England v India, London

England 591/6

India 300/10 & 283/10

England won by 8 runs

England v India 2011 · 4th Test Kennington Oval, London 18–22 Aug 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than England.

England

1.26× +26%

India

0.92× -8%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

R Dravid India

159 +285

IR Bell England

235 +218

A Mishra India

127 +184

KP Pietersen England

175 +151

Sachin Tendulkar India

114 +151

Best bowling

Top match figures

GP Swann6/106

TT Bresnan3/54

GP Swann3/102

S Sreesanth3/123

Top score

235

IR Bell · England

Biggest stand

350

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–7

4 wkts for 7 · India

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 8 runs

Length5 days

England

591 /6 (153.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	40	106	5	0	37.74
AN Cook	c V Sehwag b I Sharma	34	87	4	0	39.08
IR Bell	lbw b SK Raina	235	364	23	2	64.56
KP Pietersen	c & b SK Raina	175	232	27	0	75.43
JM Anderson	c VVS Laxman b S Sreesanth	13	26	2	0	50.00
EJG Morgan	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	1	10	0	0	10.00
RS Bopara*	not out	44	75	3	0	58.67
MJ Prior*	not out	18	28	2	0	64.29

Extras 31 (b 6, lb 8, w 7, nb 10)

Total 591/6 (153.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	34.0	7	118	0	3.47
I Sharma	31.0	7	97	1	3.13
S Sreesanth	29.0	2	123	3	4.24
SK Raina	19.0	2	58	2	3.05
A Mishra	38.0	3	170	0	4.47
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-75 (AN Cook, 26.5)·2-97 (AJ Strauss, 37.6)·3-447 (KP Pietersen, 116.6)·4-480 (JM Anderson, 127.1)·5-487 (EJG Morgan, 129.4)·6-548 (IR Bell, 142.4)

India

300 /10 (94.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	lbw b JM Anderson	8	6	2	0	133.33
R Dravid*	not out	146	266	20	0	54.89
VVS Laxman	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	2	7	0	0	28.57
Sachin Tendulkar	c JM Anderson b GP Swann	23	34	4	0	67.65
SK Raina	st MJ Prior b GP Swann	0	29	0	0	0.00
I Sharma	c AN Cook b GP Swann	1	9	0	0	11.11
MS Dhoni	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	17	50	2	0	34.00
A Mishra	c IR Bell b TT Bresnan	43	77	6	1	55.84
G Gambhir	c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad	10	62	1	0	16.13
RP Singh	c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan	25	23	5	0	108.70
S Sreesanth	c EJG Morgan b TT Bresnan	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 25 (b 8, lb 9, w 7, nb 1)

Total 300/10 (94.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.0	7	49	2	3.06
SCJ Broad	21.0	3	51	2	2.43
TT Bresnan	17.0	3	54	3	3.18
GP Swann	31.0	5	102	3	3.29
KP Pietersen	7.0	1	27	0	3.86
RS Bopara	2.0	2	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-8 (V Sehwag, 0.6)·2-13 (VVS Laxman, 3.6)·3-68 (Sachin Tendulkar, 18.2)·4-93 (SK Raina, 28.5)·5-95 (I Sharma, 30.6)·6-137 (MS Dhoni, 45.4)·7-224 (A Mishra, 69.3)·8-264 (G Gambhir, 87.3)·9-300 (RP Singh, 93.4)·10-300 (S Sreesanth, 93.6)

India

283 /10 (91.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
V Sehwag	b GP Swann	33	67	5	49.25
R Dravid	c AN Cook b GP Swann	13	32	2	40.62
VVS Laxman	b JM Anderson	24	42	4	57.14
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b TT Bresnan	91	172	11	52.91
A Mishra	b GP Swann	84	141	10	59.57
SK Raina	lbw b GP Swann	0	13	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	c GP Swann b SCJ Broad	3	19	0	15.79
G Gambhir	c EJG Morgan b GP Swann	3	27	0	11.11
RP Singh	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	0	3	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	7	21	1	33.33
S Sreesanth	b GP Swann	6	9	1	66.67

Extras 19 (b 12, lb 7)

Total 283/10 (91.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	17.0	4	54	1	3.18
SCJ Broad	20.0	6	44	2	2.20
GP Swann	38.0	6	106	6	2.79
TT Bresnan	11.0	2	30	1	2.73
RS Bopara	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
KP Pietersen	2.0	0	17	0	8.50

Fall of wickets

1-49 (R Dravid, 12.6)·2-64 (V Sehwag, 18.1)·3-118 (VVS Laxman, 29.2)·4-262 (A Mishra, 75.3)·5-262 (Sachin Tendulkar, 76.1)·6-266 (SK Raina, 79.2)·7-269 (MS Dhoni, 83.2)·8-269 (RP Singh, 83.5)·9-275 (G Gambhir, 88.3)·10-283 (S Sreesanth, 90.6)