July 19-23, 2007

England v India, 1st Test, Lord's

India 201 and 282 for 9 (Dhoni 76*, Sreesanth 4*) drew with England 298 and 282 (Pietersen 134, Singh 5-59)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

5th day
Bulletin - Rain saves India as England frustrated
Sambit Bal - Flabby in the middle
Andrew Miller - The hunger is back
Plays of the Day - Dhoni, the fab fifth
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - Dravid - "We got out of jail"
Tim de Lisle - Why Indian giants fell to English greenhorns
Audio - Ravi Shastri: Dhoni saves the day
Audio - Ian Chappell: Match merited a result
Stats - India's lucky escape
Gallery - Rain denies England victory

4th day
Bulletin - England hold edge in enthralling battle
Sambit Bal - A batsman of rare pedigree
Analysis - A contest to cherish
Quotes - 'I'd probably rate that as No. 1'
Plays of the Day - Speeding through the 90s
Audio - David Lloyd: A day of celebrations for England
Audio - Ravi Shastri: Karthik is the key
Surfer round-up - Get a hundred to fix that fatigue
Gallery - Kevin Pietersen puts England on top

3rd day
Bulletin - Zaheer gives India hope after Anderson's haul
Andrew Miller - Anderson's Second Coming
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - Familiar middle-order muddle
Plays of the Day - Let players drink before the game
Audio - Ravi Shastri: England's rookie attack dictates terms
Audio - David Lloyd: 'I'm pleased with him [Anderson]'
Gallery - Advantage England

2nd day
Bulletin - England fight back after dramatic collapse
Plays of the Day - The chainsaw massacre
'Ganguly inspired me' - Sreesanth
Andrew Miller - Young Englishmen rise to the occasion
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - Sachin and Jaffer, a tale of abrupt endings
Audio - Ravi Shastri: The new ball did the trick for India
Gallery - A day of tumbling wickets

1st day
Bulletin - England stutter after Strauss finds form
Andrew Miller - Strauss hits his straps
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - India's new-ball bowlers were quite pedestrian
Plays of the Day - Zak gets Cook-ed and the missing banner of the day
Stats - Kumble tops the lbw charts
Audio - David Lloyd: England take advantage of a friendly Indian attack
Audio - Ravi Shastri: Dravid over-attacked initially
Gallery - Strauss and Vaughan give England the advantage

Preview package
Andrew Miller - Vaughan: 'The split captaincy has worked to date'
Stats - India's worst venue
Dileep Premachandran - When Chetan Sharma took over
Audio - Ian Chappell: Sreesanth is India's trump card

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