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Test no. 1842

Pataudi Trophy - 3rd Test
England v India

2007 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 9,10,11,12,13 August 2007 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


India 1st innings	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
KD Karthik	c Prior b Sidebottom	91	216	151	10	1	60.26
W Jaffer	c Pietersen b Anderson	35	69	47	6	1	74.46
R Dravid	b Anderson	55	131	101	8	0	54.45
SR Tendulkar	c Strauss b Anderson	82	298	192	11	0	42.70
SC Ganguly	lbw b Collingwood	37	128	77	4	1	48.05
VVS Laxman	c Prior b Tremlett	51	101	79	8	0	64.55
MS Dhoni	c Cook b Pietersen	92	120	81	9	4	113.58
A Kumble	not out	110	217	193	16	1	56.99
Z Khan	c Anderson b Panesar	11	75	52	1	0	21.15
RP Singh	c & b Anderson	11	23	21	2	0	52.38
S Sreesanth	c Vaughan b Panesar	35	49	32	6	1	109.37
Extras	(b 33, lb 13, w 2, nb 6)	54

Total	(all out; 170 overs; 718 mins)	664	(3.90 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-62 (Jaffer, 14.4 ov), 2-189 (Dravid, 48.1 ov), 3-199 (Karthik, 51.1 ov), 4-276 (Ganguly, 79.5 ov), 5-354 (Laxman, 101.2 ov), 6-417 (Tendulkar, 112.6 ov), 7-508 (Dhoni, 130.5 ov), 8-570 (Khan, 150.3 ov), 9-591 (Singh, 156.4 ov), 10-664 (Sreesanth, 169.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	32	8	93	1	2.90
JM Anderson	40	5	182	4	4.55	(1w)
CT Tremlett	40	6	132	1	3.30	(5nb, 1w)
MS Panesar	45	5	159	2	3.53
PD Collingwood	7	1	11	1	1.57	(1nb)
KP Pietersen	6	0	41	1	6.83


England 1st innings	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c Sreesanth b Khan	6	18	13	1	0	46.15
AN Cook	c Singh b Kumble	61	148	98	11	0	62.24
JM Anderson	lbw b Singh	16	71	48	3	0	33.33
MP Vaughan	c & b Kumble	11	66	36	2	0	30.55
KP Pietersen	c Dravid b Tendulkar	41	124	107	4	0	38.31
PD Collingwood	lbw b Sreesanth	62	201	120	9	0	51.66
IR Bell	c Dhoni b Khan	63	107	96	11	0	65.62
MJ Prior	c Tendulkar b Sreesanth	0	38	15	0	0	0.00
RJ Sidebottom	c & b Khan	2	4	4	0	0	50.00
CT Tremlett	not out	25	67	49	2	0	51.02
MS Panesar	lbw b Kumble	9	55	42	2	0	21.42
Extras	(b 16, lb 12, w 10, nb 11)	49

Total	(all out; 103.1 overs; 450 mins)	345	(3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Strauss, 4.1 ov), 2-78 (Anderson, 19.4 ov), 3-119 (Cook, 31.2 ov), 4-124 (Vaughan, 33.3 ov), 5-202 (Pietersen, 60.1 ov), 6-288 (Collingwood, 81.6 ov), 7-303 (Bell, 86.2 ov), 8-305 (Sidebottom, 86.6 ov), 9-305 (Prior, 89.2 ov), 10-345 (Panesar, 103.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	22	13	32	3	1.45
S Sreesanth	21	2	80	2	3.80	(5nb, 2w)
A Kumble	29.1	7	94	3	3.22	(4nb)
RP Singh	18	3	72	1	4.00	(3w)
SC Ganguly	5	1	8	0	1.60	(1w)
SR Tendulkar	7	0	26	1	3.71
VVS Laxman	1	0	5	0	5.00


India 2nd innings	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
KD Karthik	c Collingwood b Tremlett	8	19	15	2	0	53.33
W Jaffer	lbw b Anderson	0	10	6	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	c Strauss b Collingwood	12	140	96	1	0	12.50
SR Tendulkar	b Anderson	1	13	11	0	0	9.09
SC Ganguly	c Strauss b Collingwood	57	93	68	9	0	83.82
VVS Laxman	not out	46	116	86	4	0	53.48
MS Dhoni	c Prior b Tremlett	36	79	64	4	0	56.25
A Kumble	not out	8	13	8	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 6)	12

