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
Shikhar Dhawan 23(53)
17.5
Broad to Dhawan, out Caught by Buttler!! Dhawan falls. Just couldn't control his instincts and leaves his bat hanging out to dry. Top-class from Broad, reward for pitching it up. Dhawan for the first time in his career had faced 50-plus balls in three consecutive innings and just departs soon after. Second wicket for Broad and he's accounted for both the openers. Dhawan didn't go full-throttle with the drive, it was a nothing shot really and ends up feathering a thick outside edge. Buttler dives across, superb reflexes and holds onto the catch. In walks, India's run-machine - Virat Kohli. It was the away-swinger from Broad and Dhawan chased, paid the price. Dhawan c Buttler b Broad 23(53) [4s-3]
17.4
Broad to Dhawan, no run, 133kph, getting touch closer to the off peg, Dhawan crabs across and sees no threat to his castle. Opts to leave
17.3
Broad to Dhawan, no run, reverts back to back of a length, holding its line outside off and Dhawan has nothing to do with it
17.2
Broad to Dhawan, no run, pitches it fuller and drawing Dhawan forward but cunningly then gets it to tail away quite late, forcing the batsman to keep his bat inside the line
17.1
Broad to Dhawan, no run, short of length outside off, Dhawan ignores
16.6
Sam Curran to Pujara, no run, full and wide, Pujara crouches and opens the bat face to push it straight to cover
16.4
Sam Curran to Dhawan, no run, I0$ Skids on from back of a length and raps Dhawan on the front leg, quite high and travelling down leg
16.3
Sam Curran to Dhawan, no run, still short, nips away but the line's very wide, Dhawan ain't playing that
16.2
Sam Curran to Pujara, 1 run, a gentle freebie on middle and leg, short and enables Pujara to sit on his back foot and nudge this round the corner on the leg-side
15.5
Broad to Dhawan, no run, peckers away outside off stump, Dhawan leaves
15.4
Broad to Dhawan, 2 runs, opens the bat face and drives gently in the gap wide of cover, that's more like it. Played it late and played with an open bat face
15.3
Broad to Dhawan, no run, left alone outside off
15.2
Broad to Dhawan, no run, Broad's got his tail up. Delivers a full away swinger outside off to which Dhawan came down and did some circus in the middle of the pitch. All legs. Arrests his momentum to chase that. Broad ain't impressed with that; gets grumpy, sticks his tongue out and lets Dhawan know about his frustration
15.1
Broad to Dhawan, no run, how on earth did that miss off-stump? That's the reaction from the England camp. It keeps curving in and then straightens viciously to flirt past Dhawan's outside edge and his off-stump. An absolute bonzer of a delivery that
14.6
Sam Curran to Pujara, no run, full and closing in on off-stump, Pujara bends forward in defence
13.5
Broad to Dhawan, no run, in the corridor of uncertainty and on expected lines Dhawan's uncertain with his feet. Doesn't get fully forward nor back, just fiddles inside the crease and locks his bat close to his pad. Past the edge
13.4
Broad to Dhawan, no run, strays away from normalcy, too far from off, no shot offered
13.3
Broad to Dhawan, no run, tries to bring it close, Dhawan had a good look at it before letting it go
13.2
Broad to Dhawan, no run, further wide of off-stump, doesn't bounce as much, easy leave
13.1
Broad to Dhawan, no run, goes wide of the crease and doesn't angle it in, just a teaser outside off, nothing doing from SD
12.6
Sam Curran to Pujara, no run, brings this one back in, not a great deal of movement but enough for Pujara to jump up and lay a dead bat on that. Curran starts with a maiden
11.5
Broad to Dhawan, FOUR, that's the last delivery to be bowling to Shikhar Dhawan. Full and at his toes, he smack-flicks this nonchalantly in front of square on the leg-side, Rashid's dive is a poor imitation of Jonty. Goes in vain
11.4
Broad to Dhawan, no run, sprays this further, Buttler had to dive full length to his left to prevent any extras
11.3
Broad to Dhawan, no run, keeps going wider, Dhawan says no thanks
11.2
Broad to Dhawan, no run, full and way outside Dhawan's off-stump, he lifts his bat and lets it go
11.1
Broad to Dhawan, no run, leading edge falls in no-man's land. It didn't move as much as Dhawan expected, homing in from round the wicket on a length and SD thought he could play his go-to pick-up shot off the pads, it pops up off the leading edge and drops wide of Broad to his right
10.6
