Ashwin leaves England in a mess on Day 1

August 01, 2018 23:11

England 285-9 (88 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up four wickets to leave England in a mess on Day 1 of the first Test in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Ashwin claimed four for 60 in 25 overs on a first day pitch offering the off-spinner a lot of assistance, as England finished the day on 285 for nine in 88 overs.

Mohammed Shami picked up two for 64, while Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav took one wicket each.

The turning point of the day was no doubt Virat Kohli's brilliance in the field which resulted in the run out of the well set Joe Root.

England skipper Root, who stroked 80 and put on 104 runs for the fourth wicket with Jonny Bairstow, was run out by a direct hit from Kohli from midwicket as he attempted a second run.

Bairstow followed suit as he was bowled off an inside edge for 70, resulting in a mini collapse as England slipped from 216 for three to 243 for seven.

Sam Curran was unbeaten on 24 with lastman James Anderson yet to score at stumps on the opening day.

In the final session on Day 1, England lost six wickets for 122 runs in 34 overs.

Ashwin made the early breakthrough for India as he bowled Alastair Cook with a beauty for 13. The former England captain played forward to a ball that drifted in towards middle stump before straightening past Cook's outside edge and clattering off stump.

Shami eventually took the wicket of Keaton Jennings midway through the afternoon while Dawid Malan could only score eight before becoming the Indian's second victim of the day.

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