Total	(6 wickets dec; 58 overs; 245 mins)	180	(3.10 runs per over)

Did not bat Z Khan, RP Singh, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets1-10 (Jaffer, 2.2 ov), 2-10 (Karthik, 3.6 ov), 3-11 (Tendulkar, 6.5 ov), 4-76 (Ganguly, 28.5 ov), 5-89 (Dravid, 34.4 ov), 6-158 (Dhoni, 54.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15	8	34	2	2.26
CT Tremlett	15	2	58	2	3.86	(5nb)
PD Collingwood	10	1	24	2	2.40	(1nb)
MS Panesar	18	1	58	0	3.22


England 2nd innings (target: 500 runs)	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c Laxman b Singh	32	113	6	0	28.31
AN Cook	c Laxman b Kumble	43	85	5	0	50.58
MP Vaughan	c Dhoni b Sreesanth	42	95	5	0	44.21
KP Pietersen	c Karthik b Sreesanth	101	159	18	0	63.52
PD Collingwood	lbw b Sreesanth	40	81	5	0	49.38
IR Bell	lbw b Kumble	67	62	12	0	108.06
MJ Prior	not out	12	64	1	0	18.75
RJ Sidebottom	not out	3	15	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, w 9, nb 14)	29

Total	(6 wickets; 110 overs)	369	(3.35 runs per over)

Did not bat CT Tremlett, MS Panesar, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets1-79 (Strauss, 31.4 ov), 2-86 (Cook, 34.1 ov), 3-152 (Vaughan, 60.4 ov), 4-266 (Collingwood, 84.1 ov), 5-289 (Pietersen, 88.6 ov), 6-363 (Bell, 105.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	20	3	59	0	2.95	(3w)
S Sreesanth	21	7	53	3	2.52	(1nb, 1w)
A Kumble	37	9	123	2	3.32	(5nb)
RP Singh	13	2	50	1	3.84	(1nb, 1w)
SR Tendulkar	19	0	78	0	4.10	(7nb)

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series India won the 3-match series 1-0

Player of the match A Kumble (India)
Players of the series JM Anderson (England) and Z Khan (India)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and IL Howell (South Africa)
TV umpire PJ Hartley
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JW Lloyds

Close of play
9 Aug day 1 - India 1st innings 316/4 (SR Tendulkar 48*, VVS Laxman 20*, 90 ov)
10 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 24/1 (AN Cook 12*, JM Anderson 5*, 8 ov)
11 Aug day 3 - England 1st innings 326/9 (CT Tremlett 18*, MS Panesar 0*, 96 ov)
12 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 56/0 (AJ Strauss 23*, AN Cook 27*, 20 ov)
13 Aug day 5 - England 2nd innings 369/6 (110 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
India 1st innings
India: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (82 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (KD Karthik 16, W Jaffer 31, Ex 3)
Drinks: India - 58/0 in 14.0 overs (KD Karthik 24, W Jaffer 31)
India: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (140 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (KD Karthik 22, R Dravid 25, Ex 4)
KD Karthik: 50 off 77 balls (6 x 4)
Lunch: India - 117/1 in 28.0 overs (KD Karthik 50, R Dravid 25)
India: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (210 balls), Extras 12
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (KD Karthik 43, R Dravid 48, Ex 9)
R Dravid: 50 off 82 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: India - 185/1 in 45.0 overs (KD Karthik 85, R Dravid 53)
India: 200 runs in 51.3 overs (313 balls), Extras 16
Tea: India - 211/3 in 56.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 2, SC Ganguly 8)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (SR Tendulkar 21, SC Ganguly 22, Ex 7)
India: 250 runs in 68.4 overs (416 balls), Extras 23
Drinks: India - 260/3 in 72.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 26, SC Ganguly 30)
New Ball Taken: India 283/4 after 82.3 overs (SR Tendulkar 34, VVS Laxman 2)
India: 300 runs in 87.2 overs (531 balls), Extras 30
End Of Day: India - 316/4 in 90.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 48, VVS Laxman 20)

