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England vs India, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: India tour of England, 2025 Venue: Headingley, Leeds Date & Time: Jun 20-Jun 24, 11:00 AM LOCAL

Shardul Thakur 2-51(10 ov)

78.6

Thakur to Jamie Smith, FOUR, an extra man added to the off-side but Jamie Smith finds the gap. Full outside off, Jamie Smith opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man, deep backward point had no chance as it was well wide of him. Thakur with a wry smile on his face

78.5

Thakur to Jamie Smith, no run, full outside off, in the slot, Jamie Smith gets forward and on-drives nicely, but straight to the fielder at mid-on

78.4

Thakur to Root, 1 run, full just outside off, Root shuffles across his stumps and gets outside off, flicks to deep backward square-leg, Root is not happy as he picked out just the one fielder there, anywhere else on the leg-side and it was four. Root immediately put his head back in disappointment after playing that

78.3

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 1 run, on a length outside off, Jamie Smith shuffles across his stumps and gets forward to punch it to the left of mid-off, easy run

78.2

Thakur to Jamie Smith, no run, fullish outside off, Jamie Smith gets forward to drive, thick under-edge bounces through to Pant

78.1

Thakur to Root, 1 run, short of length outside off, Root cuts as he leans back, finds deep backward point

76.6

Thakur to Root, no run, slower-ball off-cutter, full outside off, Root gets forward to drive to cover, mistimed it

76.5

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 1 run, full on middle, Jamie Smith gets forward and drives to the left of Jaiswal at mid-on, he slips but manages to field

76.4

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 2 runs, Jamie Smith comes down the track and drives at this length delivery outside off, thick inside-edge wide of leg-stump and runs away wide of fine-leg for two

76.4

Thakur to Jamie Smith, no ball, short of length outside off, Jamie Smith goes on the back foot and punches to mid-off, Thakur oversteps and it will be one more to the total

76.3

Thakur to Root, 1 run, good length outside off, Root taps it sideways, runs away to deep backward point

76.2

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 1 run, short of length outside off, Jamie Smith cuts hard and straight to the fielder at sweeper cover

76.1

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 2 runs, full outside off, Jamie Smith gets forward to drive wide of cover and Sai is there at sweeper cover, still it's wide of him and they come back for two

74.6

Thakur to Jamie Smith, 1 run, full just outside off, Jamie Smith gets forward to drive and it's a thick inside-edge past leg-stump, rolls away

74.5

Thakur to Root, 1 run, Siraj runs in from deep mid-wicket and keeps it to one. Dares Root to go for the 2nd as he picks the ball up, it's full and nips back in to off, Root gets forward to defend, the thick inside-edge rolls to deep mid-wicket, the batters ran hard for the 1st

74.4

Thakur to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and works it to mid-on

74.3

Thakur to Root, 2 runs, full outside off, Root walks forward and shuffles across his stumps as well, flicks it wide of mid-on, deep mid-wicket gets across and cuts it off

74.2

Thakur to Root, no run, good length outside off, Root goes on the back foot to defend solidly to cover

74.1

Thakur to Root, no run, short of length and nips back in to off, Root goes on the back foot and defends it into the pad, rolls back down the pitch

58.6

Thakur to Stokes, FOUR, toe-end and wide of the wide slip. Full and wide outside off, Stokes throws the bat at it, off the thick toe-end and it splits the wide slip and gully

58.5

Thakur to Stokes, no run, fullish outside off, Stokes shuffles across his stumps and walks down the pitch, left alone, doesn't carry to Pant

58.4

Thakur to Stokes, no run, full outside off, absolutely crunched straight down the ground with a full-face and Thakur sticks out a left-hand and stops it, did well to save four

58.3

Thakur to Stokes, 2 runs, short of length on middle-leg, tucked away towards deep backward square leg, they get back for two

58.2

Thakur to Root, 1 run, good length delivery on off-stump, Root shuffles across and tucks it away towards deep square leg

58.1

Thakur to Root, no run, full and outside off, left alone

56.6

Thakur to Stokes, no run, fuller outside off, watchfully let go

56.5

Thakur to Stokes, no run, very full on off-stump, shoveled out towards mid-off, he was looking to turn that into the leg-side and it went off the outer half

56.4

Thakur to Stokes, no run, good length delivery outside off, left alone

56.3

Thakur to Stokes, no run, full outside off, Stokes prods forward and blocks

56.2

Thakur to Stokes, FOUR, edged and four! Shardul is creating opportunities here, pitched up full and wide outside off, Stokes was sucked into a drive, he went hard at it and got a thick outside edge that flew well past Rahul's left at gully

56.1

Thakur to Stokes, no run, short of length angling into off-stump, Stokes shouldered arms and it hit his thigh pad before going down leg, no leg byes on offer there as he didn't offer a shot

