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Monday, October 29, 2012

2012 England Cricket Team's Tour of India - Nov 2012-Jan 2013


The England Cricket Team led by Alastair Cook, along with the support staff, arrived early on Monday Oct 29,2012 for a series of  4 Test matches and 2 T20 Internationals and 5 ODI's against  India.


4 Test Matches to be played
  • Ahmedabad(Nov 8-11,2012)
  • Mumbai (November 23-27,2012)
  •  Kolkata (December 5-9,2012) and
  •  Nagpur (December 13-17,2012) 


2 T20 Internationals to be played


  •  Pune (Dec 20,2012) and
  •  Mumbai (Dec 22,2012) 
5 ODI's to be played 



  • Rajkot(Jan 11,2013)
  • Kochi (Jan 15,2013)
  • Ranchi(Jan 19,2013)
  • Mohali(Jan 23,2013) and
  • Dharmasala(Jan 27,2013)


England squad: Alastair Cook (Captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Joe Root, Graeme Swann and Jonathan Trott




BCCI selection committee names a 15-man squad - Nov 05,2012


Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Vijay have been recalled to India's Test team for the first time in over a year as the new BCCI selection committee named a 15-man squad for the first two matches against England
India's Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma

 Alastair Cook and MS Dhoni unveil the Test series trophy, Ahmedabad, November 14, 2012


First Test -Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad(Nov 15 -19,2012)

The Teams
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt; wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan.
12th man: Ajinkya Rahane.
England: Alastair Cook (capt.), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Nick Compton, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Stuart Broad.
12th man: Jonny Bairstow.

Day One
India were 120 for no loss at lunch in their opening Test of the four-match series against England at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Gambhir was batting on 37 while V Sehwag was on 79,their 11th century partnership.
Earlier, India won the toss and decided to bat in the first Test of the four Test match series.
Virender Sehwag scored Century No. 23 , first for two years(22nd ton was scored in Ahmedabad in Dec 2010) and second against England since 2002 and finally got out for 117(in 117 Balls with 15 X 4 and 1x6)




At close of play on Day One India were  323/4 with Pujara 98 Not Out and Yuvaraj Singh 24 Not Out


Fall of Wickets(India)
134/1(29.5 Overs) - Gautam Gambhir(45)
224/2(50.1 Overs) - Virender Sehwag(117)
250/3(56.5 Overs) - Sachin Tendulkar(13)
283/4(76.4 Overs) - Virat Kohli(19)

India ended Day 1 at 323/4 with Graeme Swann bagging all the four wickets to fall on the day and the off-spinner also became the most successful England off-spinner with 196 wickets, surpassing Jim Laker (193)


Day Two
At lunch on the 2nd day India were 410/4 in 121.0 overs (CA Pujara 133, Yuvraj Singh 72)
Chateshwar Pujara scored his 2nd Test Ton(100 off 190 balls with 13 x 4)
                                                               



Fall of Wickets(India)
413/5(124.1 Overs) - Yuvaraj Singh(74)

446/6(134.5 Overs) - M S Dhoni(5)
510/7(154.5 Overs) - R Aswin(23)
519/8(157.1 Overs) - Zaheer Khan(7)
Chateshwar Pujara score a double ton (in 374 balls with 21 x 4)and India Delcared the1st Innings at 521/8

 


 Wicket Takers(England)
Graeme Swann     5-144
Jamesh Anderson 1-75
Samit Patel           1-96
Kevin Pietersen    1-25

At the close of play on Day Two,England - 41/3 in 18 Overs with Alistair Cook 22 Not Out and Kevin Pietersen 6 Not Out

Fall of Wickets(England)
26/1(13.3 Overs)  - Nick Compton(9)
29/2(14.4 Overs)  - James Anderson(2)
30/3(15.3 Overs)  - Jonathan Trott(0)













Day Three

Fall of Wickets(England)
69/4 (32.3 Overs) - Kevin Pietersen(17)
69/5 (32.4 Overs) - Ian Bell(0)
80/6 (39.4 Overs) - Alistair Cook(41)
97/7 (47.6 Overs) - Samit Patel (10) 

At Lunch England were 110/7 with Matt Prior 20 Not Out and Tim Bresnan 0 Not Out 


Fall of Wickets(England)
144/8(66.4 Overs) - Tim Bresnan(19)
187/9(73.5 Overs) - Stuart Broad(25)
191/10(74.2 Oves) - Matt Prior(48)
England were all-out for 191 in 74.2 overs in the 1st innings

