Indian fast bowlers blow away England (110 all out) in first one-day match

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were too hot to handle for England

By AFP

Published: Tue 12 Jul 2022, 6:34 PM

Indian fast bowlers produced an outstanding display of swing and pace to push England to one of their lowest scores in one-day international cricket on Tuesday.

After electing to field, the Indian bowlers exploited the overcast conditions at the Oval as England were all out for 110 in 25.2 overs.

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Jasprit Bumrah, who took six wickets for 19, did the bulk of the damage with a sensational new-ball spell.

Bumrah sparked a top-order collapse in a remarkable burst of 4-6 in his first four overs, with Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone, all for ducks.

Mohammed Shami returned with figures of 3-31.

Opening batsman Roy, attempting a booming drive off Bumrah, played on for a five-ball nought on his Surrey home ground to leave England 6-1 in the second over.

Two balls later, Joe Root — the world’s top-ranked Test batsman — was undone by a Bumrah delivery that lifted off a good length and was caught behind.

And in the next over Test captain Ben Stokes, a left-handed batsman, fell for a golden duck when he inside-edged an intended drive off Mohammed Shami and was brilliantly caught by diving wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.

At that stage, England were 7-3 in 2.4 overs after being sent into bat.

Jonny Bairstow, fresh from two hundreds during England’s seven-wicket win in the Covid-delayed fifth Test against India at Edgbaston, then fell for seven after edging an excellent Bumrah delivery to Pant, who held a diving right-handed catch.

Livingstone became the fourth duck of the innings when, walking across his crease, he was clean bowled leg-stump by Bumrah to leave England 26-5 in the eighth over.

Out of form batsman Virat Kohli missed the match due to a groin injury.