Day 2
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 135 balls (5 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SR Tendulkar 16, VVS Laxman 28, Ex 6)
India: 350 runs in 97.1 overs (590 balls), Extras 30
VVS Laxman: 50 off 65 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: India - 354/5 in 101.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 55)
India: 400 runs in 111.1 overs (675 balls), Extras 36
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (SR Tendulkar 17, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 10)
Lunch: India - 429/6 in 117.0 overs (MS Dhoni 33, A Kumble 5)
India: 450 runs in 123.3 overs (749 balls), Extras 40
MS Dhoni: 50 off 65 balls (7 x 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (MS Dhoni 34, A Kumble 20, Ex 0)
India: 500 runs in 130.3 overs (791 balls), Extras 40
Drinks: India - 508/7 in 130.5 overs (A Kumble 25)
India: 550 runs in 144.4 overs (876 balls), Extras 49
A Kumble: 50 off 109 balls (9 x 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (A Kumble 35, Z Khan 7, Ex 9)
Tea: India - 559/7 in 148.0 overs (A Kumble 60, Z Khan 7)
India: 600 runs in 157.4 overs (954 balls), Extras 50
Drinks: India - 628/9 in 164.0 overs (A Kumble 93, S Sreesanth 16)
A Kumble: 100 off 180 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (A Kumble 25, S Sreesanth 22, Ex 4)
India: 650 runs in 166.3 overs (1007 balls), Extras 54
Innings Break: India - 664/10 in 170.0 overs (A Kumble 110)
England 1st innings
End Of Day: England - 24/1 in 8.0 overs (AN Cook 12, JM Anderson 5)

Day 3
England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 15
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (AN Cook 27, JM Anderson 8, Ex 15)
Drinks: England - 78/2 in 19.4 overs (AN Cook 41)
AN Cook: 50 off 77 balls (9 x 4)
England: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (168 balls), Extras 20
Lunch: England - 124/4 in 33.3 overs (KP Pietersen 4)
England: 150 runs in 40.3 overs (249 balls), Extras 28
Drinks: England - 172/4 in 49.0 overs (KP Pietersen 21, PD Collingwood 21)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (KP Pietersen 19, PD Collingwood 21, Ex 10)
England: 200 runs in 59.3 overs (367 balls), Extras 39
Tea: England - 210/5 in 62.0 overs (PD Collingwood 34, IR Bell 2)
PD Collingwood: 50 off 90 balls (8 x 4)
England: 250 runs in 74.5 overs (459 balls), Extras 39
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (PD Collingwood 29, IR Bell 24, Ex 0)
Drinks: England - 277/5 in 80.0 overs (PD Collingwood 61, IR Bell 41)
IR Bell: 50 off 77 balls (9 x 4)
New Ball Taken: England 288/5 after 81.1 overs (PD Collingwood 62, IR Bell 50)
England: 300 runs in 84.3 overs (520 balls), Extras 43
End Of Day: England - 326/9 in 96.0 overs (CT Tremlett 18, MS Panesar 0)

Day 4
Innings Break: England - 345/10 in 103.1 overs (CT Tremlett 25)
India 2nd innings
Rain: India - 35/3 in 13.2 overs (R Dravid 2, SC Ganguly 21)
Lunch: India - 35/3 in 13.2 overs (R Dravid 2, SC Ganguly 21)
India: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (111 balls), Extras 4
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (R Dravid 5, SC Ganguly 45, Ex 3)
SC Ganguly: 50 off 53 balls (9 x 4)
Drinks: India - 76/4 in 28.5 overs (R Dravid 5)
India: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (234 balls), Extras 10
Tea: India - 121/5 in 46.0 overs (VVS Laxman 16, MS Dhoni 16)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (VVS Laxman 17, MS Dhoni 29, Ex 6)
India: 150 runs in 52.3 overs (320 balls), Extras 11
Innings Break: India - 180/6 in 58.0 overs (VVS Laxman 46, A Kumble 8)
England 2nd innings
England: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (109 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (AJ Strauss 22, AN Cook 22, Ex 6)
End Of Day: England - 56/0 in 20.0 overs (AJ Strauss 23, AN Cook 27)

