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Thursday, August 7, 2014

2014 England Vs India 5-Match Investec Test Series 4th Test At Old Trafford Aug 07-11,2014

England Vs India Investec Test Series 4th Test At Old Trafford Aug 07-11,2014





Alastair Cook and MS Dhoni with the series trophy on the eve of the Trent Bridge Test

Old Trafford Stats and trivia
  • India last played a Test at Old Trafford in 1990, when Sachin Tendulkar made a match-saving maiden century; they have drawn five and lost three matches at the venue. England have won six and drawn two of their last eight Tests in Manchester; their last defeat there was against Pakistan in May 2001.
  • Anderson had taken 12 wickets at 35.33 apiece in four Tests at Old Trafford, his home ground. His new-ball partner Stuart Broad has only two wickets in two Tests at the venue, at an average of 108.50.
  • Ian Bell averages 78.57 in six Tests in Manchester. He has 550 runs in ten innings there, with two hundreds. Cook has scored 431 runs at an average of 53.87 at the venue.
Day One Thursday Aug 07,2014

Play began half an hour late with the outfield under covers due to a drizzle
 

India won the toss and chose to bat


Squads

England
Alastair Cook (c), SD Robson, GS Ballance, IR Bell, JE Root, MM Ali, JC Buttler (wk), CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, CJ Jordan

India
M Vijay, G Gambhir, CA Pujara, V Kohli, R Ashwin, AM Rahane, MS Dhoni (c, wk), RA Jadeja, B Kumar, VR Aaron, Pankaj Singh

Most consecutive Test matches played

153 - Allan Border (Australia, 1979-1994)
107 - Mark Waugh (Australia, 1993-2002)
106 - Sunil Gavaskar (India, 1975-1987)
105* - Alastair Cook (England, 2006-date)


After winning the toss and choosing to bat, India collapsed to 8-4 as Stuart Broad took 6/25  and James Anderson 3/46 as England assumed control of the fourth Test against India on the opening day at Old Trafford.
Six Indian batsmen fail to score, equaling the record

The Old Trafford scorebord shone brightly in the early morning gloom as England reduced India to 8-4







Six ducks in a Test innings

The six ducks in India's innings equalled the world record

Team Score Ducks Inns
Result Opposition Ground Match Date
Pakistan 128 6 1
drawn v West Indies Karachi 22 Dec 1980
South Africa 105 6 4
lost v India Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996
Bangladesh 87 6 3
lost v West Indies Dhaka 8 Dec 2002
India 152 6 1
- v England Manchester 7 Aug 2014


Within six overs India were in tatters at 8 for 4; three of the top four having collected ducks, including the struggling Virat Kohli who fell second ball to James Anderson.
 James Anderson struck twice in the fifth over, removing M Vijay and Virat Kohli for ducks

Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli both nicked James Anderson to Alastair Cook at first slip, and Cheteshwar Pujara poked at Stuart Broad and was well taken by Chris Jordan at fourth slip

Playing in his 39th Test innings, Cheteshwar Pujara has registered his first duck

Gautam Gambhir, recalled for his first Test since England toured India in late 2012, got a leading edge to gully asStuart Broad passed Graeme Swann’s tally of 256 Test wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pankaj Singh were clean bowled to take the tally of ducks to six. 

Only Dhoni (71) and Ashwin (40) offer any resistance
MS Dhoni and R Ashwin scored 66 runs for the 7th wicket after India were 63 for 6
Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the 11th batsman and eighth wicketkeeper to score 1000 Test runs against England. Dhoni achieved this feat in the course of his brave knock of 71 against Alastair Cook's men on the first day of the Old Trafford match on Thursday
The Indian captain needed 23 to get to the landmark and M S Dhoni was in the middle inside the first ten overs, only for the first time in his 87-Test career. The last time he had come out to bat that early was against South Africa at Motera back in April, 2008, when India were reduced to 30/4 off 7.3 overs

M S Dhoni's knock helped him join the likes of Sachin Tendulkar (2535), Sunil Gavaskar (2483), Rahul Dravid (1950), Gundappa Viswanath (1880), Dilip Vengsarkar (1589) and Ravi Shastri (1026) as only the seventh Indian to break into the 1000-run barrier against England in Tests

M S Dhoni's 32nd fifty today helped Dhoni become the ninth batsman to get past 600 runs against England in England as he forced his way into an illustrious club, already occupied by Tendulkar (1575), Dravid (1376), Gavaskar (1152), Vengsarkar (960), Sourav Ganguly (915), Viswanath (858), Kapil Dev (638) and Mohammed Azharuddin (625). 

M S Dhoni’s 71 off 133 balls is his 32nd half century in Tests. He has become the first Indian captain to record five fifties in Tests in England, bettering Sourav Ganguly’s four.

India bowled out for 152/10 in 46.4 Overs


India (152) have recorded their third-lowest completed innings total against England at Old Trafford — the lowest is 58 and 82 in 1952.

