India vs England, 5th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: England tour of India, 2024 Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Date & Time: Mar 07-Mar 09, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Ben Duckett 27(58)
17.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Duckett, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Excellent catch from Gill and Kuldeep Yadav draws first blood for India. Duckett was visibly frustarted after playing far too many dot balls by his standards and decided to give this googly and massive whack on the leg-side. Went low and skewed a thick top-edge into the air on the off-side where Gill, running sideways to his right from cover, puts in a splendid well-timed dive to grab the opportunity. Duckett c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav 27(58) [4s-4]
17.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Duckett, no run, this one keeps low from a length, punched back to the bowler
17.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Duckett, FOUR, googly bowled short on and around off, Duckett goes on the back foot and crunches it straight past the non-striker. Timed it well enough to get it racing to the long-on fence
16.4
Ashwin to Duckett, 1 run, goes full and wide of off stump, allows Duckett to slice the drive to the right of deep backward point
16.3
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, flat and just outside off, blocked from the crease
16.2
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, quicker on off stump, Duckett goes on the back foot and forces it to the right of mid-on
16.1
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, slower and fuller just outside off, Duckett gets forward and pushes it into the off-side
15.4
Siraj to Duckett, 1 run, I0$ short of length on and around leg stump, Duckett splices the tuck square on the leg-side
15.3
Siraj to Duckett, no run, good length just outside off at I0$, Duckett is happy to sit back and defend
15.2
Siraj to Duckett, no run, I0$ swings away from a fuller length outside off, Duckett mistimes the drive to mid-on
14.6
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, short and speedy outside off, Duckett stabs off the thick inside edge to the left of cover
14.5
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, slower and keeps it on and around off, Duckett goes on the back foot to defend
14.4
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, tossed very full outside off, Duckett with a loose drive, finding the fielder at cover eventually
14.3
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, flat and short just outside off, punched away to mid-off
14.2
Ashwin to Duckett, FOUR, Ashwin slows it up a little and goes full towards off, Duckett premeditates the lap sweep and connects it sweetly to the left of short fine. Raced away to bring up England's 50
14.1
Ashwin to Duckett, no run, bowls it a touch quicker just outside off, Duckett is happy to nudge it into the leg-side
12.6
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, solid block to see off the first hour
12.5
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, play and miss and the ball doesn't carry to Jurel again. Good length delivery drawing Duckett forward to trouble him
12.4
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, defended from the crease
12.3
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, beaten! Fullish and angling in, moving away to trouble Duckett on the defence. Hardly carries to Jurel this time
12.2
Bumrah to Duckett, FOUR, edgeeeed but between third slip and gully. Length delivery angling in, Duckett looks to defend, opened up for the umpteenth time, thick edge escapes in the gap
12.1
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, seventh over for Bumrah, wow! Length delivery, Duckett defends
11.3
Siraj to Duckett, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Duckett flicks through backward square leg
11.2
Siraj to Duckett, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Duckett defends
10.6
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, beaten! Full and drawing the batter forward, Duckett has to play the angle and it's extremely difficult to cover for the movement Bumrah is getting here. Lucky for Duckett that he missed this away-going ball
10.5
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, moving away, Duckett defends but was opened up slightly
10.4
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, blocked
10.1
Bumrah to Duckett, 1 run, fullish and swinging away, Duckett defends to cover and escapes strike
9.3
Siraj to Duckett, 1 run, attempt for an aggressive shot but Rohit has a solid field to shut areas. Fullish and swinging back in, Duckett tries to force pace by walking at the bowler. Wanted to hit over square leg but the bat turned on impact and it went towards fine leg
9.2
Siraj to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Duckett defends
9.1
Siraj to Duckett, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Duckett defends
7.6
Siraj to Duckett, no run, oh beaten and a bad shot! Siraj offered a ball that was angling well away from the off stump. Duckett could have had a cut there but he misjudged the line and tried the pull shot. Suggests to his partner that is bounced a tad extra
7.5
Siraj to Duckett, no run, uppish flick but again well short of square leg. Fullish and on the stumps, Duckett watchful again
7.4
Siraj to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery on the leg stump, flicked to square leg
7.3
Siraj to Duckett, no run, watchful defence as he doesn't have room
7.2
Siraj to Duckett, 2 runs, just a hint of width, Duckett guides past backward point and it's clear he doesn't want to miss out on any off-side ball because India aren't feeding him there
7.1
Siraj to Duckett, no run, straight on the stumps, blocked
5.6
Siraj to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, flicked to hand
5.5
Siraj to Duckett, no run, blocked off the back foot
5.4
Siraj to Duckett, no run, good length delivery around off stump, Duckett defends
5.3
Siraj to Duckett, no run, back to bowling to the field. Good length delivery swinging back in, Duckett checks the flick and it doesn't carry to Gill
5.2
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, first real thrash ball and Duckett thrashes for four through cover. Field for straight bowling and Siraj slips in a full and very wide ball, Duckett smacks it for four
5.1
Siraj to Duckett, no run, fullish delivery, Duckett defends towards mid-on
4.4
Bumrah to Duckett, 3 runs, nice calming flick! Flew off the middle of the bat and was ready for the variaion from Bumrah - the big inswinger for the pads. Ashwin runs from mid-on to stop it just in front of the boundary
4.3
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery, Duckett defends
4.2
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, on the stumps, defended
4.1
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, almost the edge! Bumrah is dishing out some horror stuff for Duckett. He's opening the batter up at crease for fun with his angle and away movement. Short of a length angling in, ok I can defend that off the back foot goes Duckett, but suddenly sees the ball swing away and has no clue. Bumrah has some gentle words too
3.5
Siraj to Duckett, 1 run, full and swinging back in, this time leg-side, Duckett flicks, Gill dives at square leg to save a few
3.4
Siraj to Duckett, no run, inswinger on the pads, Duckett watchfully works it to the leg-side
3.3
Siraj to Duckett, no run, fullish length again but hitting him slightly high on the bat again in defence
3.2
Siraj to Duckett, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Duckett manages to defend
3.1
Siraj to Duckett, no run, ohh they almost had a catch taken at what you can't quite call short mid-wicket or short leg. This was a fullish delivery, Duckett thought he could push down the ground, the ball hit the splice and flew towards Rohit, who was there. It almost looked like one kicking up to fly off the splice to short leg for a spinner. Rohit is around 11-12m from the batter
2.6
Bumrah to Duckett, leg byes, 1 run, goes for the killer inswinger after bowling outswingers all over so far but this is just down the leg-side so no appeal for LBW. Duckett missed the flick and got away because of the line
2.5
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, bit of jump from good length this time! Good length delivery on the stumps, Duckett defends off the splice of the bat towards gully
2.4
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, covers the line and manages to put bat on ball
2.3
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, unplayable! Duckett was totally opened up in the angle. That's Bumrah's angle into the left-hander, tricks Duckett into thinking a leg-side shot. Duckett tries to work it away but the ball moves away cunningly to fox him completely
2.2
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, lovely away-going shape from good length, very watchful defence from Duckett
2.1
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, beaten! But the carry is very low again. Bumrah angles this length delivery in and then swings it away to trick Duckett into a push away from the body
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