Sent to bat first, Indians were bowled out on 232, and England scored 74/0 on first day. Day 2 saw England racing to 456/3. Day 3 saw England declaring at 710/7 and India losing Sehwag when stumps was called. On Day 4 England needed two sessions to become number one winning by an innings and 272 runs.
Statistics
- Cook scored his second double century and England’s 7th highest test score.
Cook scored highest score at Edgbaston.
Cook spent 772 minutes at crease recording second highest stay by English batsman, after Boycott.
Morgan scored his second Test century.
Bresnan scored his third half-century in tests, second against India.
England recorded their 5th biggest Test victory.
India conceded their third biggest test loss.
India 1st innings
- Gambhir b Bresnan 38 balls 64 balls 7 4s
Sehwag c Prior b Broad 0
Dravid b Bresnan 22 runs 68 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar c Anderson b Broad 1 run 8 balls
Laxman c Broad b Bresnan 30 runs 41 balls 6 4s
Raina b Anderson 4 runs 21 balls
Dhoni c Strauss b Broad 77 runs 96 balls 10 4s 3 6s
Amit Mishra c Prior b Broad 4 runs 13 balls 1 four
Praveen Kumar c Prior b Bresnan 26 runs 39 balls 4 4s 1 six
Ishant Sharma c Cook b Anderson 4 runs 19 balls 1 four
Sreesanth not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 14) 18
Total (62.2 overs) 224
Fall of wickets
- 1-8 (Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 2-59 (Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 3-60 (Tendulkar, 22.1 ov), 4-75 (Dravid, 26.2 ov), 5-92 (Raina, 33.1 ov), 6-100 (Laxman, 34.4 ov), 7-111 (Mishra, 39.3 ov), 8-195 (Kumar, 53.3 ov), 9-224 (Dhoni, 61.2 ov), 10-224 (Sharma, 62.2 ov)
Bowling
- Anderson 21.2 ov 3 maidens 69/2
Broad 17 ov 6 maidens 53/4
Bresnan 20 ov 4 maidens 62/4
Swann 4 ov 22/0
England 1st innings
- Strauss b Mishra 87 runs 176 balls 13 4s
Cook c Raina b Ishant 294 runs 545 balls 33 4s
Bell b Kumar 34 runs 43 balls 6 4s
Pietersen lbw b Kumar 63 runs 78 balls 9 4s 1 six
Morgan c Sehwag b Raina 104 runs 199 balls 11 4s
Bopara lbw b Mishra 7 runs 15 balls 1 four
Prior c Tendulkar b Mishra 5 runs 11 balls
Bresnan not out 53 runs 75 balls 6 4s 1 six
Extras (b 11, lb 34, w 3, nb 15) 63
Total (188.1 overs) 710/7
Fall of wickets
- 1-186 (Strauss, 55.6 ov), 2-252 (Bell, 70.2 ov), 3-374 (Pietersen, 92.6 ov), 4-596 (Morgan, 160.5 ov), 5-605 (Bopara, 163.4 ov), 6-613 (Prior, 165.6 ov), 7-710 (Cook, 188.1 ov)
Bowling
- Praveen Kumar 40 ov 13 maidens 98/2
Sreesanth 36 ov 4 maidens 158/0
Ishant Sharma 37.1 ov 7 maidens 159/1
Mishra 43 ov 2 maidens 150/3
Raina 28 ov 1 maiden 83/1
Tendulkar 4 ov 17/0
India 2nd innings
- Gambhir c Swann b Anderson 14 runs 42 balls 2 4s
Sehwag c Strauss b Anderson 0
Dravid c Prior b Anderson 18 runs 39 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar run out 40 runs 60 balls 8 4s
Laxman c Prior b Anderson 2 runs 21 balls
Raina lbw b Swann 10 runs 24 balls 2 4s
Dhoni not out 74 runs 79 balls 13 4s
Amit Mishra c Broad b Swann 22 runs 28 balls 4 4s
Praveen Kumar c Bopara b Broad 40 runs 18 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Ishant Sharma lbw b Broad 0
Sreesanth c Pietersen b Bresnan 5 runs 13 balls 1 four
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 7) 19
Total (55.3 overs) 244
Fall of wickets
- 1-3 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-35 (Gambhir, 13.1 ov), 3-40 (Dravid, 15.2 ov), 4-56 (Laxman, 21.3 ov), 5-87 (Raina, 28.6 ov), 6-89 (Tendulkar, 32.2 ov), 7-130 (Mishra, 40.5 ov), 8-205 (Kumar, 48.2 ov), 9-221 (Sharma, 50.4 ov), 10-244 (Sreesanth, 55.3 ov)
Bowling
- Anderson 18 ov 3 maidens 85/4
Broad 12 ov 4 maidens 28/2
Bresnan 10.3 ov 3 maidens 19/1
Swann 13 ov 1 maiden 88/2
Pietersen 2 ov 12/0
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