ENG vs IND Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! TIMBER! Done and dusted, England have handed India a real hammering, winning the game by 125 runs. Adil Rashid pushes this one through a bit quicker and fuller on middle, pushing Varun Chakaravarthy onto the back foot. Chakaravarthy looks to flick but plays all around the traditional leg break delivery and the ball beats the outside edge to smash into the stumps.

FOUR! Varun Chakaravarthy is having a bit of fun out there. Tossed up again, too full and straight, Varun clears the front leg and lofts it straight down the ground for a boundary.

Quicker through the air now, on off, Chakaravarthy rocks back again and blocks it off.

Tossed up, really slow, on length and around middle. Chakaravarthy rocks back and punches it to cover.

Full and outside off, Yadav jams it through the gap at covers for a couple of runs. Josh Tongue finishes a brilliant spell with figures of 4-0-28-4.

Tongue goes a bit wider on the crease, pitches it on a good length and angles it into the batter. Prince Yadav hangs back to defend.

OUT! CAUGHT! That is a sensational catch from Tom Banton, and Josh Tongue has a four-fer. Tongue hammers it in on a hard length, at around 142 kph and pushes it outside off. Harshit Rana backs away and laces the cut but hits it uppishly. Banton at backward point, springs to his left and snaffles it with both hands. India are 70/9, and England are just one wicket away from victory.

A sharp bumper now, over middle and leg, at 145 kph. Rana does well to duck under it.

Dug in short and outside off, Rana looks to whack it leg side but gets an inside edge and the ball goes towards mid-wicket. Rana is disappointed to not have connected well here.

No run taken! A length ball outside off, Harshit Rana goes after it to cut but edges it down to deep third and denies the single.

Plenty of air, full and outside off. Rana leans on to smother the turn and eases it to mid off for a single. Jofra Archer scores a direct hit at the keeper's end but Chakaravarthy is well in.

Rashid slows it right up, bowling it short around off. Chakaravarthy waits back and pushes it through covers for a single.

Beaten! The googly now, full and pushed through outside off. Chakaravarthy looks to drive but is beaten past the outside edge.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Varun Chakaravarthy defends it off.

OUT! CAUGHT! Gone this time. Adil Rashid tosses this one up, bowled from the front of the hand. Arshdeep Singh sits down to sweep again but miscues it badly. The ball lobs up around silly mid off and the keeper Jos Buttler calls for it early, and then jogs after it, pouching it safely. Number 8 down for India.

Dragged length on off, Arshdeep Singh looks to sweep but gets a top edge over the keeper and down to deep third for a couple of runs.

In the air, and lands safely! A brain-fade moment in the field for England and Arshdeep Singh survives. Josh Tongue hammers it in short over leg stump, Singh backs away and goes after it, only managing to slice it high and towards short third. Jos Buttler runs after it and so does Sam Curran from backward point. Buttler calls for it and then Curran calls for it, and in the end, they both keep looking at each other as the ball falls right in the middle. Single taken.

Good length, wider of the off stump, smacked away behind point for a single in the deep.

A quick bumper now, over the stumps, Harshit Rana ducks under it.

A heavy short ball, angled into the body. Arshdeep Singh backs away and splices it through mid off for a single. Actually, it was Arshdeep who backed away very early and Tongue followed him.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! That should be the final nail in the coffin, and Abhishek Sharma's face in the dug-out says it all. Josh Tongue steams in and hits the shortish length at 143 kph, over the middle stump and gets it to skid through. Shivam Dube hangs back, gets cramped for room and just looks to angle the pull behind square leg. He ends up getting an under edge through to the keeper, and Jos Buttler makes no mistake. India are now 63/7.

Banged in short over middle and leg, Dube stays leg side of the ball, and dabs it late down to short third.

A touch fuller and quicker, outside off, this one turns back in sharply. Rana rocks back to cut but is well beaten.

Dragged short and wide outside off, turning back in, Rana covers the line again and blocks it down the pitch.

Nicely flighted again, around off, drawing the batter forward. Dube reaches for it and toe-ends the drive down to long off for a single.

Floated up on middle, turning in, Rana leans on, covers the line and flicks it through mid-wicket for one more.

Tossed up, on a dragged length, eased away through square covers for a single.

OUT! STUMPED! Oh, Jos Buttler nearly fumbled it big time, but he gets away with it. A lovely bit of drift on offer for Will Jacks as he flights it up on a length and around off. Tilak Varma skips down the pitch, looking to go over extra cover but the ball holds its line and goes past the inside edge. Buttler is a bit too eager to dislodge the bails, but replays show that Buttler did still have the ball in contact with his gloves when the bails came off, and Varma is a long way out of his crease. India are 60/6 in a chase of 202.

Dragged length around off, sliding on, Varma hops back and pushes it through cover-point for a run. India need 142 more off 78 balls.

Play and a miss! Floated up on a nagging length and around off, Tilak Varma sits down to sweep but is beaten in flight and the ball bounces over his willow.

Good length, slower on off, turns in. Varma dabs it to the left of backward point and looks for the single, but quickly decides against it.

From the front of the hand, slanted across off, Varma punches it out to extra cover.

Bowled flatter and wider outside off stump, Rana taps it wide of point and picks up a single.

FOUR! Whipped away. The wrong one, drifted into the pads, Harshit Rana stays put and flicks it powerfully and just behind square leg for a boundary.

Very tidy start from Will Jacks, and India are 54/5 after the first 6 overs. Flatter this time, on off, punched away to the left of extra cover.

