India vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of India, 2021 Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Date & Time: Feb 05-Feb 09, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Ben Stokes 82(118)
126.1
Nadeem to Stokes, out Caught by Pujara!! In the airrr, not timed. man there. Ohhh fumble but Pujara manages to close his legs and clutch it with body and hands. Had he dropped that, Kohli and Nadeem would have made that famous frustrated Pakistani fan gif impression. Surely can't be dropping at this stage. Was drifted across from round the wicket, but Nadeem is getting turn and bounce, so Stokes top-edged this slog, deep backward square leg was stationed and Pujara takes the catch and manages a smile. A really good counter-attacking 82 from Stokes that helped England some quick runs and finally a wicket for Nadeem. Stokes c Pujara b Nadeem 82(118) [4s-10 6s-3]
125.4
Bumrah to Stokes, 1 run, angling across off, Stokes guides past point
125.3
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, opens the face of the bat and dabs towards gully
125.2
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Stokes knocks it to leg. Was looking to flay it on the leg-side, but stopped himself seeing the ball tail a bit
125.1
Bumrah to Stokes, 2 runs, back of a length and squaring up Stokes, outside edge taken but it rolls past backward point, Washi slides and stops
124.4
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Stokes guides it to point
124.3
Nadeem to Stokes, 2 runs, punched towards cover-point, Pant himself attacks the ball to save Bumrah some legs in the deep, England race back for two
124.2
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, Stokes plays the reverse sweep and misses, gets hit on the leg
123.6
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, covers the line and defends
123.5
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, shortish this time but not high enough to employ the pull, Stokes slogs and misses
123.4
Bumrah to Stokes, FOUR, yes Bumrah is spot on with his yorker but Stokes is literally expecting that everyball and waiting for it. So maybe better off slipping in a bouncer even though the pitch is slow. Just to force a different approach from the batsman. Bumrah tries the slower ball yorker and bowls a full toss, Stokes waits and swings it wide of mid-on
123.3
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, round the wicket and angled in, Stokes knocks to leg
122.6
Nadeem to Stokes, SIX, down the track, aerial, connection good and that's hit over the Madras Cricket Club. Risk involved with a lot of rough there, but that's how Stokes has tackled the pressure from the spinner today. Middles this one and gets a maximum to transfer the pressure back onto the bowler
122.1
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, way too short to be troubling, Stokes pulls to deep square leg and gets off strike
120.3
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, tucked away to mid-wicket
120.2
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, Stokes tries the reverse sweep, ball hits the rough, turns and bounces, hits him on the ribs as he misses the shot
120.1
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, turning back in, Stokes watchfully fends to leg
119.5
Ishant to Stokes, 1 run, ah no! He's bowls leg-side this time, Stokes walks down the pitch and tucks through square leg. Ishant maybe tried to adjust to the batsman's reaction there
119.4
Ishant to Stokes, no run, angling across off stump, Stokes lets it pass
119.3
Ishant to Stokes, no run, stays over the wicket to Stokes and fires a wide one, left alone
118.6
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, smothers it on the front foot
118.5
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, drifting in on middle, defended
117.6
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, low full toss at the stumps, driven to mid-on
117.6
Bumrah to Stokes, no ball, short of length delivery around off, Stokes defends into the off-side. Bumrah has overstepped
117.5
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, back of a length delivery on off, blocked with a straight bat
117.4
Bumrah to Stokes, FOUR, half-volley on middle and leg, Stokes flicks almost nonchalantly through midwicket. Gloriously timed
117.3
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, length ball just outside off, left alone
116.6
Washington Sundar to Stokes, FOUR, there's the sweep again. Drags this a touch as he has to reach out for the ball with the length slightly shorter. Gets it away through square leg
116.5
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, length ball around off, defended forward
116.4
Washington Sundar to Stokes, FOUR, the length's pretty full here and it's at the stumps. So there's risk attached with the sweep. Stokes, though, is taking his chances and for now they're coming off. Nails it through midwicket
116.3
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, checked drive to mid-on as Washington drifts it in on middle
116.2
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, quite full at the stumps, almost in the blockhole, Stokes digs it out
116.1
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, drifting in at the stumps from round the wicket, Stokes defends forward
115.5
Bumrah to Stokes, 1 run, back of a length around leg, Stokes nudges it off the hip behind square
115.4
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, back of a length on middle, defended from the crease
115.3
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, spears in a yorker on middle, Stokes digs it out
115.2
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, back of a length delivery on leg, taps it towards midwicket
114.6
Washington Sundar to Stokes, no run, sliding in on middle and leg, Stokes flicks to square leg
113.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, Ashwin pulls the length back on off stump, Stokes defends
