f51179 t1898	India v England
	England in India 2008/09 (1st Test)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th December 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 6 wickets
Umpires	BF Bowden (New Zealand), DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire	SL Shastri
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire	RD Risodkar
Close of play day 1	England (1) 229/5 (Flintoff 18*, Anderson 2*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 155/6 (Dhoni 24*, Harbhajan Singh 13*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 172/3 (Strauss 73*, Collingwood 60*; 54 overs)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 131/1 (Gambhir 41*, Dravid 2*; 29 overs)
Player of the Match	V Sehwag
Articles	India secure a historic win at Chepauk
	Sehwag-factor tilts the balance
	Strauss enters an elite club
	England almost shuts the door on India
	List of all articles
Pictures	Sachin Tendulkar celebrates India's famous win over England in 1st Test
	Andrew Strauss celebrates his century against India on day one

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AJ Strauss	c and b Mishra	123	233	356	15	-	161
AN Cook	c Khan b Harbhajan Singh	52	116	172	5	-	86
IR Bell	lbw b Khan	17	51	68	1	-	38
*KP Pietersen	c and b Khan	4	33	34	-	-	30
PD Collingwood	c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	9	26	33	1	-	21
A Flintoff	c Gambhir b Mishra	18	75	80	2	-	65
JM Anderson	c Yuvraj Singh b Mishra	19	82	113	2	-	70
+MJ Prior	not out	53	102	146	1	-	61
GP Swann	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	1	6	11	-	-	5
SJ Harmison	c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	6	23	32	-	-	20
MS Panesar	lbw b Sharma	6	26	23	-	-	22
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 539 minutes, 128.4 overs)	316
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 (Panesar, 128.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Khan	21	9	41	2	-	-	104	5	-
Sharma	19.4	4	32	1	-	1	98	3	-
Harbhajan Singh	38	2	96	3	-	-	161	8	-
Mishra	34	6	99	3	-	-	145	8	-
Yuvraj Singh	15	2	33	1	-	-	66	1	-
Sehwag	1	0	8	0	-	-	4	2	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
G Gambhir	lbw b Swann	19	43	65	3	-	35
V Sehwag	b Anderson	9	16	24	2	-	13
RS Dravid	lbw b Swann	3	24	44	-	-	21
SR Tendulkar	c and b Flintoff	37	48	90	4	1	29
VVS Laxman	c and b Panesar	24	60	81	3	-	48
Yuvraj Singh	c Flintoff b Harmison	14	41	58	2	-	34
*+MS Dhoni	c Pietersen b Panesar	53	82	162	5	-	53
Harbhajan Singh	c Bell b Panesar	40	58	87	7	-	39
Z Khan	lbw b Flintoff	1	15	16	-	-	14
A Mishra	b Flintoff	12	18	29	2	-	13
I Sharma	not out	8	19	24	-	-	14
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 344 minutes, 69.4 overs)	241
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 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ov), 7-212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ov), 8-217 (Khan, 63.3 ov), 9-219 (Dhoni, 64.1 ov), 10-241 (Mishra, 69.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Harmison	11	1	42	1	-	-	46	7	-
Anderson	11	3	28	1	-	-	53	4	-
Flintoff	18.4	2	49	3	-	6	89	5	-
Swann	10	0	42	2	-	-	37	4	1
Panesar	19	4	65	3	-	-	84	8	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AJ Strauss	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	108	244	397	8	-	175
AN Cook	c Dhoni b Sharma	9	30	51	1	-	25
IR Bell	c Gambhir b Mishra	7	13	14	1	-	10
*KP Pietersen	lbw b Yuvraj Singh	1	5	4	-	-	4
PD Collingwood	lbw b Khan	108	250	373	9	-	179
A Flintoff	c Dhoni b Sharma	4	11	18	-	-	7
+MJ Prior	c Sehwag b Sharma	33	56	85	2	-	32
GP Swann	b Khan	7	21	29	-	-	17
SJ Harmison	b Khan	1	8	11	-	-	7
JM Anderson	not out	1	4	14	-	-	3
MS Panesar	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	32
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 502 minutes, 105.5 overs)	311
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)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Khan	27	7	40	3	2	-	132	1	-
Sharma	22.5	1	57	3	-	7	109	5	-
Mishra	17	1	66	1	-	-	64	6	-
Yuvraj Singh	3	1	12	1	-	-	12	2	-
Harbhajan Singh	30	3	91	1	-	-	113	5	-
Sehwag	6	0	22	0	-	-	22	2	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
G Gambhir	c Collingwood b Anderson	66	139	201	7	-	102
V Sehwag	lbw b Swann	83	68	102	11	4	40
RS Dravid	c Prior b Flintoff	4	19	31	-	-	15
SR Tendulkar	not out	103	196	317	9	-	132
VVS Laxman	c Bell b Swann	26	42	54	4	-	29
Yuvraj Singh	not out	85	131	196	8	1	83
*+MS Dhoni	did not bat
Harbhajan Singh	did not bat
Z Khan	did not bat
A Mishra	did not bat
I Sharma	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(4 wickets, 453 minutes, 98.3 overs)	387
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)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Harmison	10	0	48	0	-	-	38	6	1
Anderson	11	1	51	1	-	-	38	7	-
Panesar	27	4	105	0	-	-	117	12	3
Flintoff	22	1	64	1	-	4	99	7	-
Swann	28.3	2	103	2	-	-	105	7	1

