England vs India, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of England, 2021 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: Aug 12-Aug 16, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Mohammed Shami 56(70)
109.3
Anderson to Shami, FOUR, edged away to the boundary! Short ball outside off, Shami flashes away from his body and gets an outside edge that flies past the diving fielder at wide slip. Think it was Joe Root
109.2
Anderson to Shami, no run, short ball outside off, this shapess away from Shami as he pokes away from his body and gets beaten all ends up
109.1
Anderson to Shami, no run, bangs it short on off, Shami looks to swing this over mid-wicket, but he has mistimed it towards mid-on as it probably came off the toe end
107.6
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, punched back to Mo and that will be lunch!
107.5
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, short to now allow Shami to run at him, pushed to mid-on off the back foot
106.6
Anderson to Shami, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Shami defends
106.5
Anderson to Shami, no run, gets behind the line of this length ball and defends
106.4
Anderson to Shami, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Shami defends
106.2
Anderson to Shami, 1 run, nicely wristed away through square leg for a run
106.1
Anderson to Shami, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Shami pokes away from the body and misses
105.6
Moeen Ali to Shami, 1 run, mistimed slog, but mistimed perfectly well to land safely in front of the incoming James Anderson from long-on
105.5
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, nicely blocked off the front foot
105.4
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, oh uppish push and the ball lands in front of Mo, who thought he could catch that
105.3
Moeen Ali to Shami, SIX, now dances down the track, slogs, connects, finds the middle of the bat and sends it all the way. 92m hit over the ropes raises his second Test fifty. The Indian balcony is absolutely elated and Shami takes off the helmet and raises the bat as they do after scoring a hundred. Why not! This is as good as a hundred in these circumstances.
105.2
Moeen Ali to Shami, FOUR, slogs, over mid-wicket and finds the boundary. They are piling on the agony. Kohli is enjoying this
104.6
Anderson to Shami, no run, short ball down leg, Shami swings and misses
103.3
Moeen Ali to Shami, 1 run, short delivery, Shami slaps it to deep extra-cover
103.2
Moeen Ali to Shami, FOUR, and there is that big swing from Mohammed Shami. Mo goes very full, right in the arc for Shami to tee off and he hit it pretty decently too. Cleared Anderson at long-on, who was a few yards in. Lands just inside the rope
103.1
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Shami defends
102.1
Anderson to Shami, 1 run, wrists this in front of Bairstow at mid-wicket and sets off for a quick single
101.3
Moeen Ali to Shami, 1 run, flatter delivery, Shami flicks to deep mid-wicket and raises the fifty partnership. Kohli is loving it on the balcony, so are the fans in the stands. What a gutsy effort this is from the duo
100.6
Anderson to Shami, no run, blocked
100.5
Anderson to Shami, 2 runs, flicked uppishly again, this time Bairstow dives to his right and gets his fingertips to it. The Indian fans love it in the stands as he ball escapes to deep mid-wicket. Technically dropped, but tough
100.4
Anderson to Shami, no run, oh he crunched this cover drive, unfortunally hit it straight to cover
100.3
Anderson to Shami, FOUR, Shami flicks in the air but he flicks over the leaping mid-wicket fielder. He has gripped that bat so hard. Just a flick and that was good enough to clear Bairstow and have his teammates up on the balcony applauding the shot
100.2
Anderson to Shami, no run, beaten! Fullish and outside off stump, Shami plays inside the line and misses
99.6
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, Shami defends
99.3
Sam Curran to Shami, 1 run, on the leg stump, Shami knocks it through backward square leg
99.2
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, beaten! Why will you not bowl these conventional balls to tailenders when the top-order struggles to play these? Just a back of a length ball leaving Shami after forcing him to play,
99.1
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Shami defends
98.4
Moeen Ali to Shami, 1 run, flicked away off the back foot to deep mid-wicket
98.3
Moeen Ali to Shami, FOUR, oh shot Shami! There was talk of Shami slogging against the spinners, but he's only defended and picked out the right balls to target. A delightful cover drive delights Kohli, who stands and applauds on the balcony. Moeen Ali overpitched and Shami brought out a lovely shot
98.2
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, looks to defend away from the body, misses
98.1
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Shami nicely defends
97.4
Sam Curran to Shami, 1 run, neatly glanced away through backward square leg using Curran's round the wicket angle