113.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, sees a bit of flight and slaps the drive hard. Hits it straight to mid-off though
113.4
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, back of a length on off, sliding through from round the wicket, Stokes blocks
113.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, flat slider on off, blocked from the crease
112.6
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, blocked comfortably on the back foot
112.5
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, safely defends on the back foot as it turns in from outside off
112.4
Nadeem to Stokes, no run
112.3
Nadeem to Stokes, FOUR, back-to-back reverse-sweeps for four. Takes him to fifty. What he's doing here is using his reach to get on top of the bounce
112.2
Nadeem to Stokes, FOUR, and now he dares to play a reverse-sweep out of the rough. That's Stokes for you. He's absolutely nailed this through point
112.1
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, turning in from outside off, Stokes defends from the crease
111.5
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, direct hit and Root was gone! A passage of play where all these chances are being created but India aren't grabbing them. This is nudged wide of short midwicket, and it's a poor call for a single. Fielder swoops in on the ball but his throw is well wide
111.4
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, defended
111.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, driven in the air towards mid-off. Bounces well short of the fielder. He was done in the flight there with the ball dipping in front of him
111.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, pushed through on a length towards off, Stokes doesn't get his front foot too far forward. Bit stuck in the crease actually. Manages to defend
110.6
Nadeem to Stokes, SIX, brutally swept away! Tossed up by Nadeem outside off and Stokes slaps it flat and hard. Goes all the way over midwicket
110.5
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, flighted up outside off, Stokes closes the face on it a little early and again takes a bit of a leading edge into the off-side
110.3
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, bit of a leading edge into the off-side, rolls into the gap
110.2
Nadeem to Stokes, 2 runs, another tough chance goes down! Swept fiercely wide of midwicket who goes full stretch to his left. Pujara went with both hands there, but only got his left one to it and the ball burst through because of the power of the shot
110.1
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, things happening now with Stokes wary of the rough. Tries sweeping from outside off but is hit on the pad
109.3
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, tough chance put down by Ashwin. Stokes drills this hard down the ground and Ashwin barely has time to stick his right hand out. These either stick or they don't. This one didn't
109.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, defended off the back foot
108.6
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, more bite off the rough. Rips in sharply and hits Stokes around the box
108.5
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, my goodness, this has exploded off the rough and jumped up at Stokes who's trying to defend off the back foot. Somehow he manages to keep it out. It actually took the glove but then went down in front of short leg after ricocheting onto the arm
108.4
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, defended into the on-side
107.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, quicker and around off, Stokes dabs it square on the off-side
107.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, defended from the crease
107.4
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, India have reviewed for leg-before. Another reverse-sweep attempted by Stokes and this time he misses it. However, it's gone on to hit the glove, so the review will be lost. It had popped up in the air, falling well wide of Pant as he gave chase
107.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, slaps the reverse-sweep to backward point. Was dragging it from around leg stump so he couldn't get it in front of square
107.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, skidding through towards the stumps, blocked
106.2
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, goes for the sweep and gets a thick top-edge. It falls well short of long leg
106.1
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, spinning in from the bit of rough that has developed, Stokes defends from the crease
105.6
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, slightly short just outside off, Stokes makes a bit of room and cuts wide of point. Didn't time it very well as he was a touch cramped
105.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, sliding in on leg, Stokes punches to midwicket
104.5
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, back of a length, spinning in on middle and leg, Stokes tucks it through square leg
104.4
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, defends this from the crease as Nadeem pushes it flatter
104.3
Nadeem to Stokes, 2 runs, bends across low and scoops this through the vacant leg-slip region. He was pickng it from outside off so the threat of LBW wasn't there. Nicely played
103.6
Ishant to Stokes, no run, on a length and around off, Stokes blocks it down the wicket
103.5
Ishant to Stokes, no run, slower delivery at 116.4ks and Stokes watchfully defends it back
103.4
Ishant to Stokes, no run, 132.2ks full delivery danged outside off, Stokes goes for the drive and gets an inside edge towards mid-on
103.3
Ishant to Stokes, no run, 135.1ks slanted in from a fullish length, Stokes knocks it with a straight bat to mid-on
103.2
Ishant to Stokes, FOUR, overpitched outside off and Stokes is not going to miss out, he opens the bat face and creams the drive square on the off-side, no chance of chasing that down. That brings up the 300 for England..