Day 5
Drinks: England - 79/1 in 31.4 overs (AN Cook 39)
England: 100 runs in 37.3 overs (230 balls), Extras 9
Lunch: England - 126/2 in 50.0 overs (MP Vaughan 22, KP Pietersen 17)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (MP Vaughan 29, KP Pietersen 18, Ex 3)
Bad Light: England - 149/2 in 59.0 overs (MP Vaughan 39, KP Pietersen 22)
England: 150 runs in 59.6 overs (368 balls), Extras 13
England: 200 runs in 68.6 overs (425 balls), Extras 20
KP Pietersen: 50 off 108 balls (9 x 4)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (KP Pietersen 28, PD Collingwood 15, Ex 7)
Tea: England - 232/3 in 78.0 overs (KP Pietersen 71, PD Collingwood 23)
England: 250 runs in 81.6 overs (505 balls), Extras 22
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 133 balls (KP Pietersen 54, PD Collingwood 37, Ex 9)
New Ball Taken: England 266/3 after 84.1 overs (KP Pietersen 86, PD Collingwood 40)
KP Pietersen: 100 off 155 balls (18 x 4)
England: 300 runs in 90.4 overs (558 balls), Extras 24
Drinks: England - 316/5 in 95.0 overs (IR Bell 29, MJ Prior 4)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (IR Bell 41, MJ Prior 10, Ex 1)
IR Bell: 50 off 50 balls (9 x 4)
England: 350 runs in 103.2 overs (636 balls), Extras 26
Test Match Scorers: Raghav, Raju and Binoy George

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Uma Srivastava

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Posted: 18 years ago

England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 1st day

Batsmen help India build momentum

The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

August 9, 2007

India 316 for 4 (Karthik 91, Dravid 55, Tendulkar 48*) v England
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Dinesh Karthik led India's batting effort, and was unlucky to fall for 91... Getty Images

On a day of fluctuating fortunes and squandered opportunities, India finished on top, putting 312 for 4 on the board after they chose to bat on a friendly Oval pitch, in conditions where bowling was hard work. Some of India's top-order batsmen must still be ruing the fact that they did not go on to make big runs, but Matt Prior, who dropped Sachin Tendulkar on 20, will be the one most wanting to erase the flawed moment from memory.

Wasim Jaffer began the Indian innings in characteristic fashion, with little footwork but excellent shot execution, timing and placing the ball superbly on both sides of the pitch, in front of and behind square. Of Jaffer's seven boundaries that will make the highlights reels was an uppercut six off James Anderson that sailed over the ropes at point.

But this uncharacteristic adventurism was to eventually be his undoing. Michael Vaughan, a captain who tinkers with his fields incessantly, sent Kevin Pietersen from gully to a short third-man position, a touch wide and about 20 yards in from the ropes. It is tough to believe Jaffer did not see Pietersen going there, and in all probablilty took the bait simply because he found him with the kind of pin-point accuracy that would be hard to achieve if the batsman had tried to place the ball somewhere. Anderson had a wicket that looked like it would not come all session, as India were 62 for 1.

Rahul Dravid, who walked - no rushed - out to bat, signalled his intentions early enough, slashing one over the slip cordon between striking clean fours in front of point. With Dravid keeping the scoreboard ticking over - his first 15 came off as many balls - Karthik too loosened up.

Karthik's drives through cover, when the ball was in the slot, were crisp and cleanly struck, but his lofted six off Monty Panesar caught the eye. Karthik, tired of kicking away the ball on a leg-stump line, came down the track, giving himself a bit of room and timed the ball sweetly over extra-cover.

The shot of the day, however, came from the other end. Vaughan had placed two fielders close to each other - they could have leaned over and shook hands - at short cover, reminding Dravid of the manner in which he had scooped Panesar to the same position earlier in the series. As if to defy Vaughan, Dravid picked Panesar off, threading a drive perfectly between the two men.

Dravid waved his bat vigourously at the press enclosure on reaching his fifty, clearly making a point to some inside. The statement, whatever it was, was cut short five runs later, by a peach of a ball from Anderson that slanted in and swung away just enough to york the batsman and nail the middle stump. The 127-run stand had come in good time, and India were still scoring at a fast clip when the next wicket fell, for the third time in the day against the run of play.

Karthik, nine short of a well-deserved century, played an airy drive outside the off to Sidebottom but could not quite get behind the line of the ball. Replays suggested that Karthik may have been unlucky to have been given out - no Indian opener has ever been dismissed in the 90s against England - as there was no visible deflection as the ball passed bat.

That brought Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly together, and the two weathered a spell of sustained short-pitched bowling as England clawed back into game, sharply reducing the scoring rate, which had hovered above the four-per-over mark almost all innings. Ganguly managed to deflect the ball away albeit awkwardly at times, but Tendulkar simply bided his time.