Stuart Broad walks off with the match ball after taking 6/25.Stuart Broad (6/25) has produced his best bowling performance in a Test innings vs India, bettering the six for 46 at Nottingham in 2011.His figures are his third best in Tests, next only to 7 for 44 against New Zealand at Lord’s (2013) and 7 for 72 against West Indies at Lord’s (2012)


Chris Jordan took his first wicket in three Tests when he dismissed Ajinkya Rahane 


England lost both openers cheaply, but rallied to reach 113-3 by the close, with Ian Bell unbeaten on 45.
Ian Bell added 77 with Gary Ballance, whose dismissal for 37 in the final over of the day gave a second wicket to fast bowler Varun Aaron,who makes his Test Match Debut


At Close of Play,England were 113/3 with Ian Bell 45* and Chris Jordan 0* at the crease
 
Scorecard

India 1st Innings -152/10 in 46.4 Overs 




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Vijay c Cook b Anderson 0 19 14 0 0
Gambhir c Root b Broad 4 13 7 0 0
Pujara c Jordan b Broad 0 11 6 0 0
Kohli c Cook b Anderson 0 2 0 0
Rahane c Bell b Jordan 24 90 52 3 0
Dhoni c Jordan b Broad 71 200 133 15 0
Jadeja lbw b Anderson 0 13 7 0 0
Ashwin c Robson b Broad 40 68 42 3 1
B Kumar b Broad 0 7 6 0 0
Aaron not out 1 22 8 0 0
Singh b Broad 0 3 0 0
Extras 0nb 1w 10b 1lb 12
Total all out (46.4 ovs) 152
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Anderson 14.0 3 46 3
Broad 13.4 6 25 6
Woakes 10.0 1 43 0
Jordan 9.0 4 27 1
Fall of Wicket
8 Gambhir
8 Vijay
8 Kohli
8 Pujara
62 Rahane
63 Jadeja
129 Ashwin
137 B Kumar
152 Dhoni
152 Singh

England 1st Innings -113/3 in 35 overs




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Cook c Singh b Aaron 17 58 42 2 0
Robson b B Kumar 6 37 24 1 0
Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 116 87 6 0
Bell not out 45 99 56 7 1
Jordan not out 0 2 3 0 0
Extras 2nb 2w 0b 4lb 8
Total for 3 (35.0 ovs) 113
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
B Kumar 9.0 4 17 1
Singh 11.0 1 50 0
Aaron 8.0 2 26 2
Ashwin 7.0 0 16 0
Fall of Wicket
21 Robson
36 Cook
113 Ballance

 Day Two Friday Aug 08,2014

England, resuming on 113-3, lost nightwatchman Chris Jordan after half an hour when he swatted Bhuvneshwar Kumar bouncer to mid-wicket for 13.
And when Ian Bell(scored his 42nd Test Match Fifty) nicked an away-swinger from the same bowler to M S Dhoni, England were five wickets down and still 12 runs short of  India's 1st Innings score of 152 Runs

Ian Bell's Test record at Old Trafford

59 & 65 v Australia (2005) Matches: 7
106* v Pakistan (2006) Innings: 11
97 & 2 v West Indies (2007) Runs: 608
8 & 21* v New Zealand (2008) Highest score: 128
128 v Bangladesh (2010) Average: 76.00
60 & 4* v Australia (2013) Hundreds: 2
58 v India (2014) Fifties: 7


India then set about probing Moeen Ali's weakness against the short ball to the batsman's obvious discomfort.
One ball after being hit on the gloves by a Varun Aaron bumper, Moeen was caught out by a fast, full ball and bowled for 13.

Joe Root's unbeaten 48 and Jos Buttler's 22 not out helped England to 237-6, an 85-run lead, before heavy rain stopped play at 14:15 BST

After a torrential downpour, the weather improved and most of the surface water was cleared, but the umpires ruled that a particularly damp corner of the oufield remained unsafe for play, prompting an official abandonment at 17:39 BST.  

The downpour in Manchester left the Old Trafford outfield looking like a reservoir

Joe Root (right) and Jos Buttler (left) leave the field after rain stopped play not long after lunch on Friday



The luckless Pankaj Singh  who has conceded 258 runs in the series toiled again and still looking for his first Test wicket 
 Pankaj Singh has now conceded 258 runs without taking a Test wicket, sending down 384 balls in the process. But he has some way to go before he breaks the record of India’s Amritsar Kripal Singh, who waited 651 deliveries for his first Test wicket. 

Scorecard

England 1st Innings -237/6 in 71Overs




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Cook c Singh b Aaron 17 58 42 2 0
Robson b B Kumar 6 37 24 1 0
Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 116 87 6 0
Bell c Dhoni b B Kumar 58 142 82 8 1
Jordan c Aaron b B Kumar 13 33 22 3 0
Root not out 48 120 94 6 0
Moeen b Aaron 13 41 27 2 0
Buttler not out 22 65 53 2 0
Extras 5nb 4w 5b 9lb 23
Total for 6 (71.0 ovs) 237
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
B Kumar 18.0 6 47 3
Singh 17.0 2 79 0
Aaron 16.0 2 48 3
Ashwin 13.0 1 28 0
Jadeja 7.0 0 21 0
Fall of Wicket
21 Robson
36 Cook
113 Ballance
136 Jordan
140 Bell
170 Moeen
   
Day Three Saturday Aug 09,2014
 England had earlier posted 367 all out, with Joe Root's 77 and Jos Buttler's 70 giving them a lead of 215 runs, with 61 overs left in the day to bowl out India before Sunday's predicted downpours.

