India, opting to bat first, collapse to 214 before England ride on the Man-of-the-Match Nasser Hussain's fine 128 to gain a 99-run lead. On a third day's wicket offering uneven bounce India look set to crumble without a fight. No other batsman reaches even 20 as Tendulkar stands firm displaying superior technique, moving either back or forward with decisive footwork to make 122 off 177 balls.

 

Test # 1327 (1327/82)
England v India, 1996, 1st Test
Edgbaston, Birmingham
6,7,8,9 June 1996 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 8 wickets
England leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: India
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and DR Shepherd
TV Umpire: AA Jones
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debuts: RC Irani, AD Mullally, MM Patel (Eng); SB Joshi, PL Mhambrey, BKV Prasad, V Rathour (Ind).
Man of the Match: N Hussain

Close of Play:

·  Day 1: India 214, England 60/0 (Knight 27*, Atherton 31*)

·  Day 2: England 313, India 5/0 (Rathour 5*, Jadeja 0*)

·  Day 3: India 219, England 73/1 (Atherton 29*, Hussain 18*)

India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6

V Rathour             c Knight           b Cork                20  66  52  1 0

A Jadeja              c Atherton         b Lewis                0  16   9  0 0

SV Manjrekar          c Atherton         b Lewis               23  68  47  4 0

SR Tendulkar                             b Cork                24  71  41  4 0

*M Azharuddin         c Knight           b Irani               13  30  27  3 0

+NR Mongia                               b Mullally            20  48  39  4 0

SB Joshi              c Thorpe           b Mullally            12  93  64  1 0

A Kumble              c Knight           b Cork                 5  13   8  1 0

J Srinath             c Russell          b Mullally            52  94  65  9 0

PL Mhambrey           c Thorpe           b Cork                28  76  49  4 0

BKV Prasad            not out                                   0  24  18  0 0

Extras                (b 3, lb 10, nb 4)                       17

Total                 (all out, 69.1 overs)                   214

FoW: 1-8 (Jadeja), 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

Lewis                       18      2     44      2

Cork                        20.1    5     61      4 (3nb)

Mullally                    22      7     60      3 (1nb)

Irani                        7      4     22      1

Patel                        2      0     14      0

England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6

NV Knight             c Mongia           b Srinath             27  78  48  4 0

*MA Atherton          c Rathour          b Mhambrey            33 122  98  5 0

N Hussain             c sub (R Dravid)   b Srinath            128 313 227 18 1

GP Thorpe                                b Srinath             21  45  30  2 1

GA Hick               c Mhambrey         b Prasad               8  40  29  2 0

RC Irani              c Mongia           b Srinath             34  41  34  7 0

+RC Russell                              b Prasad               0  22  14  0 0

CC Lewis              c Rathour          b Prasad               0   1   1  0 0

DG Cork               c Jadeja           b Prasad               4   8   9  0 0

MM Patel              lbw                b Kumble              18  52  35  2 0

AD Mullally           not out                                  14  47  25  3 0

Extras                (b 16, lb 3, nb 7)                       26

Total                 (all out, 90.2 overs)                   313

FoW: 1-60 (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

Srinath                     28.2    5    103      4 (5nb)

Prasad                      28      9     71      4

Kumble                      24      4     77      1

Mhambrey                    10      0     43      1 (3nb)

India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6

V Rathour             c Hick             b Cork                 7  21  11  1 0

A Jadeja              c Russell          b Lewis                6  37  27  1 0

+NR Mongia            c Hussain          b Cork                 9  20  36  1 0

SR Tendulkar          c Thorpe           b Lewis              122 263 177 19 1

*M Azharuddin                            b Mullally             0   5   3  0 0

SB Joshi              c Russell          b Mullally            12  99  15  1 0

SV Manjrekar          c Knight           b Lewis               18  48  64  2 0

A Kumble              run out (Knight/Hick)                    15  70  54  2 0

J Srinath             lbw                b Lewis                1  18  14  0 0

PL Mhambrey                              b Lewis               15  28  20  2 0

BKV Prasad            not out                                   0  16   6  0 0

Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 1)                        14

Total                 (all out, 70.4 overs)                   219

FoW: 1-15 (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

Lewis                       22.4    6     72      5

Cork                        19      5     40      2

Mullally                    15      4     43      2 (1nb)

Irani                        2      0     21      0

Patel                        8      3     18      0

Hick                         4      1     12      0

England 2nd innings (target: 121 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6

NV Knight             lbw                b Prasad              14  40  29  1 0

*MA Atherton          not out                                  53 153 100  3 0

N Hussain             c Srinath          b Prasad              19  54  43  2 0

GP Thorpe             not out                                  17  59  36  2 0

Extras                (b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)                   18

Total                 (2 wickets, 33.5 overs)                 121

DNB: GA Hick, RC Irani, +RC Russell, CC Lewis, DG Cork, MM Patel,

     AD Mullally.

FoW: 1-37 (Knight), 2-77 (Hussain).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W

Srinath                     14.5    3     47      0  (5nb, 1w)

Prasad                      14      0     50      2

Kumble                       5      3      9      0

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).