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England men · Test · International series · 5th Test

England
v India⁠

Result

England won by 118 runs

England
332 & 423/8d
India
292 & 345
Date
Friday 7 September 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 5th Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 332 all out (122 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b JJ Bumrah 71 190 8 0 37.4
KK Jennings c KL Rahul b RA Jadeja 23 75 2 0 30.7
Moeen Ali c RR Pant b I Sharma 50 170 4 0 29.4
Joe Root lbw b JJ Bumrah 0 3 0 0 0.0
Jonny Bairstow c RR Pant b I Sharma 0 4 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes lbw b RA Jadeja 11 40 2 0 27.5
Jos Buttler c AM Rahane b RA Jadeja 89 133 6 2 66.9
Sam Curran c RR Pant b I Sharma 0 2 0 0 0.0
Adil Rashid lbw b JJ Bumrah 15 51 3 0 29.4
Stuart Broad c KL Rahul b RA Jadeja 38 59 3 0 64.4
James Anderson not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 26, lb 9, w 0, nb 0) 35
Total 122 overs 332

Fall of wickets: 1-60 (KK Jennings, 23.1 ov), 2-133 (AN Cook, 63.2 ov), 3-133 (JE Root, 63.5 ov), 4-134 (JM Bairstow, 64.4 ov), 5-171 (BA Stokes, 77.5 ov), 6-177 (MM Ali, 82.3 ov), 7-181 (SM Curran, 82.5 ov), 8-214 (AU Rashid, 97.1 ov), 9-312 (SCJ Broad, 117.3 ov), 10-332 (JC Buttler, 121.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JJ Bumrah 30 9 83 3 2.77 0 0
I Sharma 31 12 62 3 2.00 0 0
GH Vihari 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
Mohammed Shami 30 7 72 0 2.40 0 0
RA Jadeja 30 0 79 4 2.63 0 0

India · 1st innings 292 all out (95 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KL Rahul b SM Curran 37 53 4 0 69.8
S Dhawan lbw b SCJ Broad 3 6 0 0 50.0
CA Pujara c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 37 101 5 0 36.6
V Kohli c JE Root b BA Stokes 49 70 6 0 70.0
AM Rahane c AN Cook b JM Anderson 0 8 0 0 0.0
GH Vihari c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 56 124 7 1 45.2
RR Pant c AN Cook b BA Stokes 5 8 1 0 62.5
RA Jadeja not out 86* 156 11 1 55.1
I Sharma c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 4 25 0 0 16.0
Mohammed Shami c SCJ Broad b AU Rashid 1 5 0 0 20.0
JJ Bumrah run out 0 14 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 0, nb 0) 14
Total 95 overs 292

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (S Dhawan, 1.1 ov), 2-70 (KL Rahul, 22.1 ov), 3-101 (CA Pujara, 32.5 ov), 4-103 (AM Rahane, 34.5 ov), 5-154 (V Kohli, 46.2 ov), 6-160 (RR Pant, 48.3 ov), 7-237 (GH Vihari, 76.4 ov), 8-249 (I Sharma, 82.5 ov), 9-260 (Mohammed Shami, 85.5 ov), 10-292 (JJ Bumrah, 94.6 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 21 7 54 2 2.57 0 0
Stuart Broad 20 6 50 1 2.50 0 0
Ben Stokes 16 2 56 2 3.50 0 0
Sam Curran 11 1 49 1 4.45 0 0
Moeen Ali 17 3 50 2 2.94 0 0
Adil Rashid 10 2 19 1 1.90 0 0

England · 2nd innings 423/8 dec (112.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c RR Pant b GH Vihari 147 286 14 0 51.4
KK Jennings b Mohammed Shami 10 38 0 0 26.3
Moeen Ali b RA Jadeja 20 52 3 0 38.5
Joe Root c sub (HH Pandya) b GH Vihari 125 190 12 1 65.8
Jonny Bairstow b Mohammed Shami 18 27 3 0 66.7
Ben Stokes c KL Rahul b RA Jadeja 37 36 5 1 102.8
Jos Buttler c Mohammed Shami b RA Jadeja 0 2 0 0 0.0
Sam Curran c RR Pant b GH Vihari 21 30 1 1 70.0
Adil Rashid not out 20* 14 3 0 142.9
Extras (b 14, lb 4, w 2, nb 0, pen 5) 25
Total 112.3 overs 423/8

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (KK Jennings, 12.4 ov), 2-62 (MM Ali, 27.4 ov), 3-321 (JE Root, 94.1 ov), 4-321 (AN Cook, 94.2 ov), 5-355 (JM Bairstow, 100.6 ov), 6-356 (JC Buttler, 101.3 ov), 7-397 (BA Stokes, 109.4 ov), 8-423 (SM Curran, 112.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JJ Bumrah 23 4 61 0 2.65 1 0
I Sharma 8 3 13 0 1.63 0 0
Mohammed Shami 25 3 110 2 4.40 0 0
RA Jadeja 47 3 179 3 3.81 0 0
GH Vihari 9.3 1 37 3 3.89 1 0

India · 2nd innings 345 all out (94.3 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KL Rahul b AU Rashid 149 224 20 1 66.5
S Dhawan lbw b JM Anderson 1 6 0 0 16.7
CA Pujara lbw b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
V Kohli c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
AM Rahane c KK Jennings b MM Ali 37 106 5 0 34.9
GH Vihari c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 0 6 0 0 0.0
RR Pant c MM Ali b AU Rashid 114 146 15 4 78.1
RA Jadeja c JM Bairstow b SM Curran 13 46 2 0 28.3
I Sharma c JM Bairstow b SM Curran 5 24 1 0 20.8
Mohammed Shami b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
JJ Bumrah not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 10, lb 16, w 0, nb 0) 26
Total 94.3 overs 345

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (S Dhawan, 2.3 ov), 2-1 (CA Pujara, 2.6 ov), 3-2 (V Kohli, 3.2 ov), 4-120 (AM Rahane, 35.3 ov), 5-121 (GH Vihari, 36.4 ov), 6-325 (KL Rahul, 81.1 ov), 7-328 (RR Pant, 83.6 ov), 8-336 (I Sharma, 91.6 ov), 9-345 (RA Jadeja, 93.4 ov), 10-345 (Mohammed Shami, 94.3 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22.3 11 45 3 2.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 12 1 43 1 3.58 0 0
Moeen Ali 17 2 68 1 4.00 0 0
Sam Curran 9 2 23 2 2.56 0 0
Ben Stokes 13 1 60 1 4.62 0 0
Adil Rashid 15 2 63 2 4.20 0 0
Joe Root 6 1 17 0 2.83 0 0

Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: JS Wilson, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: BNJ Oxenford · 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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