India vs England, Birmingham Test
Reflexes
- 54th test match to be played at Edgbaston
- Of the last 53 matches, only 12 times has the chasing team won here.
- Out of 12, only 2 times more than 200 and once the goal of more than 250 was chased
The Indian cricket team is playing the fifth test match of the previous series against England at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. In this match, the visiting team has reinforced its dominance and the old figures have started to scare the hosts. In fact, India gained a huge lead of 132 runs on an early innings basis. After this, India had scored 125 runs for 3 wickets in the second innings at the end of the third day. India’s total advantage has reached 250 (down to 257). In such a situation, the tension of the English team is also increasing with each Indian run.
The 200+ goal was pursued only twice in 120 years
If we look at the statistics, the first Test Match was played at Edgbaston in 1902. From then until now, that is, in 120 years, a total of 53 test matches have been held on this ground and the 54th match between India and England. If we look at the stats for all these matches, then only once has the 250+ goal been chased in the fourth inning. The special thing is that so far on this ground, the team has won only 12 of 53 chasing the target and of that only twice the target of 200 or more has been chased.
14 years ago the only time was the goal of 250+
At the same time, the target of more than 250 has been pursued only once on this ground. This happened in 2008, that is, 14 years ago. South Africa scored 283 runs in this match against England, chasing a target of 281 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Other than that, never have so many targets been pursued here. India also failed to reach the target of 194 runs here in the last series (in 2018) and had to lose the match by 31 runs.
After knowing these figures, the tension of the England cricket team must have increased. Although it is common to break records in cricket, but in the current situation, the Indian team seems to be in the driving seat. India’s total lead had reached 257 by the end of the third day. Playing first in this match, India had scored 416 runs thanks to centuries from Pant and Jadeja. In response, the England team was only able to score 284 runs even after Bairstow’s century. Cheteshwar Pujara scored half a century in the second innings and by the stumps on the third day, India had 125 for 3 wickets.
