Test 1898 England tour of India 2008/09 2008-09 season
India vs England - 1st Test
11-15 December, 2008 (5-day match)

India led 2-match series by 1-0.
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Toss : England won the toss and chose to bat first
Result : India win by 6 wickets
England 1st Innings 316 all out (128.4) R B 4s 6s SR 
» Andrew Strauss c & b A Mishra 123 233 15 0 52.79 
» Alastair Cook c Z Khan b Harbhajan Singh 52 116 5 0 44.83 
» Ian Bell lbw b Z Khan 17 51 1 0 33.33 
» Kevin Pietersen c & b Z Khan 4 33 0 0 12.12 
» Paul Collingwood c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 9 26 1 0 34.62 
» Andrew Flintoff c G Gambhir b A Mishra 18 75 2 0 24.00 
» James Anderson c Yuvraj Singh b A Mishra 19 82 2 0 23.17 
» Matt Prior Not Out 53 102 1 0 51.96 
» Graeme Swann c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 1 6 0 0 16.67 
» Steve Harmison st MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6 23 0 0 26.09 
» Monty Panesar lbw b I Sharma 6 26 0 0 23.08 
Extras b 0, lb 7, wd 0, nb 1
8
Total : 316 all out (128.4), RR : 2.46
Fall of wickets : 1-118 (Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-164 (Bell, 57.2 ov), 3-180 (Pietersen, 65.4 ov), 4-195 (Collingwood, 72.2 ov), 5-221 (Strauss, 83.3 ov), 6-229 (Flintoff, 92.5 ov), 7-271 (Anderson, 110.4 ov), 8-277 (Swann, 113.4 ov), 9-304 (Harmison, 122.3 ov), 10-316 (Pane

Bowling O M R W N W Econ
» Zaheer Khan 21 9 41 2 0 0 1.95
» Ishant Sharma 19 .4 4 32 1 1 0 1.63
» Harbhajan Singh 38 2 96 3 0 0 2.53
» Amit Mishra 34 6 99 3 0 0 2.91
» Yuvraj Singh 15 2 33 1 0 0 2.20
» Virender Sehwag 1 0 8 0 0 0 8.00


India 1st Innings 241 all out (69.4) R B 4s 6s SR 
» Gautam Gambhir lbw b GP Swann 19 43 3 0 44.19 
» Virender Sehwag b JM Anderson 9 16 2 0 56.25 
» Rahul Dravid lbw b GP Swann 3 24 0 0 12.50 
» Sachin Tendulkar c & b A Flintoff 37 48 4 1 77.08 
» VVS Laxman c & b MS Panesar 24 60 3 0 40.00 
» Yuvraj Singh c A Flintoff b SJ Harmison 14 41 2 0 34.15 
» MS Dhoni c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar 53 82 5 0 64.63 
» Harbhajan Singh c IR Bell b MS Panesar 40 58 7 0 68.97 
» Zaheer Khan lbw b A Flintoff 1 15 0 0 6.67 
» Amit Mishra b A Flintoff 12 18 2 0 66.67 
» Ishant Sharma Not Out 8 19 0 0 42.11 
Extras b 4, lb 11, wd 0, nb 6
21
Total : 241 all out (69.4), RR : 3.46
Fall of wickets : 1-16 (Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-37 (Dravid, 13.6 ov), 4-98 (Laxman, 31.2 ov), 5-102 (Tendulkar, 32.1 ov), 6-137 (Singh, 43.2 ov), 7-212 (Singh, 60.1 ov), 8-217 (Khan, 63.3 ov), 9-219 (Dhoni, 64.1 ov), 10-241 (Mishra, 69.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W N W Econ
» Steve Harmison 11 1 42 1 0 0 3.82
» James Anderson 11 3 28 1 0 0 2.55
» Andrew Flintoff 18 .4 2 49 3 6 0 2.63
» Graeme Swann 10 1 42 2 0 0 4.20
» Monty Panesar 19 4 65 3 0 0 3.42