England beat India by an innings and 54 runs & take 2-1 lead

 

It was at Old Trafford where Moeen Ali once took 12 wickets in a match for Worcestershire and now he mesmerised an India side supposedly proficient against spin for the second successive Test after excelling in Southampton.
Moeen Ali had taken six wickets in the second innings in that comprehensive victory at the Ageas Bowl and now he added four more to thrill the Manchester crowd and take his tally to an extraordinary 19 in four matches in this series.For the second match in a row, spinner Moeen Ali was instrumental in the final push, taking 4-39.Moeen Ali was England's key bowler, becoming the fastest England spinner to 20 Test wickets 


Pankaj Singh finally took his first Test wicket after 416 deliveries, eventually finishing with 2-119

Stuart  Broad takes a big hit to the face after a Varun Aaron ball went straight through the grille of his helmet 



 

Gautam Gambhir nicked Anderson down the leg side for 18 and, from the first ball of the next over, Cheteshwar Pujara was given out lbw to Moeen, although TV replays - unavailable to umpires in this series with India refusing to use the Decision Review System - suggested the ball was missing leg stump.
Ajinkya Rahane was superbly caught by Moeen off his own bowling and Anderson continued his hold over Virat Kohli by having the India batsman taken at second slip by Ian Bell.
In the 30 balls he has faced from Anderson in the series, Kohli has scored seven runs and been out four times.
Ravindra Jadeja was out for four in Moeen's next over as he pushed forward and edged to Jordan at slip, Mahendra Dhoni's counter-attacking 27 was ended when he dragged Moeen to Gary Ballance at mid-wicket and Bhuvneshwar Kumar was run out attempting a suicidal second run.
Chris Jordan bowled last man Pankaj Singh first ball to allow the England celebrations to begin


  • England thrash India and win by an innings and 54 runs at Old Trafford
  • England take 2-1 lead in best-of-five series against India with big win
  • England recorded 367/10 earlier in the day and India couldn't match it
  • Stuart Broad retired hurt on 12 after taking a nasty smash on the nose
  • Broad did not come out to open the bowling for India's second innings
  • Pankaj Singh finally claimed a Test wicket after a long wait of 416 deliveries

 Scorecard

England 1st Innings 367 all out in 105.3 overs




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron 17 57 42 2 0
Robson b B Kumar 6 36 24 1 0
Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 116 87 6 0
Bell c Dhoni b B Kumar 58 141 82 8 1
Jordan c Aaron b B Kumar 13 34 22 3 0
Root c Dhoni b Pankaj Singh 77 218 161 7 0
Moeen b Aaron 13 41 27 2 0
Buttler c Pujara b Pankaj Singh 70 183 130 10 0
Woakes not out 26 63 39 3 0
Broad retd hurt 12 12 6 0 2
Anderson lbw b Jadeja 9 34 19 1 0
Extras 6nb 6w 5b 12lb 29
Total all out (105.3 ovs) 367
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
B Kumar 24.0 7 75 3
Pankaj Singh 28.0 5 113 2
Aaron 26.0 4 97 3
Ashwin 14.0 1 29 0
Jadeja 13.3 1 36 1
Fall of Wicket
21 Robson
36 Cook
113 Ballance
136 Jordan
140 Bell
170 Moeen
304 Root
325 Buttler
367 Anderson

India 2nd Innings 161/10 in 43 Overs




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Vijay lbw b Woakes 18 46 36 3 0
Gambhir c Buttler b Anderson 18 90 53 3 0
Pujara lbw b Moeen 17 45 38 2 0
Kohli c Bell b Anderson 7 16 11 1 0
Rahane c and b Moeen 1 9 9 0 0
Dhoni c Ballance b Moeen 27 42 22 4 0
Jadeja c Jordan b Moeen 4 3 5 1 0
Ashwin not out 46 82 56 5 1
B Kumar run out (Moeen) 10 24 15 2 0
Aaron c Buttler b Jordan 9 21 13 2 0
Pankaj Singh b Jordan 0 1 0 0
Extras 1nb 1w 1b 1lb 4
Total for 10 (43.0 ovs) 161
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Anderson 9.0 4 18 2
Woakes 9.0 2 37 1
Jordan 12.0 1 65 2
Moeen 13.0 3 39 4
Fall of Wicket
26 Vijay
53 Gambhir
53 Pujara
61 Rahane
61 Kohli
66 Jadeja
105 Dhoni
133 B Kumar
161 Aaron
161 Pankaj Singh

 

Match Result -England beat India by an innings and 54 runs  to take 2-1 lead

MOM -Stuart Broad

India in England 2014

1st Test Trent Bridge Drawn
2nd Test Lord's India won by 95 runs
3rd Test Southampton England won by 266 runs
4th Test Old Trafford England won by an innings and 54 runs

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