Wicket Takers(India)
Pragyan Ojha 5-45
R Aswin         3-80
Zaheer Khan  1-23
Umesh Yadav 1-14

At the close of play on Day 3,England were 111/0 in 38.0 overs (AN Cook 74, Nick Compton 34)

 Day Four
At lunch,England were 182/3 in 69.0 overs (Alistair Cook 109, Ian Bell 11)
At Tea,England were England 264/5 in 100.0 overs (Alistair Cook 138, Matt Prior 40)

Fall of Wickets(England)
123/1(44.6 Overs) - Nick Compton(37)
156/2(57.1 Overs) - Jonathan Trott(17) 
160/3(59.1 Overs) - Kevin Pietersen(2)
199/4(76.5 Overs) - Ian Bell(22)
199/5(76.6 Overs) - Samit Patel(0)
At the close of play on Day 4,England were 340/5 in 128.0 overs (Alistair Cook 168, Matt Prior 84)

  • Alistair Cook (168 batting, 505m, 341b, 20x4) led from the front showing a stout heart, immense resolve and steady nerves to stretch the confrontation against the Indian attack right through Sunday and achieved the objective of England avoiding the ignominy of defeat by an innings. Matt Prior (84 batting, 203m, 190b, 10x4) shared the responsibility with the captain for nearly three and half hours. 
  • So far Cook and Prior have added 141 runs to put England up by 10 runs with five wickets in hand.
  • Alistair Cook's  hundred was his 3rd against India and the 21st of his career and also became the only cricketer to score 3 hundreds in his first three Tests as skipper(other two hundreds came against Bangladesh in Chittagong and Mirpur)
  • It is also his 6th score of 150 or more. 
  • Alistair Cook becomes the 5th England captain to score a century in India and his176 is also the highest score by an England Captain in India. 
  • Alistair Cook Cook is now joint second on the list of England batsmen with most centuries. Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey and Geoff Boycott are on top with 22 centuries each 


Day Five
At lunch England were 406/10 in 154.3 overs (JM Anderson 0) 
Fall of Wickets(England)
356/6(137.4 Overs) - Matt Prior(91)
365/7(141.3 Overs) - Alastair Cook(176)
378/8(144.3 Overs) - Stuart Broad(3)
406/9(153.5 Overs) - Greame Swann(17) 
406/10(154.3 Overs) - Tim Bresnan
Wicket Takers(India)
Umesh Yadav          3-70 
Pragyan Ojha          4-120
Zaheer Khan           2-59
R Aswin                   1-111
India need 77 Runs to win the test match
India Scored 80/1(15.3 Overs)& won the Test Match by 9 Wickets
57/1(9.5 Overs -Virender Sehwag(25)
Chateshwar Pujara 41 Not Out and Virat Kohli 14 Not Out remain at the crease 
Wicket Takers(England)
Greame Swann  1-46



Scorecard
India 521/8 Declared & 80/1
England 191 & 406
India Won the Test Match by 9 Wickets
Player of the Match - Chateshwar Pujara (India)for his 206 & 41*

 





 Second Test -Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai(Nov 23 -27,2012)



Test Squad
India: Sehwag, Gambhir, Pujara, Tendulkar, Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni (C/W), Harbhajan Singh, Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ojha
England: Cook (C), Compton, Trott, Pietersen, Bairstow, Patel, Prior (W), Broad, Swann, Anderson, Panesar


Virender Sehwag Play His 100th Test

Virender Sehwag play his 100th Test at Wankhede Stadium and is felicitated on the morning of his 100th Test, India v England, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 1st day, November 23, 2012

  
Virender Sehwag became the 9th Indian Cricketer to have played 100 Test Matches.




India's 100-Test club includes -Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sourav Ganguly.