...while Sachin Tendulkar rounded off the day unbeaten on 48 Getty Images

It was 37 balls before Tendulkar, who had only managed five at that stage, scored his first boundary, a sumptuous drive through cover off Anderson. From then on Tendulkar showed more positive intent, using the bat rather than receiving the ball on pad or body. But even then, Tendulkar looked oddly hesitant in his strokeplay, and when he edged Sidebottom trying to force the ball through the off side, it did not come as a total surprise. What was shocking, though, was Prior's attempt behind the stumps. Prior threw himself to the right, displaying poorer footwork than the batsman's, and parried the ball goalkeeper-style past first slip.

No matter how he is batting, or what the score is, it is not a good idea to drop Tendulkar. He and Ganguly showed why they each have more than 100 Tests in the bag, putting on 77 not-so-pretty yet invaluable runs for the fourth wicket before Ian Howell, the umpire, dropped his clanger for the day.

Paul Collingwood, filling in a few overs before the second new ball was taken, got one to come in a touch to Ganguly, on 37, who crashed the ball onto his pad off a thick inside-edge. The appeal was a good one, and Howell raised his finger even as Ganguly smiled in bemusement, concealing his disappointment as best as possible, and trudged off.

VVS Laxman joined Tendulkar out in the middle, and he had a better time of it than Ganguly. England's bowlers failed to make full use of the second new ball, allowing Laxman to leave far too many deliveries well alone. Tendulkar was taking no chances, and bedded down on 48, content with taking India to a good first day's score, ready to have another go at England on the second.

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sachind and laxman got to start of good tommrow and then we can get 500 or close

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http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2007/aug/09sld1.htm

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day 2 so far..

india made 571-8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well done dhoni..made 92 off 81 balls😃

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Test no. 1842

Pataudi Trophy - 3rd Test
England v India

2007 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 9,10,11,12,13 August 2007 (5-day match)


India 1st innings	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
KD Karthik	c Prior b Sidebottom	91	216	151	10	1	60.26
W Jaffer	c Pietersen b Anderson	35	69	47	6	1	74.46
R Dravid	b Anderson	55	131	101	8	0	54.45
SR Tendulkar	c Strauss b Anderson	82	298	192	11	0	42.70
SC Ganguly	lbw b Collingwood	37	128	77	4	1	48.05
VVS Laxman	c Prior b Tremlett	51	101	79	8	0	64.55
MS Dhoni	c Cook b Pietersen	92	120	81	9	4	113.58
A Kumble	not out	110	217	193	16	1	56.99
Z Khan	c Anderson b Panesar	11	75	52	1	0	21.15
RP Singh	c & b Anderson	11	23	21	2	0	52.38
S Sreesanth	c Vaughan b Panesar	35	49	32	6	1	109.37
Extras	(b 33, lb 13, w 2, nb 6)	54

Total	(all out; 170 overs; 718 mins)	664	(3.90 runs per over)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	32	8	93	1	2.90
JM Anderson	40	5	182	4	4.55	(1w)
CT Tremlett	40	6	132	1	3.30	(5nb, 1w)
MS Panesar	45	5	159	2	3.53
PD Collingwood	7	1	11	1	1.57	(1nb)
KP Pietersen	6	0	41	1	6.83


England 1st innings	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c Sreesanth b Khan	6	18	13	1	0	46.15
AN Cook	not out	12		24	2	0	50.00
JM Anderson	not out	5		12	1	0	41.66
Extras	(nb 1)	1

Total	(1 wicket; 8 overs)	24	(3.00 runs per over)

To bat MP Vaughan, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior, CT Tremlett, RJ Sidebottom, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets1-12 (Strauss, 4.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	4	2	12	1	3.00
S Sreesanth	3	0	11	0	3.66
A Kumble	1	0	1	0	1.00	(1nb)

Toss India, who chose to bat first

Player of the match tba

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and IL Howell (South Africa)
TV umpire PJ Hartley
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JW Lloyds

Close of play
day 1 - India 1st innings 316/4 (SR Tendulkar 48*, VVS Laxman 20*, 90 ov)
day 2 - England 1st innings 24/1 (AN Cook 12*, JM Anderson 5*, 8 ov)

