InD(hon)ia and England level scores

India made just one Ch(awl)ange to their playing eleven – Sreesanth made way for Piyush. England made seven changes to the eleven that last played India – Ravi Bopara, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah, Samit Patel, Stuart Broad and Steve Harmison made way for Andew Strauss (who was leading the team), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Michael Yardy, Tim Bresnan, Ajmal Shehzad and James Anderson.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian skipper, chose to bat. Virender Sehwag, who faced 26 balls, scored 35. His innings included six boundaries. Forty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Matt Prior. Bresnan broke the 46-run stand. Gautam Gambhir, who faced 61 balls, scored 51. His innings included five boundaries. Graeme Swann broke the 131-ball stand, which was worth 134. 

Tendulkar, who faced 115 balls, scored 120. HiS(ach)innings included 10 boundaries and five sixes. Fifty-two balls later, he was caught by Yardy. Anderson broke the 56-run stand. Yuvraj Singh, who faced 50 balls, scored 58. His innings included nine boundaries. Forty-six balls later, he was caught by Bell. Yardy broke the 69-run stand.

Dhoni, who faced 25 balls, scored 31. His innings included three boundaries and a six. The next ball, he was caught by substitute Luke Wright off the bowling of Bresnan. Yusuf Pathan, who faced eight balls, scored 14. His innings included a boundary and a six. A couple of overs later, he was caught by Swann. Bresnan broke the 22-run stand. 

Virat Kohli faced five balls, scoring eight. His innings included a boundary. The next ball, Bresnan dismissed him. Harbhajan Singh, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A couple of balls later, Bresnan trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the one-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 10. Chawla, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Six balls later, Anderson ran him out. Zaheer Khan faced five balls, scored four. The next ball, Bresnan and Prior ran him out. Munaf Patel didn’t face a ball. He was unbeaten. 

England conceded 15 extras. India were dismissed for 338 off 49.5 overs. Paul Collingwood, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He was wicketless, as was Ajmal Shahzad, whose eight overs yielded 53.

Swann bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 59 and picked up a wicket. Anderson bowled 9.5 overs, conceding 91. He picked up a wicket. Yardy bowled 10 overs, conceding 64. He picked up a scalp. Bresnan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 48 and picked up five scalps.

England’s openers put on 68. Pietersen, who faced 22 balls, scored 31. His (Kev)innings included five boundaries. Fifty-seven balls into the chase, he was caught by Patel off his own bowling. Trott, who faced 19 balls, scored 16. His innings included four boundaries. Forty-three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chawla, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Bell, who faced 71 balls, scored 69. His innings included four boundaries and a six. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Khan broke the 170-run stand. Strauss, the player of the match, faced 145 balls, scoring 158. His innings included 18 boundaries and a six. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Khan.

Collingwood, who faced five balls, scored a run. Ten balls later, Khan broke the four-run stand. Prior faced eight balls, scoring four. Five balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Suresh Raina. Harbhajan broke the four-run stand. Yardy, who faced 10 balls, scored 13. His innings included four boundaries. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Patel broke the 18-run stand. 

Bresnan, who faced nine balls, scored 14. His innings included a six. Nine balls later, Chawla broke the 18-run stand. Swann, who faced nine balls, scored 15. His innings included a six. He was unbeaten, as was Shahzad, who faced two balls, scoring six. His runs came by way of a six.

India conceded 11 extras. England scored 338 for the loss of eight wickets. The match ended in a tie. Pathan faced three overs, conceding 21. He was wicketless, as was Yuvraj, who bowled seven overs, conceding 46. Harbhajan bowled 10 overs, conceding 58. He picked up a wicket.

Patel and Chawla bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a couple of wickets each. While the former conceded 70, the latter conceded 71. Khan bowled 10 overs, conceding 64. He picked up three scalps.