97.3
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, sprays down leg, Shami misses the tickle
96.6
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, floated on the off stump, Shami defends nicely from the middle of the bat
96.5
Moeen Ali to Shami, 2 runs, he's played that with an angled bat deliberately. Was on the front foot to defend, played it wide of slip to third man for two more
96.4
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, blocked off the front foot
96.3
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, turning back in, Shami defends of fthe back foot
96.2
Moeen Ali to Shami, 2 runs, short and spinning back in, Shami punches it to deep extra-cover, two more
96.1
Moeen Ali to Shami, no run, looking to defend first ball! Beaten though as he overbalanced
95.5
Sam Curran to Shami, 1 run, look at that calming front foot drive from Shami. On the walk literally he was leaning into the shot. Shame he couldn't get it wide of Burns at mid-off. Fielder moving and tumbling to stop three runs
95.4
Sam Curran to Shami, 2 runs, wristed away, the glance very fine to fine leg. Was on the pads, played late but placed it well
95.3
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, calm from Shami. Defends this length ball towards cover
95.2
Sam Curran to Shami, no run, ah nice front foot drive from Shami, but picks out the man at cover
94.4
Mark Wood to Shami, 1 run, short ball that's fended in the air through gully. There's no fielder there
94.1
Mark Wood to Shami, 1 run, short of length delivery just outside off, steered to deep point
93.5
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, clipped through square leg as Robinson goes at the stumps
93.2
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, short ball outside off, Shami awkwardly pats it through point. Lead inching closer to 200
92.6
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, full toss bending in on middle, Shami knocks it wide of mid-on and charges for the single. He's around halfway down when he has to turn around as Bumrah's not interested. He didn't exactly stretch and slide his bat in so it could've been close with a direct hit
91.3
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, short of length delivery just outside off, Shami slaps it out to deep point
91.2
Robinson to Shami, no run, good length ball on middle, Shami hangs back and defends
90.6
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Shami just hangs his bat at it and is beaten on the edge as it straightens off the pitch
90.5
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, really steaming in here, Wood. Back of a length, Shami hops back in defence and the ball bursts through bat and pad, bouncing over middle stump
90.1
Mark Wood to Shami, 1 run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Shami steers it through to deep point
89.2
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle, Shami tucks it through midwicket
88.6
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, pitched up at the stumps, Shami whips it to the right of mid-on who makes a diving stop
88.5
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, back of a length delivery around off, Shami hops away from the line and blocks it to the left of Wood who takes a tumble looking to stop it. Looks in some pain while getting back up
88.4
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, short of length outside off, beaten on the outside edge looking to fend it off
88.3
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, that's just too hot for Shami to handle. A nasty bouncer that pops up to gully. What's that come off? England appeal, the umpire says not out. They haven't taken the review. And it's the right call. It came off Shami's left shoulder
88.2
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, 88mph, full ball on leg stump, Shami's late on the flick and it runs away fine off his pad. Buttler cuts it off
88.1
Mark Wood to Shami, no run, 86mph, good length ball down leg, Shami misses out
87.6
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, good length ball on off, Shami turns it through square leg
87.3
Robinson to Shami, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle, Shami tucks it to deep square
87.2
Robinson to Shami, no run, Shami tries ducking under the short ball. He also tries pulling it. It goes past the top-edge to the keeper
87.1
Robinson to Shami, FOUR, driven away through point. Good length ball outside off, Shami goes on the up, slices it uppishly but he's managed to get it wide of gully. Now a fielder goes to the point boundary
85.6
Robinson to Shami, no run, back of a length delivery well down leg, Buttler stops it from running away
85.5
Robinson to Shami, no run, short ball outside off, Shami fends it off after having some difficult in riding the bounce. Could've left it
85.4
Robinson to Shami, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Shami has a waft away from the body and is beaten
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