Match notes

Day 1
India 1st innings
India: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (82 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (KD Karthik 16, W Jaffer 31, Ex 3)
Drinks: India - 58/0 in 14.0 overs (KD Karthik 24, W Jaffer 31)
India: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (140 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (KD Karthik 22, R Dravid 25, Ex 4)
KD Karthik: 50 off 77 balls (6 x 4)
Lunch: India - 117/1 in 28.0 overs (KD Karthik 50, R Dravid 25)
India: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (210 balls), Extras 12
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (KD Karthik 43, R Dravid 48, Ex 9)
R Dravid: 50 off 82 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: India - 185/1 in 45.0 overs (KD Karthik 85, R Dravid 53)
India: 200 runs in 51.3 overs (313 balls), Extras 16
Tea: India - 211/3 in 56.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 2, SC Ganguly 8)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (SR Tendulkar 21, SC Ganguly 22, Ex 7)
India: 250 runs in 68.4 overs (416 balls), Extras 23
Drinks: India - 260/3 in 72.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 26, SC Ganguly 30)
New Ball Taken: India 283/4 after 82.3 overs (SR Tendulkar 34, VVS Laxman 2)
India: 300 runs in 87.2 overs (531 balls), Extras 30
End Of Day: India - 316/4 in 90.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 48, VVS Laxman 20)

Day 2
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 135 balls (5 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SR Tendulkar 16, VVS Laxman 28, Ex 6)
India: 350 runs in 97.1 overs (590 balls), Extras 30
VVS Laxman: 50 off 65 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: India - 354/5 in 101.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 55)
India: 400 runs in 111.1 overs (675 balls), Extras 36
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (SR Tendulkar 17, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 10)
Lunch: India - 429/6 in 117.0 overs (MS Dhoni 33, A Kumble 5)
India: 450 runs in 123.3 overs (749 balls), Extras 40
MS Dhoni: 50 off 65 balls (7 x 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (MS Dhoni 34, A Kumble 20, Ex 0)
India: 500 runs in 130.3 overs (791 balls), Extras 40
Drinks: India - 508/7 in 130.5 overs (A Kumble 25)
India: 550 runs in 144.4 overs (876 balls), Extras 49
A Kumble: 50 off 109 balls (9 x 4)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (A Kumble 35, Z Khan 7, Ex 9)
Tea: India - 559/7 in 148.0 overs (A Kumble 60, Z Khan 7)
India: 600 runs in 157.4 overs (954 balls), Extras 50
Drinks: India - 628/9 in 164.0 overs (A Kumble 93, S Sreesanth 16)
A Kumble: 100 off 180 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (A Kumble 25, S Sreesanth 22, Ex 4)
India: 650 runs in 166.3 overs (1007 balls), Extras 54
Innings Break: India - 664/10 in 170.0 overs (A Kumble 110)
England 1st innings
End Of Day: England - 24/1 in 8.0 overs (AN Cook 12, JM Anderson 5)

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Uma Srivastava

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Posted: 18 years ago

England v India, 3rd Test, The Oval, 2nd day

Kumble's maiden hundred caps Indian domination

The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

August 10, 2007

England 24 for 1 (Cook 12*, Anderson 5*) trail India 664 (Kumble 110*, Dhoni 92, Karthik 91, Tendulkar 82, Anderson 4-182) by 640 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Crowning moment: Anil Kumble is one of Test cricket's leading wicket-takers but his maiden hundred would be something he will cherish for ever Getty Images

India stood on the brink of a series win in England - 2-0 was as a real possibility, 1-0 a virtual certainty - as they piled on a massive 664, with Anil Kumble scoring his maiden Test hundred on the back of impressive performances from several of his team-mates. India's batting fired all through, with each of the 11 batsmen getting into double figures, and eight partnerships of 50 or more. England lost Andrew Strauss in the eight overs they had to negotiate, ending on 24 for 1 to cap a near-perfect day for India.

With India "getting out of jail" in the first Test at Lord's, saved by the rain, and decisively winning an exciting game at Trent Bridge, the two teams came into the final Test fairly well matched. By the end of the second day, though, India were far ahead, with England battling hard to stay in the hunt.

Added to the pressure that the series scoreline put on the English batsmen was the pressure of the huge Indian total. The question Michael Vaughan will be asking himself is, "How can England still win this game?" For if they can't visualise a positive result, it might just become too difficult to bat three days and keep the negative one away.

The day was well set up when it began, with India narrowly ahead on points at 316 for 4. Sachin Tendulkar quickly got to his half-century, Matt Prior dropped VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni carted the ball around for a lusty 92, and all seemed to be going according to the Indian script. Then came the event of the day, something that was 36 years and 297 days and 118 Tests in the making. Kumble got to his half-century, off 109 balls, playing second fiddle to Dhoni. Then slowly, as he crunched one unassuming cover drive after another, the maiden century became a real possibility, even with Dhoni gone.