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 63/0 (AJ Strauss 31*, AN Cook 31*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 164/1 (AJ Strauss 93*, IR Bell 17*; 57 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 294/8 (MJ Prior 39*, Harmison 6*; 119 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 37/3 (SR Tendulkar 3*; 14 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: India (1) 241/9 (A Mishra 12*, I Sharma 8*; 69 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (2) 68/3 (AJ Strauss 30*, PD Collingwood 10*; 21 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (2) 244/3 (AJ Strauss 102*, Collingwood 93*; 80 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 301/8 (MJ Prior 24*; 102.5 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: India (2) 213/3 (SR Tendulkar 27*, Laxman 20*; 53 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: India (2) 304/4 (SR Tendulkar 65*, Yuvraj Singh 45*; 79 overs)
--> England first innings: 50 in 18.4 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 51.4 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 73.4 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 104.3 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 120.2 overs
--> India first innings: 50 in 16.3 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 31.6 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 44.3 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 57.3 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 15.4 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 32.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 45.1 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 64.2 overs
--> England second innings: 250 in 81.5 overs
--> England second innings: 300 in 101.5 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 5.3 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 17.6 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 33.6 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 48.1 overs
--> India second innings: 250 in 61.4 overs
--> India second innings: 300 in 77.6 overs
--> India second innings: 350 in 90.1 overs
--> GP Swann made his debut in Test matches
--> AJ Strauss (1) 50 in 104 balls, 145 minutes with 6 fours
--> AJ Strauss (1) 100 in 191 balls, 269 minutes with 14 fours
--> AJ Strauss (1) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 57
--> AN Cook (1) 50 in 106 balls, 156 minutes with 5 fours
--> A Flintoff (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 6
--> JM Anderson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> MJ Prior (1) 50 in 96 balls, 133 minutes with 1 four
--> MS Dhoni (1) 50 in 77 balls, 146 minutes with 5 fours
--> AJ Strauss (2) 50 in 90 balls, 158 minutes with 4 fours
--> AJ Strauss (2) 100 in 213 balls, 349 minutes with 7 fours
--> AJ Strauss (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> PD Collingwood (2) 50 in 119 balls, 160 minutes with 6 fours
--> PD Collingwood (2) 100 in 227 balls, 326 minutes with 9 fours
--> G Gambhir (2) 50 in 105 balls, 151 minutes with 5 fours
--> G Gambhir (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
--> V Sehwag (2) 50 in 32 balls, 43 minutes with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> V Sehwag (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> SR Tendulkar (2) 50 in 107 balls, 162 minutes with 5 fours
--> SR Tendulkar (2) 100 in 196 balls, 316 minutes with 9 fours
--> Yuvraj Singh (2) 50 in 76 balls, 118 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> GP Swann made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> MJ Prior made his debut in India in Test matches
--> GP Swann made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> AJ Strauss (22) and AN Cook (27) added 50 in 112 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
--> AJ Strauss (51) and AN Cook (48) added 100 in 207 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
--> SR Tendulkar (25) and VVS Laxman (23) added 50 in 86 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> MS Dhoni (18) and Harbhajan Singh (26) added 50 in 65 balls for the India 7th wicket in the first innings
--> AJ Strauss (29) and PD Collingwood (16) added 50 in 98 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AJ Strauss (50) and PD Collingwood (44) added 100 in 178 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AJ Strauss (69) and PD Collingwood (70) added 150 in 301 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AJ Strauss (87) and PD Collingwood (92) added 200 in 392 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> G Gambhir (10) and V Sehwag (42) added 50 in 33 balls for the India 1st wicket in the second innings
--> G Gambhir (25) and V Sehwag (73) added 100 in 108 balls for the India 1st wicket in the second innings
--> SR Tendulkar (24) and Yuvraj Singh (27) added 50 in 88 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> SR Tendulkar (44) and Yuvraj Singh (53) added 100 in 163 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> SR Tendulkar (64) and Yuvraj Singh (81) added 150 in 233 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings

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New Ball Taken: India 320/4 after 83.1 overs (SR Tendulkar 73, Yuvraj Singh 52)
AJ Strauss (22) and AN Cook (27) added 50 in 112 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
AJ Strauss (51) and AN Cook (48) added 100 in 207 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
SR Tendulkar (25) and VVS Laxman (23) added 50 in 86 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
MS Dhoni (18) and Harbhajan Singh (26) added 50 in 65 balls for the India 7th wicket in the first innings
AJ Strauss (29) and PD Collingwood (16) added 50 in 98 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
AJ Strauss (50) and PD Collingwood (44) added 100 in 178 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
AJ Strauss (69) and PD Collingwood (70) added 150 in 301 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
AJ Strauss (87) and PD Collingwood (92) added 200 in 392 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
G Gambhir (10) and V Sehwag (42) added 50 in 33 balls for the India 1st wicket in the second innings
G Gambhir (25) and V Sehwag (73) added 100 in 108 balls for the India 1st wicket in the second innings
SR Tendulkar (24) and Yuvraj Singh (27) added 50 in 88 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
SR Tendulkar (44) and Yuvraj Singh (53) added 100 in 163 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
SR Tendulkar (64) and Yuvraj Singh (81) added 150 in 233 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings

 

 

 

 

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