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Test no. 1327

India in England Test Series - 1st Test
England v India

1996 season

Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 6,7,8,9 June 1996 (5-day match)

Result England won by 8 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Rathour	c Knight b Cork	20	66	52	1	0	38.46
	A Jadeja	c Atherton b Lewis	0	16	9	0	0	0.00
	SV Manjrekar	c Atherton b Lewis	23	68	47	4	0	48.93
	SR Tendulkar	b Cork	24	71	41	4	0	58.53
	M Azharuddin	c Knight b Irani	13	30	27	3	0	48.14
	NR Mongia	b Mullally	20	48	39	4	0	51.28
	SB Joshi	c Thorpe b Mullally	12	93	64	1	0	18.75
	A Kumble	c Knight b Cork	5	13	8	1	0	62.50
	J Srinath	c Russell b Mullally	52	94	65	9	0	80.00
	PL Mhambrey	c Thorpe b Cork	28	76	49	4	0	57.14
	BKV Prasad	not out	0	24	18	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 3, lb 10, nb 4)	17

	Total	(all out; 69.1 overs)	214	(3.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-8 (Jadeja), 1-40* (Manjrekar, retired not out), 2-41 (Rathour), 3-64 (Azharuddin), 4-93 (Tendulkar), 5-103 (Mongia), 6-118 (Manjrekar), 7-127 (Kumble), 8-150 (Joshi), 9-203 (Srinath), 10-214 (Mhambrey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CC Lewis	18	2	44	2	2.44
DG Cork	20.1	5	61	4	3.02	(3nb)
AD Mullally	22	7	60	3	2.72	(1nb)
RC Irani	7	4	22	1	3.14
MM Patel	2	0	14	0	7.00


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NV Knight	c Mongia b Srinath	27	78	48	4	0	56.25
	MA Atherton	c Rathour b Mhambrey	33	122	98	5	0	33.67
	N Hussain	c sub (R Dravid) b Srinath	128	313	227	18	1	56.38
	GP Thorpe	b Srinath	21	45	30	2	1	70.00
	GA Hick	c Mhambrey b Prasad	8	40	29	2	0	27.58
	RC Irani	c Mongia b Srinath	34	41	34	7	0	100.00
	RC Russell	b Prasad	0	22	14	0	0	0.00
	CC Lewis	c Rathour b Prasad	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	DG Cork	c Jadeja b Prasad	4	8	9	0	0	44.44
	MM Patel	lbw b Kumble	18	52	35	2	0	51.42
	AD Mullally	not out	14	47	25	3	0	56.00
	Extras	(b 16, lb 3, nb 7)	26

	Total	(all out; 90.2 overs)	313	(3.46 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-60 (Knight), 2-72 (Atherton), 3-109 (Thorpe), 4-149 (Hick), 5-195 (Irani), 6-205 (Russell), 7-205 (Lewis), 8-215 (Cork), 9-264 (Patel), 10-313 (Hussain)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	28.2	5	103	4	3.63	(5nb)
BKV Prasad	28	9	71	4	2.53
A Kumble	24	4	77	1	3.20
PL Mhambrey	10	0	43	1	4.30	(3nb)


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Rathour	c Hick b Cork	7	21	11	1	0	63.63
	A Jadeja	c Russell b Lewis	6	37	27	1	0	22.22
	NR Mongia	c Hussain b Cork	9	20	36	1	0	25.00
	SR Tendulkar	c Thorpe b Lewis	122	263	177	19	1	68.92
	M Azharuddin	b Mullally	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	SB Joshi	c Russell b Mullally	12	99	15	1	0	80.00
	SV Manjrekar	c Knight b Lewis	18	48	64	2	0	28.12
	A Kumble	run out (Knight/Hick)	15	70	54	2	0	27.77
	J Srinath	lbw b Lewis	1	18	14	0	0	7.14
	PL Mhambrey	b Lewis	15	28	20	2	0	75.00
	BKV Prasad	not out	0	16	6	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 1)	14

	Total	(all out; 70.4 overs)	219	(3.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Rathour), 2-17 (Jadeja), 3-35 (Mongia), 4-36 (Azharuddin), 5-68 (Joshi), 6-127 (Manjrekar), 7-185 (Kumble), 8-193 (Srinath), 9-208 (Tendulkar), 10-219 (Mhambrey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CC Lewis	22.4	6	72	5	3.17
DG Cork	19	5	40	2	2.10
AD Mullally	15	4	43	2	2.86	(1nb)
RC Irani	2	0	21	0	10.50
MM Patel	8	3	18	0	2.25
GA Hick	4	1	12	0	3.00


England 2nd innings (target: 121 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NV Knight	lbw b Prasad	14	40	29	1	0	48.27
	MA Atherton	not out	53	153	100	3	0	53.00
	N Hussain	c Srinath b Prasad	19	54	43	2	0	44.18
	GP Thorpe	not out	17	59	36	2	0	47.22
	Extras	(b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)	18

	Total	(2 wickets; 33.5 overs)	121	(3.57 runs per over)

Did not bat GA Hick, RC Irani,

RC Russell, CC Lewis, DG Cork, MM Patel, AD Mullally

Fall of wickets1-37 (Knight), 2-77 (Hussain)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	14.5	3	47	0	3.16	(5nb, 1w)
BKV Prasad	14	0	50	2	3.57
A Kumble	5	3	9	0	1.80

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

Test debuts RC Irani, AD Mullally and MM Patel (England); SB Joshi, PL Mhambrey, BKV Prasad and V Rathour (India)
Player of the match N Hussain (England)

Umpires DB Hair (Australia) and DR Shepherd
TV umpire AA Jones
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
6 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 60/0 (NV Knight 27*, MA Atherton 31*)
7 Jun day 2 - India 2nd innings 5/0 (V Rathour 5*, A Jadeja 0*)
8 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 73/1 (MA Atherton 29*, N Hussain 18*)
9 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 121/2 (33.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
SV Manjrekar (1) retired hurt on 10* from 40/1 to 103/5
Manjrekar used a runner upon the resumption of his innings
Irani took the wicket of Azharuddin off the 5th delivery he bowled in Test cricket.

Day 2
Hussain's maiden test century

Day 3
Tendulkar's 9th test century
Tendulkar reached his century with a 6 off Patel.
India 2nd innings: 2x7 ball overs (DB Hair miscounted, once each for Mullally and Patel).