54.6

Thakur to Root, no run, bit of extra bounce! Just short of length on off-stump, leaps on Root as he covers the line to defend, hits the splice

54.5

Thakur to Stokes, 3 runs, attacks the stumps, Stokes whips it away nicely through mid-wicket and they get back for three as the fielder tracks it down

54.4

Thakur to Brook, out Caught by Pant!! Two in two for Shardul! Barely had a part to play in this game so far and he's suddenly turning the game on its head here! Brook is strangled down leg for a golden duck. He wears a wry smile as he walks off. Good length delivery sliding down leg, Brook shuffled across and down the wicket, ended up reaching around and could only manage a fine tickle through to Pant who dived to his left to hold on to this. 99 in the first innings and 0 in this one for Brook. Shardul is absolutely pumped and so are his teammates. Brook c Pant b Thakur 0(1)

54.3

Thakur to Duckett, out Caught by (sub) Nitish Reddy!! Duckett departs for 149! They've finally held on to a catch offered by Duckett and it's Shardul with the breakthrough. Pitched up full and outside off, drive-ball and Duckett obliged, Shardul's pace meant he was through it just a fraction early and he couldn't keep the drive down. It went quick and to Nitish Reddy's left at short extra cover, he did well to dive and hold on to it. Superb knock from Duckett, he's nearly batted India out of the contest. He walks off to a resounding applause from the crowd. An aggregate of over 200 runs for him in this game. Duckett c (sub) Nitish Reddy b Thakur 149(170) [4s-21 6s-1]

54.2

Thakur to Duckett, no run, pitched up full outside off, Duckett prods forward and blocks it into the off-side

54.1

Thakur to Duckett, no run, pitched up full and just outside off, Duckett presses forward and into a loose drive, gets beaten on the outside edge

52.6

Thakur to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and defends nicely down the track

52.5

Thakur to Root, no run, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and punches nicely to the point fielder

52.4

Thakur to Duckett, 1 run, fullish outside off, Duckett gets forward to push with an open-face to the backward point area

52.3

Thakur to Duckett, no run, good length on off, Duckett gets forward and gets right behind the line to defend it back

52.2

Thakur to Duckett, no run, short of length and tight on off, Duckett gets right behind the line to defend it back

52.1

Thakur to Root, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and on middle, Root walks forward and shuffles across his stumps and gets outside off, flicks and misses, hit on the thigh pad, it runs away to the mid-wicket area and they take a legbye

21.6

Thakur to Crawley, 1 run, full on off-stump, knocked towards wide mid-on for a quick single

21.5

Thakur to Crawley, no run, good length delivery on off-stump, eased towards point

21.4

Thakur to Crawley, FOUR, now Crawley is getting into his groove! Not a great delivery this, pitched up full and right in the slot, Crawley pressed forward, got a nice stride into it before driving it through extra cover, mid-off had to give up on the chase very early

21.3

Thakur to Crawley, no run, length delivery on middle, tucked towards mid-wicket

21.2

Thakur to Duckett, 1 run, short of length on middle-leg, bread and butter for Duckett as he tucks it away to deep square leg to bring up fifty! Hasn't been at his explosive best but he's played some really eye-catching shots nonetheless. Second fifty of the game and he'll been keen to turn this into a three-figure score

21.1

Thakur to Duckett, no run, good length delivery on off-stump, tucked straight to that man at short mid-wicket

19.6

Thakur to Crawley, no run, pitched up full on off-stump, driven straight back

19.5

Thakur to Duckett, 1 run, short of length and straying down leg, tucked down to long leg

19.4

Thakur to Duckett, no run, good length delivery just outside off, Duckett is right behind it with a block

19.3

Thakur to Crawley, 1 run, short of length on off-stump, knocked out towards deep backward point, used the pace nicely and just steered it away

19.2

Thakur to Duckett, 1 run, short of length on middle-leg, tucked away towards deep square leg, there is protection out there, will be two more though

19.1

Thakur to Crawley, 1 run, full on off-stump, Crawley blocks and it just dribbles into the off-side, they pinch a quick single, good running

17.6

Thakur to Crawley, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Crawley flicks firmly to deep mid-wicket

17.5

Thakur to Crawley, no run, full delivery on the stumps, Crawley flicks and picks out short mid-wicket

17.4

Thakur to Crawley, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Crawley pushes towards cover

17.3

Thakur to Duckett, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Duckett flicks to deep mid-wicket

17.2

Thakur to Duckett, FOUR, that is probably the worst ball India have bowled all morning. Very important for Shardul to back-up the good work done by his mates. Good length delivery down leg, Duckett tickles fine, no fine leg and it's an easy four

17.1

Thakur to Crawley, 1 run, nice on-drive. He will kicking himself for picking out the fielder. Fullish delivery, Crawley couldn't get this past mid-on