England v India, Birmingham

India 224/10 & 244/10

England 710/7

England won by 242 runs

England v India 2011 · 3rd Test Edgbaston, Birmingham 10–13 Aug 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than England.

India

0.91× -9%

England

1.16× +16%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MS Dhoni India

151 +364

AN Cook England

294 +355

EJG Morgan England

104 +111

P Kumar India

66 +87

AJ Strauss England

87 +73

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCJ Broad4/53

TT Bresnan4/62

JM Anderson4/85

A Mishra3/150

Top score

294

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

222

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–41

4 wkts for 41 · India

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 242 runs

Length4 days

India

224 /10 (62.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b TT Bresnan	38	64	7	0	59.38
V Sehwag	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	0	1	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	b TT Bresnan	22	68	3	0	32.35
Sachin Tendulkar	c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad	1	8	0	0	12.50
VVS Laxman	c SCJ Broad b TT Bresnan	30	41	6	0	73.17
SK Raina	b JM Anderson	4	21	0	0	19.05
MS Dhoni	c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad	77	96	10	3	80.21
A Mishra	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	4	13	1	0	30.77
P Kumar	c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan	26	39	4	1	66.67
I Sharma	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	4	19	1	0	21.05
S Sreesanth*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 4, lb 14)

Total 224/10 (62.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	21.2	4	69	2	3.23
SCJ Broad	17.0	6	53	4	3.12
TT Bresnan	20.0	4	62	4	3.10
GP Swann	4.0	0	22	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-8 (V Sehwag, 1.1)·2-59 (G Gambhir, 19.5)·3-60 (Sachin Tendulkar, 22.1)·4-75 (R Dravid, 26.2)·5-92 (SK Raina, 33.1)·6-100 (VVS Laxman, 34.4)·7-111 (A Mishra, 39.3)·8-195 (P Kumar, 53.3)·9-224 (MS Dhoni, 61.2)·10-224 (I Sharma, 62.2)

England

710 /7 (188.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	b A Mishra	87	176	13	0	49.43
AN Cook	c SK Raina b I Sharma	294	545	33	0	53.94
IR Bell	b P Kumar	34	43	6	0	79.07
KP Pietersen	lbw b P Kumar	63	78	9	1	80.77
EJG Morgan	c V Sehwag b SK Raina	104	199	11	0	52.26
RS Bopara	lbw b A Mishra	7	15	1	0	46.67
MJ Prior	c Sachin Tendulkar b A Mishra	5	11	0	0	45.45
TT Bresnan*	not out	53	75	6	1	70.67

Extras 63 (b 11, lb 34, w 3, nb 15)

Total 710/7 (188.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	40.0	13	98	2	2.45
S Sreesanth	36.0	4	158	0	4.39
I Sharma	37.1	8	159	1	4.28
A Mishra	43.0	2	150	3	3.49
SK Raina	28.0	1	83	1	2.96
Sachin Tendulkar	4.0	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-186 (AJ Strauss, 55.6)·2-252 (IR Bell, 70.2)·3-374 (KP Pietersen, 92.6)·4-596 (EJG Morgan, 160.5)·5-605 (RS Bopara, 163.4)·6-613 (MJ Prior, 165.6)·7-710 (AN Cook, 188.1)

India

244 /10 (55.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	14	42	2	0	33.33
V Sehwag	c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	18	39	3	0	46.15
Sachin Tendulkar	run out (GP Swann)	40	60	8	0	66.67
VVS Laxman	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	2	21	0	0	9.52
SK Raina	lbw b GP Swann	10	24	2	0	41.67
MS Dhoni*	not out	74	79	13	0	93.67
A Mishra	c SCJ Broad b GP Swann	22	28	4	0	78.57
P Kumar	c RS Bopara b SCJ Broad	40	18	5	3	222.22
I Sharma	lbw b SCJ Broad	0	8	0	0	0.00
S Sreesanth	c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan	5	13	1	0	38.46

Extras 19 (b 6, lb 6, w 7)

Total 244/10 (55.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	18.0	3	85	4	4.72
SCJ Broad	12.0	4	28	2	2.33
TT Bresnan	10.3	4	19	1	1.81
GP Swann	13.0	1	88	2	6.77
KP Pietersen	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (V Sehwag, 0.2)·2-35 (G Gambhir, 13.1)·3-40 (R Dravid, 15.2)·4-56 (VVS Laxman, 21.3)·5-87 (SK Raina, 28.6)·6-89 (Sachin Tendulkar, 32.2)·7-130 (A Mishra, 40.5)·8-205 (P Kumar, 48.2)·9-221 (I Sharma, 50.4)·10-244 (S Sreesanth, 55.3)