| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c & b Mishra | 123 | 356 | 233 | 15 | 0 | 52.78 | |
| AN Cook | c Khan b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 172 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 44.82 | |
| IR Bell | lbw b Khan | 17 | 68 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| KP Pietersen* | c & b Khan | 4 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12.12 | |
| PD Collingwood | c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 34.61 | |
| A Flintoff | c Gambhir b Mishra | 18 | 80 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 24.00 | |
| JM Anderson | c Yuvraj Singh b Mishra | 19 | 113 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 23.17 | |
| MJ Prior† | not out | 53 | 146 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 51.96 | |
| GP Swann | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| SJ Harmison | c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| MS Panesar | lbw b Sharma | 6 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 128.4 overs; 539 mins) | 316 | (2.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 21 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 1.95 | |||
| I Sharma | 19.4 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1.62 | (1nb) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 38 | 2 | 96 | 3 | 2.52 | |||
| A Mishra | 34 | 6 | 99 | 3 | 2.91 | |||
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | |||
| V Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | lbw b Swann | 19 | 65 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 44.18 | |
| V Sehwag | b Anderson | 9 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| R Dravid | lbw b Swann | 3 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c & b Flintoff | 37 | 90 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 77.08 | |
| VVS Laxman | c & b Panesar | 24 | 81 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Flintoff b Harmison | 14 | 58 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 34.14 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Pietersen b Panesar | 53 | 162 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 64.63 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Bell b Panesar | 40 | 87 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 68.96 | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Flintoff | 1 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| A Mishra | b Flintoff | 12 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| I Sharma | not out | 8 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, nb 6) | 21 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 69.4 overs; 344 mins) | 241 | (3.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SJ Harmison | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.81 | |||
| JM Anderson | 11 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2.54 | |||
| A Flintoff | 18.4 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 2.62 | (6nb) | ||
| GP Swann | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | |||
| MS Panesar | 19 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 3.42 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 108 | 397 | 244 | 8 | 0 | 44.26 | |
| AN Cook | c †Dhoni b Sharma | 9 | 51 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| IR Bell | c Gambhir b Mishra | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| KP Pietersen* | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| PD Collingwood | lbw b Khan | 108 | 373 | 250 | 9 | 0 | 43.20 | |
| A Flintoff | c †Dhoni b Sharma | 4 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| MJ Prior† | c Sehwag b Sharma | 33 | 85 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 58.92 | |
| GP Swann | b Khan | 7 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| SJ Harmison | b Khan | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 13, w 2, nb 7) | 32 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets dec; 105.5 overs; 502 mins) | 311 | (2.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MS Panesar |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 27 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 1.48 | (2w) | ||
| I Sharma | 22.5 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2.49 | (7nb) | ||
| A Mishra | 17 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 3.88 | |||
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 3.03 | |||
| V Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3.66 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 387 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c Collingwood b Anderson | 66 | 201 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 47.48 | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Swann | 83 | 102 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 122.05 | |
| R Dravid | c †Prior b Flintoff | 4 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 103 | 317 | 196 | 9 | 0 | 52.55 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Bell b Swann | 26 | 54 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 85 | 196 | 131 | 8 | 1 | 64.88 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 11, nb 4) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 98.3 overs; 453 mins) | 387 | (3.92 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma |
| Fall of wickets1-117 (Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 2-141 (Dravid, 31.2 ov), 3-183 (Gambhir, 43.5 ov), 4-224 (Laxman, 56.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SJ Harmison | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | |||
| JM Anderson | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 4.63 | |||
| MS Panesar | 27 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 3.88 | |||
| A Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 2.90 | (4nb) | ||
| GP Swann | 28.3 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 3.61 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series India led the 2-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
GP Swann
(England) Player of the match V Sehwag (India) |
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Umpires
BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire SL Shastri Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire R Risodkar |
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Close of play 11 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 229/5 (A Flintoff 18*, JM Anderson 2*, 90 ov) 12 Dec day 2 - India 1st innings 155/6 (MS Dhoni 24*, Harbhajan Singh 13*, 45 ov) 13 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 172/3 (AJ Strauss 73*, PD Collingwood 60*, 54 ov) 14 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 131/1 (G Gambhir 41*, R Dravid 2*, 29 ov) 15 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 387/4 (98.3 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 15, 2008 The trophy is not a distant dream for Mahendra Singh Dhoni © AFP |
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