Tossed up on middle, this one just grips a bit, Varma drives it a tad uppishly and towards extra cover.

Drifted into the left-hander, dips late on the batter. Varma watchfully keeps it out on the off side.

Floated up around the pads, Harshit Rana works it away in front of square leg and turns the strike over.

Flighted ball outside off, Tilak Varma comes down the track and toe-ends it to long off for a single.

Nicely tossed up, on middle and leg, Tilak Varma backs away and drives it gently to mid off.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Jofra Archer has the last laugh. He ends the over just the way he started. In the channel on off, on a short of a length. Axar throws his hands at the ball, but it is not wide enough for the cut. The ball takes the outside edge, and Jos Buttler makes no mistake. Wicket number 3 for Archer. 3 wickets in 7 balls for England. India are now 52/5.

SIX! Cleverly done! At 146 kph, on a shortish length, over off. Axar arches back and uses the pace of the ball by lifting it over the keeper for a six. India's 50 is up.

FOUR! Gets it through! Archer bowls it into the wicket again, on middle. Axar gives the bowler the charge and gets on top of the bounce to punch it past point for a boundary.

Skidding through, on a hard length, on middle. Patel hops and stabs it down on the off side.

From around the wicket, angled in on a good length. Tilak nudges it wide of square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! The sheepish smile on the face of Jofra Archer tells the story. This was there to be put away, but Shreyas Iyer has picked out the fielder. Full and sliding onto the pads. Iyer has no intention of keeping it on the ground as he plays the pick-up shot off the pads. Jacob Bethell moves to his right at deep backward square leg and gets on his knees to pouch it safely. India are now 41/4, needing 161 runs in 95 balls.

OUT! TAKEN! Ishan Kishan has picked out the fielder in the deep to near perfection. India's top three back in the hut in four overs. Tongue bangs it into the deck, on off. Ishan climbs into pull but fails to get it wide enough of the deep square leg fielder. Jacob Bethell moves to his right and snaffles it.

Fuller and wider on off. Kishan loses his shape as he tries to muscle it away on the off side. Mishits it to mid off.

SIX! All the way! Tongue digs it in short, over middle. Kishan takes his eyes off the ball as he plays the pull but gets his high and clears the backward square leg fence.

Bowled at 147 kph, cross-seam delivery, skidding through at the leg stump. Kishan clears the front leg early but is cramped for space and can only pat it down the strip.

Delivers it on a hard length, over off. Iyer gets his hands high, rides the bounce and guides it behind point for one.

Going across the left-hander. Kishan punches it square on the off side for a single.

FOUR! Easy pickings, and the Indian skipper is underway. Fuller in length, and Archer drifts on the pads. Iyer picks it up nicely off the pads and clears short fine leg with ease.

Lands it on a good length in line with the off stump. Iyer is a bit squared up as he dabs it to point.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Jofra Archer gets one over his IPL teammate. Archer digs it in short, around the right shoulder. Sooryavanshi tries to get inside the line and use the pace to hook it over long leg. The ball grazes a bit of the glove on the way through, and Jos Buttler gobbles it up with a small jump to his right. India have now lost both their openers.

Closer to the off stump and fuller as well, Kishan punches it through point for a single.

FOUR! Kishan flashes and flashes hard. This is at 147 kph, on the shorter side, outside off. Kishan throws the kitchen sink at it and it flies off a thickish outside edge over the man at short third.

Hits the top of off, does Archer. Kishan steers it with an angled bat face to backward point.

Angled away, on a back of a length. Kishan gets on his toes and punches it behind point for a single to get off the mark.

OUT! CAUGHT! Josh Tongue gets his radar right and strikes. Cross-seam ball, bowled into the surface, outside off. Abhishek hangs back and swings to go big on the off side. There is a bit of lift off the deck and Sharma ends up slicing it down to deep backward point, where Phil Salt runs in and takes an easy catch. India are 23/1, chasing 202.

This is even quicker at 147 kph, full and outside off. Sooryavanshi presses back and firms the drive to the left of mid off. They cross.

SIX! Clobbered! Bowled at 141 kph, a bit too full, on middle. Sooryavanshi clears the front leg and brings his wrists into play as he whips it way back over the deep mid-wicket fence.

Banged into the deck, across off. Abhishek drags the pull to the left of square leg for a single.

SIX! Dumped into the stands. Tongue gets it all wrong as he serves a full toss, outside off at waist height. Abhishek stands tall and carves it over backward point for his first six.

SIX! Flayed away! Archer bashes the hard length and pushes it across the left-hander. Sooryavanshi throws his hands at the ball, and it flies over the man at deep third for a six.

Beaten for pace. At 146 kph, a well-directed short ball at the right shoulder. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi swivels for the pull, but it sails over his blade.

Into the wicket, on middle and leg. Abhishek hops and drops it with soft hands beside the strip on the leg side and takes a quick single.

A beauty by Archer! Bowled on a good length, on off. Sharma stays put, looking to go down the ground but the ball cuts back in to go past the inside edge.

A big swing and a miss! The length is pulled back a bit and it is angled across the left-hander. Abhishek charges down the track and stays leg side. He flays at it but fails to connect.

Abhishek and India are away! Archer begins with a full ball, a bit of inward shape, on the pads. Sharma picks it up aerially over wide mid on but the ball does not have enough legs to reach the fence. Liam Dawson goes after it and hauls it in with a side. A couple of runs to start with for Abhishek.