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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

India
v England⁠

Result

Match drawn

India
323 & 260/6
England
393 & 297/3d
Date
Wednesday 1 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Nagpur
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

India v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 393 all out (127.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth 28 64 5 0 43.8
Alastair Cook b IK Pathan 60 160 7 0 37.5
Ian Bell c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 9 28 2 0 32.1
Kevin Pietersen b S Sreesanth 15 33 2 0 45.5
Paul Collingwood not out 134* 252 13 4 53.2
Andrew Flintoff lbw b A Kumble 43 70 6 0 61.4
Geraint Jones lbw b IK Pathan 14 30 3 0 46.7
Ian Blackwell b IK Pathan 4 16 0 0 25.0
Matthew Hoggard c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth 11 41 1 0 26.8
Steve Harmison st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 39 42 7 0 92.9
Monty Panesar lbw b S Sreesanth 9 43 1 0 20.9
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 12) 27
Total 127.5 overs 393

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (AJ Strauss, 16.1 ov), 2-81 (IR Bell, 25.3 ov), 3-110 (KP Pietersen, 40.5 ov), 4-136 (AN Cook, 50.4 ov), 5-203 (A Flintoff, 72.3 ov), 6-225 (GO Jones, 81.6 ov), 7-244 (ID Blackwell, 87.2 ov), 8-267 (MJ Hoggard, 99.5 ov), 9-327 (SJ Harmison, 111.3 ov), 10-393 (MS Panesar, 127.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 23 5 92 3 4.00 0 7
S Sreesanth 28.5 6 95 4 3.29 1 2
Harbhajan Singh 34 5 93 2 2.74 0 0
A Kumble 40 13 88 1 2.20 0 3
SR Tendulkar 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

India · 1st innings 323 all out (136.5 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
W Jaffer c A Flintoff b MJ Hoggard 81 184 15 0 44.0
V Sehwag c KP Pietersen b MJ Hoggard 2 6 0 0 33.3
R Dravid lbw b MJ Hoggard 40 122 6 0 32.8
SR Tendulkar lbw b MS Panesar 16 45 2 0 35.6
VVS Laxman lbw b MJ Hoggard 0 1 0 0 0.0
M Kaif b MS Panesar 91 263 12 0 34.6
MS Dhoni c GO Jones b A Flintoff 5 10 1 0 50.0
IK Pathan c A Flintoff b MJ Hoggard 2 14 0 0 14.3
A Kumble c AN Cook b SJ Harmison 58 168 10 0 34.5
Harbhajan Singh not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
S Sreesanth lbw b MJ Hoggard 1 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 2) 27
Total 136.5 overs 323

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (V Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-140 (R Dravid, 50.2 ov), 3-149 (W Jaffer, 52.5 ov), 4-149 (VVS Laxman, 52.6 ov), 5-176 (SR Tendulkar, 68.1 ov), 6-183 (MS Dhoni, 71.3 ov), 7-190 (IK Pathan, 76.5 ov), 8-318 (A Kumble, 134.3 ov), 9-322 (M Kaif, 135.4 ov), 10-323 (S Sreesanth, 136.5 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 30.5 13 57 6 1.85 0 0
Steve Harmison 27 5 75 1 2.78 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 29 10 68 1 2.34 1 1
Monty Panesar 42 19 73 2 1.74 0 0
Ian Blackwell 7 0 28 0 4.00 0 0
Ian Bell 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 297/3 dec (87 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan 46 113 6 0 40.7
Alastair Cook not out 104* 243 12 0 42.8
Ian Bell c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan 1 2 0 0 50.0
Kevin Pietersen c R Dravid b A Kumble 87 110 14 1 79.1
Paul Collingwood not out 36* 56 4 1 64.3
Extras (b 12, lb 7, w 2, nb 2) 23
Total 87 overs 297/3

Did not bat: A Flintoff, GO Jones, ID Blackwell, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar, SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets: 1-95 (AJ Strauss, 32.6 ov), 2-97 (IR Bell, 34.1 ov), 3-221 (KP Pietersen, 66.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
IK Pathan 14 2 48 2 3.43 2 0
S Sreesanth 10 2 36 0 3.60 0 0
A Kumble 32 8 101 1 3.16 0 1
Harbhajan Singh 30 6 79 0 2.63 0 0
V Sehwag 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 1

India · 2nd innings 260/6 (78.2 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
W Jaffer c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 100 198 12 0 50.5
V Sehwag b MJ Hoggard 0 13 0 0 0.0
R Dravid b MS Panesar 71 187 10 0 38.0
IK Pathan c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 35 25 4 1 140.0
MS Dhoni c AJ Strauss b SJ Harmison 16 21 1 0 76.2
SR Tendulkar not out 28* 19 5 0 147.4
Harbhajan Singh b SJ Harmison 7 7 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 78.2 overs 260/6

Did not bat: VVS Laxman, A Kumble, M Kaif, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (V Sehwag, 4.3 ov), 2-168 (R Dravid, 65.3 ov), 3-198 (W Jaffer, 68.6 ov), 4-215 (IK Pathan, 72.1 ov), 5-252 (MS Dhoni, 76.3 ov), 6-260 (Harbhajan Singh, 78.2 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 16 7 29 1 1.81 0 0
Steve Harmison 17.2 4 48 2 2.77 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 17 2 79 2 4.65 0 0
Monty Panesar 16 2 58 1 3.63 0 0
Ian Blackwell 12 2 43 0 3.58 0 0

Player of the match: Matthew Hoggard · Umpires: Aleem Dar, IL Howell · TV umpire: I Shivram · 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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