103.1
Ishant to Stokes, FOUR, another desperate dive but not good enough to stop the boundary. Full and angled in, Stokes whips it with a lot of bottom hand to the left of mid-on, Gill gives chase and dives head first but cannot parry it back in
102.3
Nadeem to Stokes, 1 run, tossed up around off, Stokes prods across and nudges it square on the leg-side
102.2
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, turning into the left hander, Stokes gets a leading edge as he tries to work it into the leg-side
102.1
Nadeem to Stokes, no run, first ball and Stokes goes for the reverse sweep, picks out Ishant near deepish backward point
100.4
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, and now Stokes gets a single in the mid-wicket region, camps back and nudges it into the leg-side
100.3
Ashwin to Stokes, FOUR, he had attempted the sweep in the previous over and didn't execute it properly but this time it is right off the middle, sits down and swipes it over square leg
100.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, 90ks quicker delivery outside off, Stokes chops it towards extra cover
100.1
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, sliding on with the angle, Stokes sits back and turns it to mid-wicket
99.5
Ishant to Stokes, 1 run, curling in from a good length, Stokes knocks it with a straight bat past Root and makes a late decision for the single, he gets it comfortably in the end as Bumrah gets around from mid-on and stops it with his boot
99.4
Ishant to Stokes, no run, shuffles a long way across, prods forward and blocks the good length ball into the off-side
99.3
Ishant to Stokes, no run, pitched right up outside off, Stokes drives it firmly back to Ishant
99.2
Ishant to Stokes, no run, angled in from a fullish length, Stokes defends it to cover
98.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, that's a good leave. The off-break drifts in from outside off but Stokes was confident as he shouldered arms
98.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, 89.2ks slider which skids on, Stokes goes deep in the crease to keep it out
98.1
Ashwin to Stokes, 1 run, goes for the sweep but is a bit early into the shot, ends up dragging it backward of square leg
96.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, maiden! That's a good testing over from Ashwin. Tossed up around off, Stokes has a good stride forward to negate it
96.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, bit of round-arm on this delivery and it slides on, Stokes prods forward to defend it back
96.4
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, drifting in with the angle, Stokes sits back and keeps it out with a straight bat
96.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, very full delivery around off, Stokes squeezes it out towards point
96.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, uhh! Shortens the length and gets it to rip away, Stokes watches it all the way and lets it go
96.1
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, arm-ball that skids on, Stokes gets his front leg out of the way and knocks it to mid-on
94.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, oh! This is going to be exciting. Ashwin goes past the bat now. Just a wee bit of turn and that's enough, drifts and turns past Stokes' prodding forward block
94.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, dragged back length but the speed is slow, Stokes blocks it down the wicket
94.4
Ashwin to Stokes, SIX, wow! Stokes has taken him on. Ashwin tosses it up teasingly around off, Stokes drop kicks it over long-off, just an extension of the arm and the timing takes care of the rest. This should be an interesting battle..
94.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, throws it up invitingly outside off, Stokes mistimes the drive to the right of Ashwin
94.2
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, sliding on from a flatter trajectory, Stokes dabs it adjacent to the surface on the off-side
94.1
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, tossed up around off, Stokes pushes it off the frontfoot to cover
92.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, spinning across from leg-stump, Stokes works it towards mid-wicket
91.6
Bumrah to Stokes, FOUR, delicately done! There was a bit of width on the back of a length delivery, Stokes waited on it and steered it through the slip cordon - between second slip and gully. He's off the mark..
91.5
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, oh my! Bumrah cannot believe that he hasn't gone through Stokes. Another pin-point yorker and it was almost through Stokes, he brings his bat down in the nick of time and jams it off the inner toe-edge. The ball bounces over the stumps and leaves Bumrah with his hand on his mouth
91.4
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, 137.5ks good length ball close to off, Stokes blocks it down the wicket
91.3
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, back of a length with a bit of extra bounce, Stokes was shaping to play the cut but decided to check his shot, dabs it in front of cover
90.6
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, nicely tossed up at 80.7ks, Stokes waits for it before dead-batting it into the on-side
90.5
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, going on with the angle, Stokes turns it to mid-wicket
90.4
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, touch quicker and sliding on, Stokes presses across and blocks to cover
90.3
Ashwin to Stokes, no run, slower and drifting in, Stokes prods forward and defends it back
89.6
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, 139.6ks short of length delivery outside off, Stokes is happy to let it pass
89.5
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, back of a length outside off, Stokes lifts his bat and lets it go
89.4
Bumrah to Stokes, no run, really full delivery around off, Stokes prods forward and defends it to cover
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