England vs India 1st Test at Birmingham, 01 Aug, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 287/10 (89.4)  &  180/10 (53)
India 274/10 (76)  &  162/10 (54.2)
England won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
  • Umesh Yadav 0 * (8)

Over 26.3 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 26.4 Ishant Sharma bowls it short of length to Ben Stokes, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 26.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Ben Stokes, 1 run, gets forward and turned into the gap at mid-wicket. Stokes off the mark

Over 27.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 27.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, no runs, gets forward and defends with bat and pad together.

Over 27.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no runs, comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 29.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Ben Stokes, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it behind square on the onside and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 29.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the onside.

Over 29.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Ben Stokes, 2 runs, gets forward and whips it down to deep square leg and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 29.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Ben Stokes, 1 run, gets forward and works it through square leg for a single.

Over 30.1 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, 1 bye, gets forward and misses the flick down leg and it takes off on DK, who can only parry it behind him. Another bye.

Over 30.4 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Ben Stokes, out Caught by Kohli!! Stokes looked to defend, hard hands and the edge carries nicely to the left of third slip where the skipper grabs a fine catch. 

That is Lunch on Day 3. England lead by 99 runs with 4 wickets in hand