India 152 England 113/3 (35.0 ov) England trail by 39 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings England RR 3.22 Last 10 ovs 24/1 RR 2.40 Stumps - Day 1 Current time 06:25 local, 05:25 GMT Test Career Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 10 ovs Ian Bell (rhb) 45 56 7 1 80.35 14 (20b) 15 (22b) Chris Jordan (rhb) 0 3 0 0 0.00 0 (3b) 0 (3b) Mat Runs HS Ave 104 7136 235 45.45 4 92 35 23.00 Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s This spell Varun Aaron (rf) 8.0 2 26 2 3.25 39 4 0 3-2-6-1 Ravichandran Ashwin (ob) 7.0 0 16 0 2.28 32 0 1 7-0-16-0 Mat Wkts BBI Ave 2 5 3/106 31.00 20 104 7/103 28.66 Recent overs • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • W • • • Current partnership 0 runs, 0.3 overs, RR: 0.00 (Bell 0, Jordan 0) Last bat GS Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 (87b 6x4 0x6) SR: 42.52 Fall of wicket 113/3 (34.3 ov); Partnership: 77 runs, 21.2 overs, RR: 3.60 (Bell 45, Ballance 28) End of over 35 (wicket maiden) England 113/3 CJ Jordan 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) IR Bell 45 (56b 7x4 1x6) VR Aaron 8-2-26-2 R Ashwin 7-0-16-0 So thats it from us today. Join us tomorrow for the start of the second days play, and keep your comments coming. This is Karthik Krishnaswamy saying ta ta on behalf of myself and Alan Gardner. Vijay: England end the day 39 behind. I dont see how you can say India didnt win the first day...thats how it works, right? Ayejay is equally, or even more hopeful: Would make for an interesting game if only India could replicate England tomorrow morning and take 4 wickets for 8 run. England - 121/7 Indias fans (some of them, at least) are still optimistic. Anchal: I am getting a vibe that India is going to win this match and this guy Aaron is going to get his first 10 wicket haul Sree: 3 overs 1 run and then Bam! a wicket. Shows how important it is to bowl tight from both ends without bowling defensively, to get wickets in tests. End of another dominant day for England, and Lords seems like a very very long time ago. Anderson and Broad set it up by exploiting the helpful conditons brilliantly in the morning, and England havent given the slightest impression that theyd ever let that advantage slip. They are only 39 behind now, with seven wickets in hand, and India will hope like hell tomorrow morning brings overcast skies and a bit of help for the fast bowlers. Even if that is the case, theyll have to bowl a hell of a lot better than they did today, way too many pressure-release balls. Still, they have three wickets and thats better than nothing, I suppose. 34.6 Aaron to Jordan, no run, once again its short and wide and Jordan leaves it alone to bring the day to an end 34.5 Aaron to Jordan, no run, make him play, Varun! Its short and way outside off, wasted delivery really, and Jordan leaves almost gratefully 34.4 Aaron to Jordan, no run, back of a length, wide outside off, and Jordan leaves it alone Chris Jordan is in now as the nightwatchman 34.3 Aaron to Ballance, OUT , given! That was angled in, full, and Ballance is struck on the front pad as he pressed forward. It hit him in front of off stump and looked fairly straight, so its fairly uncontroversial as far as I can tell GS Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 (87b 6x4 0x6) SR: 42.52 34.2 Aaron to Ballance, no run, pounds this short ball into the pitch, and Dhoni has to leap high in the air to collect it, but it was wide of off stump and didnt threaten the batsman in any way 34.1 Aaron to Ballance, no run, Back of a length on off stump, Ballance defends solidly off the back foot India have a new matchwinner, and his name is Pratik: Well I have taken revenge on England in EA Sports test cricket winning the match handsomely by an innings and 330 runs. Aaron around the wicket to Ballance End of over 34 (1 run) England 113/2 GS Ballance 37 (84b 6x4 0x6) IR Bell 45 (56b 7x4 1x6) R Ashwin 7-0-16-0 VR Aaron 7-1-26-1 33.6 Ashwin to Ballance, 1 run, full-toss now, driven down to mid-on 33.5 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, more vigilant from Ballance now, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler 33.4 