The match being played between India and England in Lord’s is now reaching a thrilling turn. England’s first innings in this match was reduced to 387 runs. Then the Indian team also scored 387 runs in their first innings. That is, the score of both teams was equal in the first innings. Then England scored 2 runs in their second innings till the third day (July 12) without any loss.
This was just ninth time in the history of 147 years of Test cricket, when the first innings of a match were equal to the scores of both teams. For the first time this incident took place in Durban in the year 1910, when both England and South Africa scored 199 runs. In the year 1994, St. Jones was amazing in the Test. Then the West Indies had scored a huge score of 593 runs, in response to which England also scored so many runs in the first innings. This was the biggest similar score of both teams in the first innings in a Test match.
This is the first time in Lord’s that both teams have scored equally. St. Jones of Antiga is the only venue where scores are equal in the first innings twice. First time in 1994 and second time in 2003. On the other hand, such an incident with the Indian team has come down for the third time. In the Kanpur Test match in 1958, both India and West Indies scored 222 runs in the first innings. The Indian team lost that match. Then in 1986, both teams scored (390) in the first innings in the Oval Test match between India and England. However, that match was a draw.
Score equal in first innings in Test match
| Teams | First innings score | Match result | Venue and year |
| South Africa vs England | 199 | Won South Africa | 1910, Durban |
| India vs West Indies | 222 | Indian team defeat | 1958, Kanpur |
| New Zealand vs Pakistan | 402 | Draw | 1973, Auckland |
| West Indies vs Australia | 428 | Draw | 1973, Kingston |
| India vs England | 390 | Draw | 1986, Birmingham |
| West Indies vs England | 593 | Draw | 1994, St. Jones |
| West Indies vs Australia | 240 | West Indies victory | 2003, St. Jones |
| England vs New Zealand | 350 | England defeat | 2015, Leeds |
| England vs India | 387 | , | 2025, Lords |
The score of the first innings in a Test match determines the direction of the entire match. But when both teams score the same, in the second innings the game of both teams becomes decisive. Now it has to be seen what is the result of the match being played between India and England in Lord’s.
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