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Result
India won by 6 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c & b A Mishra | 123 | 233 | 15 | 0 | 52.8 |
| Alastair Cook | c Z Khan b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 44.8 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b Z Khan | 17 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c & b Z Khan | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 |
| Paul Collingwood | c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 34.6 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c G Gambhir b A Mishra | 18 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 |
| James Anderson | c Yuvraj Singh b A Mishra | 19 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 23.2 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 53* | 102 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Graeme Swann | c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Steve Harmison | c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b I Sharma | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 128.4 overs | 316 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-118 (AN Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-164 (IR Bell, 57.2 ov), 3-180 (KP Pietersen, 65.4 ov), 4-195 (PD Collingwood, 72.2 ov), 5-221 (AJ Strauss, 83.3 ov), 6-229 (A Flintoff, 92.5 ov), 7-271 (JM Anderson, 110.4 ov), 8-277 (GP Swann, 113.4 ov), 9-304 (SJ Harmison, 122.3 ov), 10-316 (MS Panesar, 128.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 21 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 19.4 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1.63 | 0 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 38 | 2 | 96 | 3 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mishra | 34 | 6 | 99 | 3 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | lbw b GP Swann | 19 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 44.2 |
| V Sehwag | b JM Anderson | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| R Dravid | lbw b GP Swann | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| SR Tendulkar | c & b A Flintoff | 37 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 77.1 |
| VVS Laxman | c & b MS Panesar | 24 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c A Flintoff b SJ Harmison | 14 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 34.1 |
| MS Dhoni | c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar | 53 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 64.6 |
| Harbhajan Singh | c IR Bell b MS Panesar | 40 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 69.0 |
| Z Khan | lbw b A Flintoff | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| A Mishra | b A Flintoff | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
| I Sharma | not out | 8* | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, w 0, nb 6) | 21 | ||||
| Total | 69.4 overs | 241 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (V Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (G Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-37 (R Dravid, 13.6 ov), 4-98 (VVS Laxman, 31.2 ov), 5-102 (SR Tendulkar, 32.1 ov), 6-137 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ov), 7-212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ov), 8-217 (Z Khan, 63.3 ov), 9-219 (MS Dhoni, 64.1 ov), 10-241 (A Mishra, 69.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 11 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18.4 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 2.63 | 0 | 6 |
| Graeme Swann | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 19 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 108 | 244 | 8 | 0 | 44.3 |
| Alastair Cook | c MS Dhoni b I Sharma | 9 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Ian Bell | c G Gambhir b A Mishra | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b Z Khan | 108 | 250 | 9 | 0 | 43.2 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c MS Dhoni b I Sharma | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Matt Prior | c V Sehwag b I Sharma | 33 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 58.9 |
| Graeme Swann | b Z Khan | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Steve Harmison | b Z Khan | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| James Anderson | not out | 1* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 13, w 2, nb 7) | 32 | ||||
| Total | 105.5 overs | 311/9 | ||||
Did not bat: MS Panesar
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (AN Cook, 9.4 ov), 2-42 (IR Bell, 12.2 ov), 3-43 (KP Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 4-257 (AJ Strauss, 85.2 ov), 5-262 (A Flintoff, 88.4 ov), 6-277 (PD Collingwood, 94.1 ov), 7-297 (GP Swann, 100.5 ov), 8-301 (SJ Harmison, 102.5 ov), 9-311 (MJ Prior, 105.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 27 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 1.48 | 2 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 22.5 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2.50 | 0 | 7 |
| A Mishra | 17 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 3.03 | 0 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson | 66 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 47.5 |
| V Sehwag | lbw b GP Swann | 83 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 122.1 |
| R Dravid | c MJ Prior b A Flintoff | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 103* | 196 | 9 | 0 | 52.6 |
| VVS Laxman | c IR Bell b GP Swann | 26 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 61.9 |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 85* | 131 | 8 | 1 | 64.9 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 11, w 0, nb 4) | 20 | ||||
| Total | 98.3 overs | 387/4 | ||||
Did not bat: MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (V Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 2-141 (R Dravid, 31.2 ov), 3-183 (G Gambhir, 43.5 ov), 4-224 (VVS Laxman, 56.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 4.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 27 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 3.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 2.91 | 0 | 4 |
| Graeme Swann | 28.3 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 3.61 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: V Sehwag · Umpires: BF Bowden, DJ Harper · TV umpire: SL Shastri · 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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