India in England Test Series - 2nd Test

England v India

Match drawn

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton* lbw b Srinath 0 3 5 0 0 0.00
AJ Stewart b Srinath 20 126 81 3 0 24.69
N Hussain c Rathour b Ganguly 36 169 110 5 0 32.72
GP Thorpe b Srinath 89 238 178 10 0 50.00
GA Hick c Srinath b Ganguly 1 10 9 0 0 11.11
RC Irani b Prasad 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
RC Russell c Tendulkar b Prasad 124 371 261 13 0 47.50
CC Lewis c †Mongia b Prasad 31 154 118 3 0 26.27
DG Cork c †Mongia b Prasad 0 23 24 0 0 0.00
PJ Martin c Tendulkar b Prasad 4 9 8 1 0 50.00
AD Mullally not out 0 5 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 13, lb 11, nb 14) 38
Total (all out; 130.3 overs) 344 (2.63 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-0 (Atherton), 2-67 (Stewart), 3-98 (Hussain), 4-102 (Hick), 5-107 (Irani), 6-243 (Thorpe), 7-326 (Lewis), 8-337 (Cork), 9-343 (Martin), 10-344 (Russell)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 33 9 76 3 2.30 (4nb)
BKV Prasad 33.3 10 76 5 2.26 (1nb)
PL Mhambrey 19 3 58 0 3.05 (7nb)
A Kumble 28 9 60 0 2.14
SC Ganguly 15 2 49 2 3.26 (3nb)
SR Tendulkar 2 1 1 0 0.50
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
V Rathour c Hussain b Cork 15 48 32 2 0 46.87
NR Mongia lbw b Lewis 24 122 95 3 0 25.26
SC Ganguly b Mullally 131 435 301 20 0 43.52
SR Tendulkar b Lewis 31 81 59 5 0 52.54
M Azharuddin* c †Russell b Mullally 16 53 34 2 0 47.05
A Jadeja b Irani 10 94 55 1 0 18.18
R Dravid c †Russell b Lewis 95 363 267 6 0 35.58
A Kumble lbw b Martin 14 114 80 1 0 17.50
J Srinath b Mullally 19 62 47 2 0 40.42
PL Mhambrey not out 15 73 42 2 0 35.71
BKV Prasad c Stewart b Cork 4 17 16 0 0 25.00
Extras (b 11, lb 25, w 10, nb 9) 55
Total (all out; 169.3 overs) 429 (2.53 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-25 (Rathour), 2-59 (Mongia), 3-123 (Tendulkar), 4-154 (Azharuddin), 5-202 (Jadeja), 6-296 (Ganguly), 7-351 (Kumble), 8-388 (Srinath), 9-419 (Dravid), 10-429 (Prasad)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CC Lewis 40 11 101 3 2.52
DG Cork 42.3 10 112 2 2.63 (7nb, 2w)
AD Mullally 39 14 71 3 1.82 (3nb, 8w)
PJ Martin 34 10 70 1 2.05
RC Irani 12 3 31 1 2.58
GA Hick 2 0 8 0 4.00
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton* b Kumble 17 74 51 2 0 33.33
AJ Stewart b Srinath 66 192 136 8 0 48.52
N Hussain c Dravid b Srinath 28 95 69 3 0 40.57
PJ Martin c Rathour b Prasad 23 123 97 3 0 23.71
GP Thorpe c Rathour b Kumble 21 55 49 3 0 42.85
GA Hick c †Mongia b Prasad 6 35 24 1 0 25.00
RC Irani b Mhambrey 41 138 100 3 0 41.00
RC Russell lbw b Ganguly 38 198 137 2 0 27.73
CC Lewis not out 26 82 61 2 0 42.62
DG Cork c Azharuddin b Kumble 1 6 2 0 0 50.00
AD Mullally not out 0 9 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 5) 11
Total (9 wickets dec; 121 overs) 278 (2.29 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-49 (Atherton), 2-109 (Hussain), 3-114 (Stewart), 4-154 (Thorpe), 5-167 (Hick), 6-168 (Martin), 7-228 (Irani), 8-274 (Russell), 9-275 (Cork)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 29 8 76 2 2.62 (3nb)
BKV Prasad 24 8 54 2 2.25
A Kumble 51 14 90 3 1.76
SC Ganguly 3 0 5 1 1.66 (1nb)
PL Mhambrey 14 3 47 1 3.35 (1nb)
Match details
Toss India, who chose to field
Series England led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debuts R Dravid and SC Ganguly (India)
Player of the match RC Russell (England)
Umpires HD Bird and DB Hair (Australia)
TV umpire AGT Whitehead
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)
Close of play
20 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 238/5 (GP Thorpe 85*, RC Russell 69*)
21 Jun day 2 - India 1st innings 83/2 (SC Ganguly 26*, SR Tendulkar 16*)
22 Jun day 3 - India 1st innings 324/6 (R Dravid 56*, A Kumble 6*)
23 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 113/2 (AJ Stewart 65*, PJ Martin 1*)
24 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 278/9d (121 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Last test match for Umpire HD Bird
  • Day 1
  • Start of the match was delayed by 30 minutes.
  • Ganguly takes a wicket off the 7th ball he bowled.
  • Bad light ended the play when 10 more overs needed to be bowled.
  • Day 2
  • Russell scores his second century (after a gap of 7 years)
  • Prasad picks up his maiden 5-wicket innings haul
  • Tea taken immediately after the end of England innings
  • 39 overs minimum to be bowled in the Indian innings
  • Day 3
  • Tendulkar was dropped by Hick at second slip off the bowling of Lewis on the last ball of the very first over by Lewis in the morning.
  • New ball taken on the 2nd ball of 84th over, bowled by Cork.
  • Ganguly scores a century on debut 10th Indian player to score a century in his debut test, 7th Indian player to score a century in his debut innings 61st player (all countries) to score a century in debut test.
  • Bad light stops the play when 4.5 overs were yet to be bowled.
  • Day 4
  • Third new ball taken at the beginning of 165th over, by Lewis.
  • Dravid gets out on 90s in his debut innings, 25th player to do so.
  • Day 5
  • England declared at 5:20, and the match was declared a draw.
 
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Jun 24, 1996

Dickie Bird gives his last decision in a Test as Man of the Match Jack Russell is out lbw, England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, June 24, 1996

Dickie Bird gives his last decision in a Test

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Jun 22, 1996

Rahul Dravid drives through point during his debut Test, England v India, 2nd Test, Lord's, 3rd day, June 22, 1996

Rahul Dravid drives through point during his debut Test

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