Day One
At close of  play on Day 1,India were
Fall of Wickets(India)
4/1(0.2 Overs) - Gautam Gambhir(4)
52/2(16.1 Overs) - Virender Sehwag(30)
60/3(18.5 Overs) - Sachin Tendulkar(8)
118/4(38.5 Overs) - Virat Kohli(19)
119/5(39.6 Overs) - Yuvaraj Singh(0) 
169/6(61.2 Overs) - M S Dhoni(29)
Chateshwar Pujara score his 2nd hundred(103 Not Out in 248 Balls with 9 x4 )in the series


At close of play on Day 1,India were 266/6 with Chateshwar Pujara 114 and R Aswin 60 at the crease and added 97 Runs for the 7th wicket on the first day

 
Day Two
India all-out for 327 in 115.1 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
280/7(98.4 Overs)        - R Aswin(68 in 114 Balls with 9x4))
315/8(111.4 Overs)      -Harbajhan Singh(21)
316/9(113.5 Overs)      - Chateshwar Pujara(135 in 350 Balls with 12x4)
327/10(115.1 Overs)    - Zaheer Khan(11)
Wicket Takers (England)
Monty Panesar 5/129

















Graeme Swann 4/70
James anderson 1/61
At lunch, England were 7/0 in 4 Overs with Alaistair Cook 4 and Nick Compton 3
At Tea,England were 77/2 in 36.0 overs with Alaistair Cook 43 and Kevin Pietersen 5 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
66/1(31.4 Overs) - Nick Compton(29)
68/2(33.6 Overs) - Jonathan Trott(0)
At close of play on Day 2,England were178/2 in 65 Overs withAlastair  Cook 87 andKevin Pietersen 62 at the crease

Day Three
At lunch,England were 298/4 in 94.3 overs  with Kevin Pietersen 138 at the crease
At Tea,England were 413/10 in 121.3 overs with Graeme Swann 1 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
274/3(86.6 Overs)           -Alastair Cook(122)
298/4(94.3 Overs)           - Jonny Bairstow(9)
357/5(108.4 Overs)         - Samit Patel(26)
386/6(112.4 Overs)         - Kevin Pietersen(186)
406/7(119.3 Overs)         - Matt Prior(21)
406/8(120.1 Overs)         - Stuart Broad(6)
408/9(120.6 Overs)         -James Anderson(2)
413/10(121.3 Overs)       - Monty Panesar(4)

Wicket Takers (India) 
Pragyan Ojha         5-143 
R Aswin                 2-145
Harbhajan Singh    2-74

At close of play on Day 3,India were 117/7 with Gautam Gambhir 53 and Harbhajan Singh 1 at the crease
  
Fall of Wickets(India)
30/1(7.5 Overs)           - Virender Sehwag(9)
37/2(8.5 Overs)           -Chateshwar Pujara(6)
53/3(15.3 Overs)         - Sachin Tendulkar(8)
65/4(20.2 Overs)         - Virat Kohli(7)
78/5(23.1 Overs)         - Yuvaraj Singh(8)
92/6(27.3 Overs)         - M S Dhoni(6)
110/7(31.4 Overs)       - R Aswin(11)

Day Four
India all-out for 142 in 44.1 Overs  and set England 57 Runs to win
Fall of Wickets(India)
128/8(34.4 Overs)      -Harbhajan Singh(6)
131/9(37.4 Overs)      -Zaheer Khan(1)
142/10(44.1 Overs)    -Gautam Gambhir(65)

Wickets(England)
Monty Panesar   6/81
Graeme Swan    4/43

England Scored 58/0 in 9.4 Overs with Alastair Cook 18 and Nick Compton 30 at the crease 


Scorecard
India 327 & 142 
England 413 & 58/0
England Won the Test Match by 10 Wickets
Player of the Match - Kevin Pietersen(England)

   
This is only England's second Test win in India in 14 matches since 1985

England's Tour of India

1984-85: India 1-2 England (5 Tests)
1992-93: India 3-0 England (3 Tests)
2001-02: India 1-0 England (3 Tests)
2005-06: India 1-1 England (3 Tests)
2008-09: India 1-0 England (2 Tests)

Alastair Cook has scored a Century in each of his 4 Tests as England Captain 
  • 173 & 39 v Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2010
  • 21 & 109* v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2010
  • 41 & 176 v India, Ahmedabad, Nov 2012
  • 122 & 18 v India, Mumbai, Nov 2012 
Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen who scored 122 and 186 respectively now have 22 Tons each and are joint-highest on the list of England batsmen  -Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott

The 206-run stand between Kevin Pietersen(123) and Alastair Cook(83) is the third-highest third-wicket partnership for England against India and and the highest such stand in Tests in India

Kevin Pietersen's 186 is the 3rd-highest score by an England batsman in India. It is also the highest score by an England batsman in Mumbai surpassing Graeme Hick's 178 in 1993.

