England v India, London

India 148/10 & 94/10

England 486/10

England won by 244 runs

England v India 2014 · 5th Test Kennington Oval, London 15–17 Aug 2014

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than England.

India

1.00× 0%

England

1.13× +13%

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

Joe Root England

149 +262

MS Dhoni India

82 +204

AN Cook England

79 +106

GS Ballance England

64 +83

JC Buttler England

45 +54

Best bowling

Top match figures

CJ Jordan4/18

I Sharma4/96

CR Woakes3/30

CJ Jordan3/32

Top score

149*

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

125

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · India

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 244 runs

Length3 days

India

148 /10 (61.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c Joe Root b CR Woakes	18	64	0	0	28.12
G Gambhir	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
CA Pujara	b SCJ Broad	4	19	0	0	21.05
Virat Kohli	lbw b CJ Jordan	6	18	1	0	33.33
AM Rahane	c & b CJ Jordan	0	8	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	c CR Woakes b SCJ Broad	82	140	15	1	58.57
STR Binny	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	5	30	0	0	16.67
R Ashwin	c Joe Root b CR Woakes	13	17	1	0	76.47
B Kumar	c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan	5	11	1	0	45.45
VR Aaron	c & b CR Woakes	1	17	0	0	5.88
I Sharma*	not out	7	42	0	0	16.67

Extras 7 (b 6, lb 1)

Total 148/10 (61.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	17.0	4	51	2	3.00
SCJ Broad	15.1	5	27	2	1.78
CJ Jordan	14.0	7	32	3	2.29
CR Woakes	14.0	7	30	3	2.14
MM Ali	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (G Gambhir, 0.4)·2-10 (CA Pujara, 5.6)·3-26 (Virat Kohli, 13.4)·4-28 (AM Rahane, 15.6)·5-36 (M Vijay, 18.5)·6-44 (STR Binny, 30.3)·7-68 (R Ashwin, 36.4)·8-79 (B Kumar, 39.1)·9-90 (VR Aaron, 44.5)·10-148 (MS Dhoni, 61.1)

England

486 /10 (116.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c M Vijay b VR Aaron	79	183	9	0	43.17
SD Robson	b VR Aaron	37	70	6	0	52.86
GS Ballance	c CA Pujara b R Ashwin	64	117	13	0	54.70
IR Bell	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	7	16	0	0	43.75
Joe Root*	not out	149	165	18	1	90.30
MM Ali	b R Ashwin	14	24	2	0	58.33
JC Buttler	c R Ashwin b I Sharma	45	73	9	0	61.64
CR Woakes	c MS Dhoni b B Kumar	0	3	0	0	0.00
CJ Jordan	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	20	33	2	0	60.61
SCJ Broad	c Virat Kohli b I Sharma	37	21	5	1	176.19
JM Anderson	lbw b R Ashwin	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 33 (b 18, lb 3, w 1, nb 11)

Total 486/10 (116.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Kumar	24.0	3	86	1	3.58
I Sharma	30.0	8	96	4	3.20
VR Aaron	29.0	1	153	2	5.28
STR Binny	12.0	0	58	0	4.83
R Ashwin	21.3	2	72	3	3.35

Fall of wickets

1-66 (SD Robson, 20.5)·2-191 (AN Cook, 57.4)·3-201 (GS Ballance, 62.5)·4-204 (IR Bell, 63.2)·5-229 (MM Ali, 68.6)·6-309 (JC Buttler, 93.4)·7-318 (CR Woakes, 94.5)·8-400 (CJ Jordan, 107.2)·9-463 (SCJ Broad, 113.6)·10-486 (JM Anderson, 116.3)

India

94 /10 (29.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
M Vijay	lbw b JM Anderson	2	16	0	12.50
G Gambhir	run out (CR Woakes)	3	19	0	15.79
CA Pujara	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	11	19	2	57.89
Virat Kohli	c AN Cook b CJ Jordan	20	54	2	37.04
AM Rahane	c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad	4	15	0	26.67
MS Dhoni	c SD Robson b CR Woakes	0	5	0	0.00
STR Binny*	not out	25	28	4	89.29
R Ashwin	c IR Bell b CJ Jordan	7	9	1	77.78
B Kumar	c IR Bell b CJ Jordan	4	4	1	100.00
VR Aaron	run out (MM Ali)	1	3	0	33.33
I Sharma	c MM Ali b CJ Jordan	2	4	0	50.00

Extras 15 (b 8, lb 6, w 1)

Total 94/10 (29.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	8.0	3	16	2	2.00
SCJ Broad	10.0	2	22	1	2.20
CR Woakes	7.0	0	24	1	3.43
CJ Jordan	4.2	1	18	4	4.15

Fall of wickets

1-6 (M Vijay, 4.5)·2-9 (G Gambhir, 6.1)·3-30 (CA Pujara, 12.5)·4-45 (AM Rahane, 17.5)·5-46 (MS Dhoni, 18.4)·6-62 (Virat Kohli, 23.2)·7-70 (R Ashwin, 25.2)·8-74 (B Kumar, 25.6)·9-84 (VR Aaron, 26.6)·10-94 (I Sharma, 29.2)