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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
India won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | c AN Cook b GP Swann | 179 | 348 | 25 | 1 | 51.4 |
| V Sehwag | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| R Dravid | c MS Panesar b GP Swann | 136 | 328 | 19 | 0 | 41.5 |
| SR Tendulkar | lbw b GP Swann | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 |
| VVS Laxman | lbw b A Flintoff | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c MJ Prior b MS Panesar | 27 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 40.9 |
| MS Dhoni | c sub (OA Shah) b JM Anderson | 29 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 39.7 |
| Harbhajan Singh | c GP Swann b MS Panesar | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 114.3 |
| Z Khan | b A Flintoff | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| A Mishra | b A Flintoff | 23 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 74.2 |
| I Sharma | not out | 1* | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 5, w 0, nb 6) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 158.2 overs | 453 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (V Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-320 (G Gambhir, 109.5 ov), 3-329 (R Dravid, 113.3 ov), 4-337 (SR Tendulkar, 119.4 ov), 5-339 (VVS Laxman, 120.6 ov), 6-379 (Yuvraj Singh, 140.3 ov), 7-418 (MS Dhoni, 146.5 ov), 8-418 (Harbhajan Singh, 147.2 ov), 9-446 (Z Khan, 154.3 ov), 10-453 (A Mishra, 158.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 32 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 2.63 | 0 | 2 |
| Stuart Broad | 26 | 9 | 84 | 1 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 30.2 | 10 | 54 | 3 | 1.78 | 0 | 4 |
| Monty Panesar | 23 | 2 | 89 | 2 | 3.87 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 45 | 11 | 122 | 3 | 2.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b Z Khan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b Z Khan | 50 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 74.6 |
| Ian Bell | b I Sharma | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 144 | 201 | 17 | 1 | 71.6 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MS Dhoni b A Mishra | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 36.7 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c G Gambhir b A Mishra | 62 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 47.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 8* | 30 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 |
| Matt Prior | c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Graeme Swann | b Z Khan | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Monty Panesar | c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 83.5 overs | 302 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (IR Bell, 1.1 ov), 3-104 (AN Cook, 21.6 ov), 4-131 (PD Collingwood, 30.3 ov), 5-280 (KP Pietersen, 71.1 ov), 6-282 (A Flintoff, 72.6 ov), 7-285 (MJ Prior, 75.1 ov), 8-290 (SCJ Broad, 77.4 ov), 9-293 (GP Swann, 80.3 ov), 10-302 (MS Panesar, 83.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 21 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 3.62 | 1 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 12 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 4.58 | 0 | 4 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 20.5 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mishra | 24 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 3.13 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G Gambhir | c IR Bell b GP Swann | 97 | 229 | 6 | 0 | 42.4 |
| V Sehwag | run out (IR Bell) | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| R Dravid | b SCJ Broad | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SR Tendulkar | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 22.7 |
| VVS Laxman | run out (A Flintoff/MJ Prior) | 15 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 30.6 |
| Yuvraj Singh | run out (IR Bell) | 86 | 93 | 6 | 4 | 92.5 |
| MS Dhoni | c & b MS Panesar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 5* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 8, w 5, nb 3) | 26 | ||||
| Total | 73 overs | 251/7 | ||||
Did not bat: Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (V Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-36 (R Dravid, 11.6 ov), 3-44 (SR Tendulkar, 19.4 ov), 4-80 (VVS Laxman, 38.1 ov), 5-233 (Yuvraj Singh, 67.5 ov), 6-241 (MS Dhoni, 69.1 ov), 7-251 (G Gambhir, 72.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 19 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 14 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3.57 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 13 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 3 |
| Graeme Swann | 17 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | not out | 21* | 83 | 1 | 0 | 25.3 |
| Alastair Cook | c VVS Laxman b I Sharma | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 52.6 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 24* | 70 | 2 | 0 | 34.3 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 1, nb 4) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 28 overs | 64/1 | ||||
Did not bat: KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, A Flintoff, JM Anderson, MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, MS Panesar
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (AN Cook, 7.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Khan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.40 | 1 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2.27 | 0 | 1 |
| A Mishra | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: G Gambhir · Umpires: Asad Rauf, 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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