Zaheer Khan played with care and common sense for 52 balls to score 11 but he could take Kumble only as far as 67. RP Singh hung around 21 balls for his 11 and left Kumble on 76. With 24 still needed, Kumble was visibly nervous as Sreesanth strode out to bat. Miraculously, Sreesanth kept his cool - something he hasn't always done with the ball in hand - and Kumble speared one from Kevin Pietersen through Matt Prior's legs, off the inside edge, to reach three figures.

Scrambling to regain his crease, Kumble saw that the ball had evaded the keeper and before Steve Bucknor, the umpire, could signal the boundary, he had his helmet off and waved his bat towards the Indian dressing-room. To a man the Indian team - already crowding the balcony - rose to their feet, celebrating Kumble's moment. It was one of cricket's romantic moments, a popular hero achieving a milestone that appeared to be evading him in a 17-year-old career.

For those less inclined to the game's romance, there was still enough to savour on a day the statisticians had little respite. India's innings was the first instance of eight partnerships crossing the 50-run mark. James Anderson conceded 182 runs, more than any Englishman has conceded against India in an innings. All eleven Indian batsmen got into double figures. Kumble took more Tests than any batsman in history to reach a maiden Test hundred, beating Chaminda Vaas (96), and, till he got there this was the highest score without a century.

And if you had no interest in either romance or statistics, and wanted pure cricket, you couldn't have asked for a refund on your ticket money at the end of the day. Laxman batted pleasingly for 51, barring the ball that got him and the one that should have when Prior shelled the chance. Tendulkar played more shots in the second half of his innings, including a near six - a hook off Anderson - and well-constructed punches through mid-on and cover. He was on target for a century when Anderson produced a delivery that swung late and, for the second time in the innings, got rid of a well-set top-order batsman.

Anderson's ball to dismiss Tendulkar, almost as good as the one that got Rahul Dravid on the first day, was no fluke. England's bowlers tried hard, hampered as they were with the loss of Sidebottom after the 102nd over, and it wasn't as though they bowled especially badly. It was just one of those days when almost everything India did went their way.

India were already on course for a big total and then Mahendra Singh Dhoni went ballistic with an 81-ball 92, further demoralising England Getty Images

Dhoni's frightening assault was one such thing. He walked out to bat with India in a strong position at 354 for 5 but there was still a long way to go. India's first task was to score enough runs to eliminate the risk of defeat and then press on to a score so big that England would have to fight to save the game. Dhoni ensured that this gap was bridged. He did that with a typically marauding 92, including four huge hits for six and nine fours, off only 81 balls. He'd helped save the Test at Lord's with a doughty, uncharacteristic innings; here he'd set things up with an idiosyncratic, bustling knock.

Amid all that, Kumble ended up unbeaten on 110, scoring the only Indian century of the series so far as India eventually closed on 664. Then, in the eight overs that remained a tired Strauss pulled Zaheer from well outside the off and only managed a catch to fine leg, leaving England at 12 for 1. Alastair Cook stayed largely away from the strike, and trouble, as England ended on 24 for 1, a staggering 640 behind with three days to play.

And that's the key, as the man of the day put it. "I always knew I could bat and I didn't think it would be 17 years coming," said Kumble. "I'm really satisfied, and we'll celebrate, but there's still a lot of work to be done in picking up the remaining 19 wickets."

Kumble couldn't stop smiling when he gave that TV interview but it is over the next three days that he has to be in his element - making sure the English batsmen are not enjoying their time out in the middle. After all, a 2-0 series-win in England beckons. And that's almost as much of a once-in-a-lifetime event as Kumble's hundred.

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Uma Srivastava

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Posted: 18 years ago

Hey everyone!!

I'm soooooo happy with India's performance!! I think we were mind-blowing!!

I totally like Dhoni and his innings!! 😉

Great job Kumble and your century! 👏 👏

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simran

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Posted: 18 years ago

Originally posted by: umi82990
Hey everyone!!

I'm soooooo happy with India's performance!! I think we were mind-blowing!!

I totally like Dhoni and his innings!! 😉

Great job Kumble and your century! 👏 👏

yahh!! we did an excellent job!!!..👏 kumble..his first century!!!...lets see wat happens tommorow...😊

Edited by sim_indian - 18 years ago