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, slower now, dangled in, and Ballance gets a leading edge that pops up into the off side as he tries to turn his face and play towards midwicket 33.3 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, tossed up, tiniest bit of turn from middle and off, defended back to the bowler 33.2 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, has he caught that cleanly? It was full and Ashwin dived to his left after Ballance drove it straight back at him. Ashwin surfaced with the ball in his left hand, claiming the catch, and theyve gone upstairs... It seems to have bounced just short of his hands, quite clearly, in fact, and its not out 33.1 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, tossed up, a little too full, and he drives this to wide mid-off Vaibhav: What India has done here, is to take the rain out of equation. There is enough time for India to lose this twice over. End of over 33 (maiden) England 112/2 IR Bell 45 (56b 7x4 1x6) GS Ballance 36 (78b 6x4 0x6) VR Aaron 7-1-26-1 R Ashwin 6-0-15-0 32.6 Aaron to Bell, no run, full, way outside off, and Bell almost has no option but to leave 32.5 Aaron to Bell, no run, wide of off stump again, Bell leaves again 32.4 Aaron to Bell, no run, full now, and he presses forward to play the square drive to point 32.3 Aaron to Bell, no run, fuller, but still quite wide of off stump, and Bell leaves once more Rohit: Sometimes it feels like Indian bowling is like headless chicken who dont know the direction it is heading....This is the same pitch on which England bowled beautifully this morning... please dont say the obvious that pitch has changed since then... Well, Indias bowlers have been unbelievably inconsistent with their line and length. 32.2 Aaron to Bell, no run, short, well outside off, Bell lets it sail harmlessly past 32.1 Aaron to Bell, no run, shortish ball outside off, doesnt really get up as Bell leaves and Dhoni takes it near his bootlaces End of over 32 (1 run) England 112/2 GS Ballance 36 (78b 6x4 0x6) IR Bell 45 (50b 7x4 1x6) R Ashwin 6-0-15-0 VR Aaron 6-0-26-1 31.6 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, bit of turn, but its short enough for Ballance to go right back and across and defend from almost alongside the stumps 31.5 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, goes with the angle towards middle and off, defended back to the bowler 31.4 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, comes forward now, drives away from his body but safely to cover 31.3 Ashwin to Ballance, no run, onto the pads, and Ballance looks to flick but Pujara manages to stop it at short leg 31.2 Ashwin to Bell, 1 run, fuller now, overpitched in fact, and Bell drives elegantly to long-on. Too many singles down to that man 31.1 Ashwin to Bell, no run, angles this in onto middle stump, not much turn, and Bell defends off the front foot End of over 31 (6 runs) England 111/2 IR Bell 44 (48b 7x4 1x6) GS Ballance 36 (74b 6x4 0x6) VR Aaron 6-0-26-1 R Ashwin 5-0-14-0 30.6 Aaron to Bell, 1 run, onto the pads of Bell this time, and its clipped neatly down to deep square leg 30.5 Aaron to Ballance, 1 run, onto the pads now and its tucked away to deep backward square leg 30.5 Aaron to Ballance, 1 no ball, angled in, hits Ballance on the pads after he shuffles across outside off, and its another no-ball. Huge bit of overstepping, that 30.4 Aaron to Ballance, no run, nice angle now, and some bounce as well, and Ballance is beaten playing inside the line 30.3 Aaron to Ballance, no run, length ball outside off, Ballance leaves 30.3 Aaron to Ballance, 1 no ball, did he get some bat on that? Dhoni appealed loudly after he grabbed this ball that slid down the leg side. Ballance flicked at it, may have been some bat on it before it hit the pad, but its all futile speculation since he overstepped Sebastian Weeta: Interesting sub plot between Woakes and Pankaj to see who can end their tst career with the worst figures. Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy Scorer : M Venkat Raghav
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:29:47 +0000
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