The century is Pietersen's tenth score of 150 or more in Tests. He is now joint-highest with Wally Hammond and Len Hutton on the list of England batsmen with the most 150-plus scores.




Third Test -Eden Gardens,Kolkatta(Dec 5-9,2012) 



Test Squad
India: M S Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Zaheer Khan.

India batting averages - Test matches
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Aswin 2011-2012 11* 15 3 455 103 37.91 658 69.14 1 2 1 55 5
Dhoni 2005-2012 72* 112 13 3732 148 37.69 6271 59.51 5 26 7 399 66
Gambhir 2004-2012 53* 94 5 3944 206 44.31 7603 51.87 9 21 5 494 7
Zaheer Khan 2000-2012 88* 118 23 1140 75 12.00 2214 51.49 0 3 26 129 25
Virat Kohli 2011-2012 13* 23 2 768 116 36.57 1592 48.24 2 5 2 90 4
Ojha 2009-2012 19* 20 15 80 18* 16.00 406 19.70 0 0 2 6 0
Pujara 2010-2012 8* 13 2 727 206* 66.09 1477 49.22 3 1 0 83 1
Sehwag 2001-2012 101* 175 6 8510 319 50.35 10329 82.38 23 32 15 1222 91
Ishant Sharma 2007-2012 46* 67 25 432 31* 10.28 1473 29.32 0 0 14 48 0
Sachin 1989-2012 193* 318 33 15608 248* 54.76 28873+ 54.01* 51 65 14 2018+ 67
Yuvaraj 2003-2012 40* 61 7 1871 169 34.64 3235 57.83 3 11 7 257 2

England: Cook (C), Compton, Trott, Pietersen, Bairstow, Patel, Prior (W), Broad, Swann, Anderson, Panesar



Day One
MS Dhoni and Alastair Cook walk out for the Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Fall of Wickets(India)
47/1(10.1 Overs) - Virender Sehwag(23)
88/2(25.4 Overs) - Cheteshwar Pujara(16)

At Lunch,India were 90/2 in 29 Overs with Gautam Gambhir 50 and Sachin Tendulkar 1 at the crease
 Fall of Wickets(India)
117/3(41.1 Overs) - Gautam Gambhir(60)

136/4(48.4 Overs) - Virat Kohli(6)

At Tea,India were 172/4 in 58 Overs with Sachin Tendulkar 46 and Yuvaraj Singh 14 at the crease
 Fall of Wickets(India)
215/5(68.3 Overs) - Yuvaraj Singh(32)
230/6(74.1 Overs) - Sachin Tendulkar(76)
268/7(88.3 Overs) - R Aswin(21)

At close of play on Day 1,India were 273/7 with M S Dhoni 22 and Zaheer Khan 0 at the crease

Day Two
India all-out for 316 in 105 Overs with Oragyan Ojha 0 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(India)
292/8(93.6 Overs) - Zaheer Khan(6)
296/9(95.3 Overs) - Ishant Sharma(0)
316/10(104.6 Overs)  - M S Dhoni(52)

Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson 3-89(28 Overs)
Monty Panesar   4-90(40 Overs)
Steven Finn        1-73(21 Overs)
Graeme Swann   1-46(16 Overs)
At Lunch,England were 22/0 in 11 Overs with Alastair Cook 17 and Nick Compton 5 at the crease
At Tea,England were 121/0 in 42 Overs with Alastair Cook 80 and Nick Compton 41 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
165/1(52.6 Overs) - Nick Compton(57) - his maiden TEst Match half-century
Alastair Cook and Nick Compton put on 165 for the first wicket

Alastair Cook Score another ton in 179 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6) - his 23rd Test century - the most for England

At close of play on Day 2,England were 216/1 in 73 Overs with Alastair Cook 136 and Jonathan Trott 21 at the crease