Anderson to Pujara, no run, edged and well short of second slip. Soft hands. Dead hands. Whatever you want to call it. Pujara doesn't go pushing at the ball, plays as late as he can and puts minimal pressure on his bottom hand and the result's for everyone to see
9.6
Broad to Pujara, no run, away from the right-hander. Swing, seam - Pujara doesn't want any of it
8.5
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, seam-up, lands on a good length and darts it away past the poking blade of Shikhar Dhawan
8.4
Anderson to Dhawan, 2 runs, I0$ Brings Dhawan forward with a fuller one and the inward movement catches the insdie edge and skims past the leg peg
8.3
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, fuller and zipping away across the left-hander, through to the keeper
8.2
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, short and arrowing into Dhawan's thigh pad, he camps back and drops it dead near his feet
8.1
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, decks away from a good length, Dhawan lets it go
7.6
Broad to Pujara, no run, a belated leave that. Outswinger, Pujara treks back and then forces his bat out of way, did well to drop his wrists and stay close to off-stump
6.5
Anderson to Rahul, 1 run, full inswinger, Rahul may have picked it late but did well to present a straight bat, it kisses the inside half and races across the turf on the leg-side. Over to you Dhawan
5.5
Broad to Dhawan, no run, still wide, a yawning leave that for SD
5.4
Broad to Dhawan, no run, too far to draw a stroke from Dhawan
5.3
Broad to Dhawan, no run, tests him in the outside off corridor, Dhawan doesn't want any of it
5.2
Broad to Dhawan, FOUR, round the wicket to the left-hander and Dhawan just massages it away to the boundary. Left-handers are siblings to elegance I guess. Looks so pleasing to the eye. Just gets enough forward and silks the drive through covers, take four already
5.1
Broad to Rahul, 1 run, KL Rahul and his cover-drives...almost got himself out. I0$ Sees the juicy full delivery from Broad and gets onto the front foot to drill the drive through cover, the late movement into the right-hander meant a thick inside edge onto pad
4.5
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, back to bowling outswingers, but doesn't challenge Dhawan's off-stump, easy leave alone
4.4
Anderson to Dhawan, 2 runs, the inswinger this time, not enough pace to trouble Dhawan, he picks it off his pads and is content with two. Would have been touch-and-go had they gone for the third
4.3
Anderson to Dhawan, FOUR, Stokes has his hands on his head. Just a fraction of a mistiming and he would have fancied at catch in the slips. Full and asking Dhawan to drive, he obliges and opens the bat face slightly to send it square past backward point
4.2
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, seam pointing towards the slips and that's a crystal clear indication that Anderson's trying to take it away from Dhawan, draws him forward and swerves it away
4.1
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, full and exaggerated movement away from the left-hander, SD in no mood to have a nibble at that
3.6
Broad to Rahul, no run, full ball well outside off, Rahul lets it go and that's the day done
3.4
Broad to Rahul, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, Broad's angle makes Rahul look to work it through the on-side but the ball straightens on him. Good thing he played it softly, so the leading edge rolled wide of point
2.5
Anderson to Rahul, 3 runs, lovely timing from Rahul as he leans into the shot, just a push through the covers with the swing. It was full enough that he could confidently look to open the bat-face on
0.5
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, still very wide outside off, that's five balls in a row. Quite uncharacteristic
0.4
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, just too wide from Anderson with his first four balls, allowing Dhawan to leave them. He's changing his angle now
0.3
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, thought about having a push at it but withdrew his bat inside the line to watch the outswinger go by
0.2
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, another delivery too wide outside off which Dhawan can let go
0.1
Anderson to Dhawan, no run, swings it away well wide outside off, early sighter for Dhawan. He's not getting anywhere near that
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