England vs India, 4th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of England, 2018 Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton Date & Time: Aug 30-Sep 03, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Alastair Cook 17(55)
17.1
Hardik Pandya to Cook, out Caught by Kohli!! Oh Alastair Cook! What have you done? Absolutely nothing shot and it's a very good catch by Kohli at third slip. The ball flew off the toe-end of the bat and that meant it was travelling fast. Kohli spotted late, but reacted just in time. Pandya continues to impress with the ball. This was nothing but a short of length delivery angled across, no real danger with this ball, Cook was trying to dab/cut very late, gets a thick edge that was dying on Kohli, but he did well to grab it inches from the ground. Cook badly needed to get some runs, saw off Ishant, looked liked he would carry on for a while, but gifts his wicket. England are tottering at 36/4 - not what Root would have wanted having opted to bat first. Cook c Kohli b Hardik Pandya 17(55) [4s-3]
16.6
Shami to Stokes, no run, good bounce on this length ball, Pant collects around chest height as Stokes leaves the ball alone
15.5
Hardik Pandya to Stokes, leg byes, 1 run, there's that inswinger that swings from the hand, but the line is well down the leg-side, Stokes misses the flick, the ball rolls behind square off the pad, appeal for LBW turned down
14.5
Bumrah to Cook, no run, full and outside off stump, Cook defends to the right of mid-off
14.4
Bumrah to Cook, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, Cook dabs it towards point
14.3
Bumrah to Cook, no run, oh that's a bad leave, almost shaves the off stump. Good length delivery just outside off stump, Cook thought it would move away from him, but came in with the angle and surprised Cook, who offered no shot, luckily it didn't hit the sticks
14.2
Bumrah to Cook, no run, length ball, Cook defends
14.1
Bumrah to Cook, no run, continues round the wicket, bowls a fullish delivery outside off stump, Cook defends and the ball rolls to gully off the outside half of the bat
13.6
Hardik Pandya to Stokes, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Stokes tries to defend and gets an inside edge that hits the boot and rolls into the off-side
13.1
Hardik Pandya to Cook, no run, back of a length on off, shapes in late. Cook inside-edges onto pad
12.3
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length delivery on off, defends from the crease to short mid-on
12.2
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length, jags in off the seam and hits Cook's thigh while cramping him up
12.1
Bumrah to Bairstow, 1 run, slammed into the blockhole on off, squeezed away wide of cover
11.5
Ishant to Cook, no run, just short of Rahane at short point as Cook drives with an open face. That's what Ishant wants Cook to do, drive on the up with an angled bat. Nearly carried to Rahane who is specifically there for that
11.4
Ishant to Cook, no run, too wide from Ishant, goes even wider with the swing. Cook leaves
11.3
Ishant to Cook, no run, length ball swinging away wide of off, Cook doesn't bother with it
11.2
Ishant to Bairstow, 1 run, full ball swinging into leg, flicked to fine leg
10.5
Bumrah to Cook, no run, nudged into the on-side
10.4
Bumrah to Cook, no run, Cook eyes an opportunity for a cut, but this wasn't short enough. India's discipline this morning is making him seek out opportunities rather than his usual ploy of letting them come to him. Bumrah hits that back of a length and beats Cook for bounce
10.3
Bumrah to Bairstow, 3 runs, juicy half-volley outside off, even with Bairstow's front foot being fairly rigid, he's able to put bat to ball and punch it through the covers. They'll come back for three
10.1
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length delivery nipping away wide of off, poor from Cook who hangs his bat away and gets beaten
9.6
Ishant to Bairstow, no run, back of a length down leg, left alone
8.5
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length outside off, dabbed to cover
8.4
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length around off, blocked back
8.3
Bumrah to Cook, FOUR, low full toss outside off, easily steered past gully. You can see Bumrah is still not fully comfortable with the inswinger (to the left hander), it's still a ball he's only in the process of mastering
8.2
Bumrah to Cook, no run, almost running behind the umpire and then bouncing into Cook's field of vision, full ball around off, steered to gully
8.1
Bumrah to Cook, no run, well wide of off as he tries shaping it against the angle, a loud groan from someone in the slip cordon
7.6
Ishant to Cook, 1 run, back of a length, squares Cook up with the late swing but he adjusts well on the back foot and steers it wide of cover for one
7.5
Ishant to Bairstow, 1 run, back of a length on off and middle, nudged into the on-side
6.5
Bumrah to Cook, FOUR, curving back into Cook on leg stump, miss that and it's a problem. But Cook is able to tickle it fine for four
6.4
Bumrah to Cook, no run, there's that inswinger again, clearly a ball he's working on. This time it's down the leg-side, so not much trouble for Cook
6.3
Bumrah to Cook, no run, moving away prodigiously, Pant is almost in front of first slip when he takes it
6.2
Bumrah to Cook, no run, full ball angled away outside off, left alone
6.1
Bumrah to Root, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length on leg, rushes Root and deflects off his thigh pad down to fine leg
5.5
Ishant to Cook, FOUR, it's a boundary to Cook, but it will encourage Ishant. He's got the England opener to drive well away from the body, thereby increasing the chances of an edge with the ball swinging as it is. Cook's bat-face was open, he hits it uppishly through backward point, no one there
5.4
Ishant to Cook, no run, length ball around off, defended to cover
5.3
Ishant to Cook, no run, full ball curving away outside off, left alone
5.2
Ishant to Cook, no run, that's a serious yorker, slanted in on middle right at the toes. Cook, in the nick of time, rushes his bat down to dig it out
5.1
Ishant to Cook, no run, full ball swinging away outside off, left alone
4.6
Bumrah to Root, no run, length ball outside off, Root gets forward nicely before opening the face and steering it to gully
3.5
Ishant to Cook, no run, almost gets drawn into it, almost. Full length, curving away from off, Cook thought about driving but lifted his bat at the very last moment
3.4
Ishant to Cook, no run, really good ball even though Cook has middled it. Angled in and straightens on off, Cook hangs back in defence
3.3
Ishant to Cook, no run, back of a length, if it had gone with the arm the ball would've been close to knocking the top of off. But with the late swing away, it ends up reasonably wide of off. Cook sees this for what it is and leaves
3.2
Ishant to Cook, no run, bit too wide outside off, Cook leaves again
3.1
Ishant to Cook, no run, length ball shaping away outside off, left alone
2.6
Bumrah to Root, 2 runs, pitched right up around off stump, Root leans over and clips it away through midwicket for a couple
1.5
Ishant to Cook, no run, pitched up from Ishant, inviting Cook for the drive. But Cook knows there is a bit of swing away from him, he resists and leaves
1.4
Ishant to Cook, no run, back of a length, this time Cook lines up the swing on the back foot and defends to cover
1.3
Ishant to Cook, no run, length ball that shapes away well outside off, left alone
1.2
Ishant to Cook, no run, that's the one, brilliant delivery. Angled in towards off, curves away really late - after drawing Cook into his defensive shot. The front foot really didn't go for Cook, he's caught in the crease and beaten on the edge
1.1
Ishant to Cook, no run, gets some away-swing against the angle, a delivery which he's used so brilliantly against the left-hander this series. But the line is a bit too wide with this one, Cook leaves
0.6
Bumrah to Jennings, no run, comfortable leave outside off with the ball leaving the left-hander
0.2
Bumrah to Cook, no run, much wider outside off, left alone
0.1
Bumrah to Cook, no run, back of a length, nips away off the pitch and squares Cook up. Beaten on the outside edge. Very loose from Cook. The angle was going away from him as it is, didn't need to play
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