Alastair Cook  Scores his 23rd Century in Test Cricket
  • By scoring his 23rd ton Alastair Cook  surpassed Boycott, Colin Cowdrey, Wally Hammond(finished his career with 22 centuries in 1939) and current team-mate Kevin Pietersen to become England's most prolific centurion in Tests.
  • By scoring his 23rd ton Alastair Cook ,he scored a record 5th ton in consecutive Tests as captain dating back to his time as Andrew Strauss' deputy in Bangladesh almost three years ago
  • Alastair is also the youngest batsman(27 years, 347 days) in history to 7,000 runs, a milestone he passed with his 88th Run
  • Alastair Cook was the 6th England Cricket Player to score a ton on his debut(scored 60 and 104)against India in Marcg 2006
  • May 2007: Only Englishman (second worldwide) to score 1,000 runs in maiden year
  • March 2010: Youngest Englishman (second worldwide) to 4,000 runs
  • January 2011: Youngest Englishman (second worldwide) to 5,000 runs.
  • December 2012: Youngest player ever to 7000 runs.

Day Three
At Lunch,England were 296/1 in 105.0 overs  with Alastair Cook 167 and Jonathan Trott 66 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
338/2(119.2 Overs) -Jonathan Trott(87)

359/3(126.5 Overs) - Alastair Cook(190)

At Tea, England were 381/3 in 135.0 overs with Kevin Pietersen 29 and Ian Bell 3 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
395/4(136.5 Overs) - Ian Bell(5)
420/5(143.2 Overs) - Kevin Pietersen(54)

453/6(149.6 Overs) - Samit Patel(33)
At close of play on Day 3, England were 509/6 in 163.0 overs with Matt Prior 40 and GraemeSwann 21

Day Four
England - 523/10 in 167.3 overs (ST Finn 4)
Fall of Wickets(England)
510/7(163.2 Overs)   - Graeme Swann(21)
510/8(164.2 Overs)   -  Matt Prior(41)
523/9(167.2 Overs)   - James Anderson(9)
523/10(167.3 Overs) - Monty Panesar(0)
Wicket Takers(India)
Pragyan Ojha    4-142(52 Overs)
R Aswin             3-183(52.3 Overs)
Zaheer Khan     1-94(31 Overs)
Ishant Sharma  1-78(29 Overs)
India's 2nd Innings
Fall of Wickets(India)
86/1(21.1 Overs) - Virender Sehwag(49)
98/2(28.6 Overs) - Cheteshwar Pujara(8)
103/3(30.4 Overs)-Gautam Gambhir(40)
107/4(31.5 Overs)-Sachin Tendulkar(5)
122/5(36.4 Overs)-Yuvaraj Singh(11)
122/6(38.1 Overs)- M S Dhoni(0)
155/7(52.5 Overs)-Virat Kohli(20)
159/8(54.3 Overs)-Zaheer Khan(0)
197/9(72.3 Overs)-Ishant Sharma(10)
At close of play on Day 4,India were 239/9 with R Aswin 83 and Pragyan Ojha 3)and leads England by 32 Runs
Ravichandran's knock saved India from Innings Defeat and deferred the imminent defeat to happen on the last day of the match 
Day Five
247/10(84.4 Overs) - Pragyan Ojha(3)
R Aswin Remained at the crease 91 Not Out
Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson 3-38(15.4 Overs)
Steven Finn         3-45(18 Overs)
Graeme Swann   2-70(28 Overs)
Monty Panesar  1-75(22 Overs)
India were bowled out for 247 setting England a target of 41 Runs to win the test match
England's 2nd Innings
4/1(0.5 Overs)  -Alastair Cook(1)
7/2(3.2 Overs)  -Jonathan Trott(3)
8/3(4.2 Overs) - Kevin Pietersen(0)
Wicket Takers(India)
R Aswin              2-31(6.1 Overs)
Pragyan Ojha     1-10(6 Overs)


Ian Bell hit the winning runs for England



Scorecard
India       - 316 and 247
England  - 523 and 41/3

England Won the Test Match by 7 Wickets (with Nick Compton 9 and Ian Bell 28 at the crease)
Player of the Match -Alastair Cook





Fourth Test - Nagpur(Dec 13 - 17,2012)

Indian selectors dropped Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh and included allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, legspinner Piyush Chawla and pacer Parvinder Awana
Team India for 4th Test: MS Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma , Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Murali Vijay, Parvinder Awana
Day One
England won the toss and elected to bat
Fall of Wickets(England)
3/1(4.2 Overs) - Nick Compton(3)
16/2(10.3 Overs) - Alastair Cook(1) Alastair Cook departs after being given out lbw 

