England vs India 1st Test at Chennai, 05 Feb, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 578/10 (190.1)  &  178/10 (46.3)
India 337/10 (95.5)  &  192/10 (58.1)
England won by 227 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root

    Over 50.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 51.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rishabh Pant, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 52.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, comes forward and defends it watchfully.

    Over 52.2 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and nice cover drive but the man close dives to his left and deflects to mid-off

    Over 52.3 Dominic Bess bowls it flat in the air to Washington Sundar, no run, gets a good stride forward and defends.

    Over 52.4 Dominic Bess bowls it short of length to Washington Sundar, no run, rock back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 52.5 Dominic Bess bowls it flat in the air to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 52.6 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets  covers the stumps and lets this flighted delivery go through

    Over 53.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Rishabh Pant, 3 runs, gets reaches out and tries to fetch a sweep from way outside off stump, gets a thick edge that escapes to fine leg.

    Over 53.2 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 53.3 Jack Leach bowls a half volley to Washington Sundar, Boundary! Gets forward and driven beautifully along the ground through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 53.4 Jack Leach bowls a quicker arm ball to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and blocked from the crease.

    Over 53.5 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 53.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar,1 run, gets forward and watchfully wrists it past short leg.

    Over 54.1 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it along the ground to the sweeper cover fence for four.

    Over 54.2 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 54.3 Dominic Bess bowls it short of length to Washington Sundar, Boundary! Goes back and cuts, small gap between point and cover-point but Sundar splits them

    Over 54.4 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 54.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar,1 run, leans forward and drives to deep cover.

    Over 56.4 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Rishabh Pant, out Caught by Jack Leach!!  Pant skips down the wicket, gives himself room to go with the spin over the off-side but the ball turns away more than he anticipated, slices it towards deep cover and Leach makes no mistake.

    Over 57.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar,1 run, gets forward and nurdles it backward of square leg.

    Over 57.4 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, presses forward and dead-bats it to silly point.

    Over 57.5 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and works it to backward square.

    Over 57.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets on top of the bounce and taps it towards short leg

    Over 59.1 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and covers the line and shoulders arms.

    Over 60.4 Dominic Bess bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin,1 run, rock back in the crease and pulls it towards deep square leg, just a single

    Over 60.5 Dominic Bess tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and works it to square leg and calls for a single

    Over 60.6 Dominic Bess bowls a quicker arm ball to Washington Sundar, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and pads it away and the impact is outside off

    Over 61.2 Jack Leach bowls it short of length to Washington Sundar,1 run, gets across the line and works it to backward square leg and calls for two, but settles with a single

    Over 61.6 Jack Leach tossed up delivery to Washington Sundar, no run, gets forward and mistimes the drive to mid-off

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