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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 38.9 |
| AJ Redmond | c AN Cook b JM Anderson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JAH Marshall | c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad | 24 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 33.8 |
| LRPL Taylor | c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 95.0 |
| BB McCullum | b MS Panesar | 97 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 100.0 |
| DR Flynn | b JM Anderson | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 28.1 |
| JDP Oram | c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom | 28 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 28.9 |
| DL Vettori | b RJ Sidebottom | 48 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 48.0 |
| KD Mills | b RJ Sidebottom | 10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 16.9 |
| TG Southee | b RJ Sidebottom | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| CS Martin | not out | 0* | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 16, lb 14, w 1, nb 3) | 34 | ||||
| Total | 86.2 overs | 277 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AJ Redmond, 1.5 ov), 2-18 (JM How, 7.3 ov), 3-41 (LRPL Taylor, 12.3 ov), 4-76 (JAH Marshall, 23.2 ov), 5-104 (DR Flynn, 31.2 ov), 6-203 (BB McCullum, 50.1 ov), 7-222 (JDP Oram, 62.5 ov), 8-258 (KD Mills, 80.2 ov), 9-260 (TG Southee, 82.3 ov), 10-277 (DL Vettori, 86.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 28.2 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 20 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 3.30 | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Broad | 24 | 4 | 85 | 2 | 3.54 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 11 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b JDP Oram | 63 | 174 | 6 | 0 | 36.2 |
| Alastair Cook | c BB McCullum b CS Martin | 61 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 56.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | c JAH Marshall b DL Vettori | 106 | 214 | 11 | 0 | 49.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b DL Vettori | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ian Bell | c BB McCullum b CS Martin | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Paul Collingwood | c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
| TR Ambrose | lbw b DL Vettori | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b JDP Oram | 25 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | c LRPL Taylor b KD Mills | 16 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 30.2 |
| Monty Panesar | c DR Flynn b DL Vettori | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 7, w 1, nb 12) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 111.3 overs | 319 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-121 (AN Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-148 (AJ Strauss, 50.3 ov), 3-152 (KP Pietersen, 53.3 ov), 4-180 (IR Bell, 65.6 ov), 5-208 (PD Collingwood, 74.1 ov), 6-208 (TR Ambrose, 74.2 ov), 7-269 (SCJ Broad, 94.4 ov), 8-317 (RJ Sidebottom, 108.5 ov), 9-318 (MS Panesar, 109.2 ov), 10-319 (MP Vaughan, 111.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS Martin | 32 | 8 | 76 | 2 | 2.38 | 0 | 6 |
| KD Mills | 22 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 2.73 | 0 | 6 |
| TG Southee | 16 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 3.69 | 0 | 0 |
| JDP Oram | 19 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2.37 | 1 | 0 |
| DL Vettori | 22.3 | 4 | 69 | 5 | 3.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM How | c AN Cook b SCJ Broad | 68 | 131 | 9 | 0 | 51.9 |
| AJ Redmond | c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson | 17 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 29.8 |
| JAH Marshall | lbw b RJ Sidebottom | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LRPL Taylor | lbw b MS Panesar | 20 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 55.6 |
| BB McCullum | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 24 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 53.3 |
| DR Flynn | not out | 29* | 118 | 2 | 0 | 24.6 |
| JDP Oram | b RJ Sidebottom | 101 | 121 | 15 | 2 | 83.5 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 1) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 86.2 overs | 269/6 | ||||
Did not bat: KD Mills, TG Southee, CS Martin
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (AJ Redmond, 20.2 ov), 2-52 (JAH Marshall, 23.1 ov), 3-99 (LRPL Taylor, 34.6 ov), 4-115 (JM How, 43.4 ov), 5-252 (JDP Oram, 82.1 ov), 6-269 (BB McCullum, 85.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 21.2 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 3.05 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 19 | 5 | 64 | 2 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 17 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 3.18 | 0 | 1 |
| Monty Panesar | 24 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: DL Vettori · Umpires: SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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