The first test match between India and England which was played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham ended in the form of a draw.

England needed quick wickets on Day 5 to limit India’s lead under 200 and go out there and chase it down and they got those quick wickets. The ball seamed around a little bit under the overcast conditions in the morning and Stuart Broad and Liam Plunkett gave India some body blows by bowling full in the line of the stumps.

But, India’s lower order came in the hosts’ way again. Ravindra Jadeja and Stuart Binny first and Binny and Bhuvneshwar after that, put up half century stands and made sure that there would not be enough time left for England to chase down the total lead that India would have.

England, however, could not get India all out anyway. The Indians, at the end, declared their second innings at 391 for 9 and both the captains agreed to shake hands after that.

The pitch had a big role to play in this test match. There was no juice in it at all for the quickies and neither did it deteriorate enough on the 4^th and the 5^th day to help the spinners. So, it was difficult for the two teams to try and force a result on such sort of surface.

The English fast bowlers tried hard on the last day despite having done so much of bowling earlier in the match. Now, it would not be easy for them to recover themselves for the Lord’s test match which is going to start in just a couple of days’ time i.e. from the 16^th of this month.

There are a total of 5 test matches to be played in this series.

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