India vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of India, 2016-17 Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Date & Time: Nov 09-Nov 13, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Bairstow 46(56)
120.4
Shami to Bairstow, no run, stands his ground and watchfully keeps out this length delivery with a defence
120.3
Shami to Bairstow, no run, and finds the box again, this time of Bairstow. Cuts back in sharply and goes past the blade to rap him flush. And it gets out a lone appeal from the skipper, too ambitious
120.2
Shami to Stokes, 1 run, doesn't matter who the bowler is, coming down the track and giving him the charge is mandatory. Too quick to get the connection with the pull right, off the upper half the sticker
119.5
Jadeja to Stokes, 1 run, leans back and stands tall to punch it right under his nose, past point
118.5
U Yadav to Bairstow, 2 runs, another chance? Nah, if Jaddu couldn't get there, nobody could. Pulls it off the upper edge and it lobs just short of a diving Jadeja at mid-on. Another brace pocketed
118.4
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, back in the firing line is Pujara. This time despite being stationed at the safer of the positions at short mid-wicket. 140kph from Yadav and pulled hard, to ping the left knee of Che and dies just before spooning over to Kohli, not far behind at short mid-on
118.3
U Yadav to Stokes, 1 run, 138kph, stands tall inside the line and taps it down to mid-on
117.5
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, forward with the bat and pad stapled together, right at the pitch and blocked out
117.4
Mishra to Stokes, 1 run, pushed to mid-off after using his feet, who is fairly deep allowing the duo to get across
116.5
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, 140kph, drags his length back and aims for the ribs. What results is Bairstow getting late on his pull
116.4
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, pitched up and tailing back in. Just a hint of reverse. Neatly negotiated with a front footed drive
116.3
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, Yadav finds the crack now. Gets it to fly through zipping off the wicket. Climbs onto Bairstow and jumps past the blade on the cross batted drive
116.2
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, on the front foot to meet a good length delivery. Ekes it out off the inside half of the bat in defence
116.1
U Yadav to Stokes, 1 run, rolls his wrists on the ball and eases it with a knock down to mid-wicket
115.5
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, another stride forward off a crouched stance and uses the turn away to tap it off an open blade
115.4
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, forward, to the pitch of the delivery and pushes it to silly point
115.3
Mishra to Bairstow, FOUR, and now comes the full toss. A horror spell this. Drifts onto the pads to make matters worse and Bairstow has all the time to use the angle and whip it past short mid-wcket
115.2
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, forward, opened bat face and smothered
115.1
Mishra to Bairstow, FOUR, another lofted drive, another boundary and Mishra's keeps racking up unwanted figures. Reads the leg-break and uses the tease outside off to caress it over the covers
114.6
U Yadav to Bairstow, 1 run, goes for the booming drive once again , inside edges it onto his pad, to square leg
114.5
U Yadav to Bairstow, no run, leans forward and keeps out a length delivery around off
114.4
U Yadav to Stokes, 1 run, the safest of keepers has spilled another. Saha's day keeps getting worse. And so does Umesh's. Slashes hard does Stokes on seeing the width, gets the edge. And again Saha flies aimlessly, a little too much and the ball goes through the palms once again. Went with both hands on this occasion, but the result remains the same. Butter fingers exemplified!
113.6
Mishra to Stokes, no run, and a mini shimmy now. Just now allowing Mishra to settle here, gets too close though for comfort and has to contend with a defence
112.5
U Yadav to Stokes, 1 run, another one gone down! India are digging a hole for themselves out in the middle. Stokes the beneficiary this time. The fourth of the innings and the third off Yadav. Chases a length delivery well outside off with an angled batted drive, gets a thick outside edge, flies to Saha at a good height to his left, but he shells it going one-handed on the dive
111.1
Mishra to Bairstow, SIX, and now he takes it all the way. Reads the googly to perfection off the palms and swings across the line with the turn to tonk this one with the mighty biceps coming into play, all the way over long-on
110.6
Ashwin to Stokes, FOUR, down leg with the drift and all Stokes had to do was get a tickle on it. he does it to perfection and there is nobody behind square to cut that off. The Rajkot outfield does the rest
109.5
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, forward on a lunge and waits for the ball to spin away before openeing the bat face and pushing it into the off-side
109.4
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, again gets back on the shorter side, gets back deep inside and punches it to backward point
109.3
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, slows it up considerably, Bairstow leans forward, tentatively prods with soft hands to edge it off the outer half to slip
109.2
Mishra to Stokes, 1 run, just not the ideal length. A rank long hop now coming into Stokes and he has all the time to rock back and pull it with all his might, too hard to get the connection right
108.3
Ashwin to Bairstow, FOUR, a long stride out getting to the pitch of the ball, nicely with the head over the ball and caressed through the covers. Ahh, elegant
108.2
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, marginally shorter, Stokes rocks back and cuts it fiercely through sweeper
107.5
Mishra to Stokes, 1 run, down leg, swept to Che's body at leg-slip. The ricochet allows the quick single
107.3
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, tossed up outside off, pushed to backward point, Stokes is sent back
107.2
Mishra to Bairstow, SIX, super strike down the ground. Too full and he opened his shoulders and lofted it high and clean. Straight back over the bowler's head. Too much flight and that allowed Bairstow to go for the biggie
107.1
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, Bairstow has a wry smile on his face. Wondering whether India will review this. Che had a word with Saha and then Kohli came in, a mini chat and they don't decide to. Rightly too, it went straight off the pad to short leg after Bairstow missed the tuck. Mishra and Che were interested but Gaffaney shook his head
106.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, flights it up, on middle and leg, Stokes opens his stance out to block
105.5
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, again quicker, on the stumps, nudged to mid-wicket
105.4
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, flat and goes straight on, punched to short cover
105.3
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, reaches out with his hands and defends to backward point
105.2
Mishra to Stokes, 1 run, skips out and takes it on the full, driven to long-on
104.5
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, again slower and tossed up outside off, Bairstow gets forward to block
104.4
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, slower and around off, Bairstow goes back and nudges to short mid-wicket
104.3
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, flat on off, Stokes rocks back and punches hard to sweeper cover
104.1
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, Bairstow uses his feet and flicks, finds mid-wicket who is very deep
103.6
Mishra to Stokes, no run, slower and on the stumps, Stokes eases it off the front foot to cover
103.4
Mishra to Bairstow, no run, tossed up on off, Bairstow gets forward and blocks
103.3
Mishra to Stokes, 1 run, brings the sweep out and finds deep square leg
102.5
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, slower and turns in, Bairstow inside-edges the forward defence and again Saha unnecessarily appeals. Should be better off keeping his mouth zipped!
102.4
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, very full, dug out to short mid-wicket
102.3
Ashwin to Bairstow, 2 runs, softly played off the front foot. Went off a thick outside edge, but immediately to ground, wide of the diving Jinks at slip. Two more
102.2
Ashwin to Bairstow, 2 runs, kneels down, takes it on the full and paddles it to fine leg, takes Gambhir on and comes back for the second
102.1
Ashwin to Bairstow, no run, tossed up outside off, Bairstow defends to the vacant silly point and looks for a quick single, not there
101.6
Shami to Stokes, no run, short of length on off, defended solidly off the back foot
100.5
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, quicker on the stumps, Stokes' bat comes down in time and he nudges a single to square leg, turns the strike over
99.5
Shami to Bairstow, no run, sharp bouncer, down leg, Bairstow sits under it
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