England 2nd Innings 311 for 9 dec (105.5) R B 4s 6s SR 
» Andrew Strauss c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 108 244 8 0 44.26 
» Alastair Cook c MS Dhoni b I Sharma 9 30 1 0 30.00 
» Ian Bell c G Gambhir b A Mishra 7 13 1 0 53.85 
» Kevin Pietersen lbw b Yuvraj Singh 1 5 0 0 20.00 
» Paul Collingwood lbw b Z Khan 108 250 9 0 43.20 
» Andrew Flintoff c MS Dhoni b I Sharma 4 11 0 0 36.36 
» Matt Prior c V Sehwag b I Sharma 33 56 2 0 58.93 
» Graeme Swann b Z Khan 7 21 0 0 33.33 
» Steve Harmison b Z Khan 1 8 0 0 12.50 
» James Anderson Not Out 1 4 0 0 25.00 
Extras b 10, lb 13, wd 2, nb 7
32
Total : 311 for 9 dec (105.5), RR : 2.94
Fall of wickets : 1-28 (Cook, 9.4 ov), 2-42 (Bell, 12.2 ov), 3-43 (Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 4-257 (Strauss, 85.2 ov), 5-262 (Flintoff, 88.4 ov), 6-277 (Collingwood, 94.1 ov), 7-297 (Swann, 100.5 ov), 8-301 (Harmison, 102.5 ov), 9-311 (Prior, 105.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W N W Econ
» Zaheer Khan 27 7 40 3 0 2 1.48
» Ishant Sharma 22 .5 1 57 3 7 0 2.50
» Amit Mishra 17 1 66 1 0 0 3.88
» Yuvraj Singh 3 1 12 1 0 0 4.00
» Harbhajan Singh 30 3 91 1 0 0 3.03
» Virender Sehwag 6 0 22 0 0 0 3.67


India 2nd Innings 387 for 4 (98.3) R B 4s 6s SR 
» Gautam Gambhir c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 66 139 7 0 47.48 
» Virender Sehwag lbw b GP Swann 83 68 11 4 122.06 
» Rahul Dravid c MJ Prior b A Flintoff 4 19 0 0 21.05 
» Sachin Tendulkar Not Out 103 196 9 0 52.55 
» VVS Laxman c IR Bell b GP Swann 26 42 4 0 61.90 
» Yuvraj Singh Not Out 85 131 8 1 64.89 
Extras b 5, lb 11, wd 0, nb 4
20
Total : 387 for 4 (98.3), RR : 3.93
Fall of wickets : 1-117 (Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 2-141 (Dravid, 31.2 ov), 3-183 (Gambhir, 43.5 ov), 4-224 (Laxman, 56.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W N W Econ
» Steve Harmison 10 0 48 0 0 0 4.80
» James Anderson 11 1 51 1 0 0 4.64
» Monty Panesar 27 4 105 0 0 0 3.89
» Andrew Flintoff 22 1 64 1 4 0 2.91
» Graeme Swann 28 .3 2 103 2 0 0 3.61


    Match details
  Debuts: GP Swann (England)
  Man of the Match: V Sehwag (India)
  Umpires :
  Third Umpire: SL Shastri (India)
  Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
  Reserve Umpire: R Risodkar (India)
  Day 1 : England 1st Innings - 229 for five (A Flintoff 18*, JM Anderson 2*, 90 Ov)
  Day 2 : India 1st Innings - 155 for six (MS Dhoni 24*, H Singh 13*, 45 Ov)
  Day 3 : England 2nd Innings - 172 for three (AJ Strauss 72*, PD Collingwood 60*, 54 ov)
  Day 4 : India 2nd Innings - 131 for one (G Gambhir 41*, R Dravid 2*, 29 Ov)
  Day 5 : India 2nd Innings - 387 for four (Sachin 103*, Yuvraj 85*, 98.3 Ov) - end of match
TEAMS:
India: Amit Mishra, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni (cw), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan
England: Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen (c), Matt Prior (w), Monty Panesar, Paul Collingwood, Steve Harmison