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| Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th December 2012 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), RJ Tucker (Australia) |
| TV umpire | VA Kulkarni |
| Referee | JJ Crowe (New Zealand) |
| Reserve Umpire | S Das |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 273/7 (Dhoni 22*, Khan 0*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 216/1 (Cook 136*, Trott 21*; 73 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 509/6 (Prior 40*, Swann 21*; 163 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 239/9 (Ashwin 83*, Ojha 3*; 83 overs) |
| Player of the Match | AN Cook |
| Articles | With scores still to settle, an intriguing match ahead |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | c Trott b Panesar | 60 | 124 | 169 | 12 | - | |
| V Sehwag | run out (Patel->Finn->Prior) | 23 | 26 | 45 | 3 | - | |
| CA Pujara | b Panesar | 16 | 48 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Prior b Anderson | 76 | 155 | 202 | 13 | - | |
| V Kohli | c Swann b Anderson | 6 | 24 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Cook b Swann | 32 | 54 | 77 | 4 | 1 | |
| *+MS Dhoni | c Swann b Finn | 52 | 114 | 158 | 5 | 2 | |
| R Ashwin | b Anderson | 21 | 43 | 59 | 2 | - | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Panesar | 6 | 21 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| I Sharma | b Panesar | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| PP Ojha | not out | 0 | 19 | 39 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 438 minutes, 105 overs) | 316 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (Sehwag, 10.1 ov), 2-88 (Pujara, 25.4 ov), 3-117 (Gambhir, 41.1 ov), 4-136 (Kohli, 48.4 ov), 5-215 (Yuvraj Singh, 68.3 ov), 6-230 (Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 7-268 (Ashwin, 88.3 ov), 8-292 (Khan, 93.6 ov), 9-296 (Sharma, 95.3 ov), 10-316 (Dhoni, 105 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 28 | 7 | 89 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Finn | 21 | 2 | 73 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Panesar | 40 | 13 | 90 | 4 | - | - | |
| Swann | 16 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AN Cook | run out (Kohli) | 190 | 377 | 492 | 23 | 2 | |
| NRD Compton | lbw b Ojha | 57 | 137 | 214 | 6 | 1 | |
| IJL Trott | c Dhoni b Ojha | 87 | 223 | 243 | 10 | - | |
| KP Pietersen | lbw b Ashwin | 54 | 85 | 112 | 9 | 1 | |
| IR Bell | c Dhoni b Sharma | 5 | 23 | 47 | - | - | |
| SR Patel | c Sehwag b Ojha | 33 | 47 | 62 | 5 | - | |
| +MJ Prior | c Dhoni b Khan | 41 | 49 | 89 | 6 | 1 | |
| GP Swann | c Sehwag b Ojha | 21 | 46 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| ST Finn | not out | 4 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| JM Anderson | c Sehwag b Ashwin | 9 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| MS Panesar | lbw b Ashwin | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb, 5 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 679 minutes, 167.3 overs) | 523 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-165 (Compton, 52.6 ov), 2-338 (Trott, 119.2 ov), 3-359 (Cook, 126.5 ov), 4-395 (Bell, 136.5 ov), 5-420 (Pietersen, 143.2 ov), 6-453 (Patel, 149.6 ov), 7-510 (Swann, 163.2 ov), 8-510 (Prior, 164.2 ov), 9-523 (Anderson, 167.2 ov), 10-523 (Panesar, 167.3 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Khan | 31 | 6 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sharma | 29 | 8 | 78 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Ashwin | 52.3 | 9 | 183 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ojha | 52 | 10 | 142 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Gambhir | c Prior b Finn | 40 | 104 | 125 | 4 | 1 | |
| V Sehwag | b Swann | 49 | 57 | 83 | 7 | - | |
| CA Pujara | run out (Bell) | 8 | 22 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Trott b Swann | 5 | 6 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| V Kohli | c Prior b Finn | 20 | 60 | 86 | 3 | - | |
| Yuvraj Singh | b Anderson | 11 | 17 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| *+MS Dhoni | c Cook b Anderson | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| R Ashwin | not out | 91 | 157 | 183 | 15 | - | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Finn | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| I Sharma | b Panesar | 10 | 53 | 76 | 2 | - | |
| PP Ojha | b Anderson | 3 | 25 | 49 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 346 minutes, 84.4 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-86 (Sehwag, 21.1 ov), 2-98 (Pujara, 28.6 ov), 3-103 (Gambhir, 30.4 ov), 4-107 (Tendulkar, 31.5 ov), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 36.4 ov), 6-122 (Dhoni, 38.1 ov), 7-155 (Kohli, 52.5 ov), 8-159 (Khan, 54.3 ov), 9-197 (Sharma, 72.3 ov), 10-247 (Ojha, 84.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 15.4 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Finn | 18 | 6 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Panesar | 22 | 1 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Swann | 28 | 9 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Patel | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AN Cook | st Dhoni b Ashwin | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| NRD Compton | not out | 9 | 30 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| IJL Trott | lbw b Ojha | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| KP Pietersen | c Dhoni b Ashwin | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| IR Bell | not out | 28 | 28 | 23 | 4 | - | |
| SR Patel | did not bat | ||||||
| +MJ Prior | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Swann | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Panesar | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| ST Finn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 40 minutes, 12.1 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Cook, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Trott, 3.2 ov), 3-8 (Pietersen, 4.2 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ashwin | 6.1 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ojha | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |