1 ov), 2-33 (MM Ali, 15.4 ov), 3-92 (KK Jennings, 31.5 ov), 4-92 (JM Bairstow, 31.6 ov), 5-122 (JE Root, 45.6 ov), 6-178 (BA Stokes, 68.1 ov), 7-233 (JC Buttler, 84.6 ov), 8-260 (AU Rashid, 91.5 ov), 9-260 (SCJ Broad, 91.6 ov), 10-271 (SM Curran, 96.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
R Ashwin 37.1 7 84 1 2.26 0 0
JJ Bumrah 19 3 51 1 2.68 0 0
I Sharma 15 4 36 2 2.40 0 0
Mohammed Shami 16 0 57 4 3.56 0 0
HH Pandya 9 0 34 0 3.78 0 0

India · 2nd innings 184 all out (69.4 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
S Dhawan c BA Stokes b JM Anderson 17 29 3 0 58.6
KL Rahul b SCJ Broad 0 7 0 0 0.0
CA Pujara lbw b JM Anderson 5 14 0 0 35.7
V Kohli c AN Cook b MM Ali 58 130 4 0 44.6
AM Rahane lbw b MM Ali 51 159 1 0 32.1
HH Pandya c JE Root b BA Stokes 0 7 0 0 0.0
RR Pant c AN Cook b MM Ali 18 12 2 1 150.0
R Ashwin lbw b SM Curran 25 36 2 1 69.4
I Sharma lbw b BA Stokes 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mohammed Shami c JM Anderson b MM Ali 8 11 1 0 72.7
JJ Bumrah not out 0* 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 2
Total 69.4 overs 184

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (KL Rahul, 3.1 ov), 2-17 (CA Pujara, 6.6 ov), 3-22 (S Dhawan, 8.3 ov), 4-123 (V Kohli, 50.5 ov), 5-127 (HH Pandya, 53.3 ov), 6-150 (RR Pant, 58.4 ov), 7-153 (AM Rahane, 60.5 ov), 8-154 (I Sharma, 61.5 ov), 9-163 (Mohammed Shami, 64.2 ov), 10-184 (R Ashwin, 69.4 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 11 2 33 2 3.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 2 23 1 2.30 0 0
Moeen Ali 26 3 71 4 2.73 0 0
Ben Stokes 12 3 34 2 2.83 1 0
Sam Curran 3.4 2 1 1 0.27 0 0
Adil Rashid 7 3 21 0 3.00 0 0

Player of the match: Moeen Ali · Umpires: BNJ Oxenford, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: JS Wilson · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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