At Lunch England were 61/2 in 33.0 overs with Jonathan Trott 28 and Kevin Pietersen 28 at the crease
 Fall of Wickets(England)
102/3(49.4 Overs) - Jonathan Trott(44)Jonathan Trott  bowled by Ravindra Jadeja

119/4(60.5 Overs) - Ian Bell(1)
At Tea England were 133/4 in 65.0 overs with Kevin Pietersen 68 and Joe Root 10 at the crease
 Fall of Wickets(England)
139/5(67.3 Overs) - Kevin Pietersen(73) 

At close of play on Day -1,England were 199/5 in 97.0 overs with Joe Root 31 and Matt Prior 34 at the crease
Day Two
242/6(114.6 Overs) - Matt Prior(57)

242/7(116.2 Overs) - Tim Bresnan(0)
At Lunch,England were 277/7 in 129.0 overs with Joe Root 65 and Graeme Swann 19 at the crease
302/8(139.1 Overs) - Joe Root(73)make Test Match Debut and Scored the Maiden Test Fifty

325/9(143.4Overs)  - Graeme Swann(56) Graeme Swann's 5th Test Match Fifty

330/10(145.5 Overs) - James Anderson(4)
Wicket Takers(India)
Ishant Sharma  3-49(28 Overs)
Piyush Chawla 4-69(21.5 Overs)

Ravindra Jadeja 2-58(37 Overs)
R Aswin           1-66(24 Overs)
At Tea,India were 32/1 in 12.0 overs with Gautam Gambhir 17 andChateshwar Pujara 15 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(India)
1/1(0.3 Overs) -Virender Sehwag(0)
At close of play on Day-2,India were 87/4 in 41.0 overs with Virat Kohli 11 and M S Dhoni 8 at the crease
India trail by 243 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Fall of Wickets(India)
59/2(22.3 Overs) -Cheteshwar Pujara(26)
64/3(27.5 Overs) -Sachin Tendulkar(2)
71/4(31.4 Overs) -Gautam Gambhir(37)
Day Three
At Lunch,India were 146/4 in 73.0 overs with Virat Kohli 46 and M S Dhoni 31 at the crease
At Tea,India India - 227/4 in 100.0 overs with Virat Kohli 77 and M S Dhoni 75 at the crease
At Close of play on Day-3,India were 297/8 in 130.1 overs wiht R Ashwin 7 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(India)
269/5(116.1 Overs)  - Virat Kohli(103)
288/6(123.6 Overs)  - Ravindra Jadeja(12)
295/7(129.1 Overs) -  M S Dhoni(99)
297/8(130.1 Overs) -  Piyush Chawla(1)

Day Four
India deeclared their 1st inning at 326/9 in 143 Overs
Wicket Takers (England)
James Anderson             4-81(32 Overs)
Graeme Swann               3-76(31 Overs)
Monty Panesar                1-81(52 Overs)
England 2nd Innings
At Lunch,England were 17/0 with Alastair Cook 1 and Nick Compton 14 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
48/1(29.5 Overs) - Alastair Cook(13)
81/2(46.4 Overs) - Nick Compton(34)
At Tea,England were 81/2 in 46.4 overs with Jonathan Trott 22 at the crease
Fall of Wickets(England)
94/3(55.5 Overs) -Kevin Pietersen(6)
At close of play on Day 4,England were 161/3 in 79.0 overs with Jonathan Trott 66 and Ian Bell 24
Day Five
At Lunch England were  240/3 in 110.0 overs with Jonathan Trott 106, Ian Bell 61 at the crease
 Fall of Wickets(England)
302/4(134.1 Overs) - Jonathan Trott(143)

At Tea,England were 310/4 in 139.0 overs with Ian Bell 87 and Joe Root 7 at the crease
At close of play,England were 352/4 declared in 154 Overs
Test Match Drawn
England Wins the 4-Match Test Series 2-1
Player of the match James Anderson (England)
Player of the series Alastair Cook (England)
Scorecard
England 330 and 352/4declared
India 326/9d









































India'sTwenty 20 Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Laxmipathy Balaji, Parvinder Awana

Medium pacer R Vinay Kumar has replaced Lakshmipathy Balaji in India's Twenty20 squad for the AIRTEL T20 International series against England after the Tamil Nadu pacer suffered a stress injury. 







































































































































































































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