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Friday 14 December 2012

India v England Day 2


England 1st Innings - All out
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Cooklbwb Ishant Sharma
1
2800
Comptonc Dhonib Ishant Sharma
3
1200
Trott
 
b Jadeja
44
13370
Pietersenc Ojhab Jadeja
73
188100
Bellc Kohlib Chawla
1
2800
Rootc and bChawla
73
22940
Prior
 
b Ashwin
57
14260
Bresnanlbwb Ishant Sharma
0
200
Swannlbwb Chawla
56
9162
Andersonc Pujarab Chawla
4
1700
Panesarnot out
 
1
500
Extras
 
5b 12lb17
 
Total
 
all out330(145.5 ovs)


India 1st Innings
 
 
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Gambhirc Priorb Anderson
37
9340
Sehwag
 
b Anderson
0
200
Pujarac Bellb Swann
26
7230
Tendulkar
 
b Anderson
2
1300
Kohlinot out
 
11
3900
Dhoninot out
 
8
2710
Extras
 
1b 2lb3
 
Total
 
for 487(41.0 ovs)
James Anderson took three wickets to put England in control after day two of the final Test against India in Nagpur.
The paceman bowled both Virender Sehwag (0) and Sachin Tendulkar (2) and had Gautam Gambhir (37) caught behind.
Graeme Swann dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara (26), caught at short leg, as India closed on 87-4 - 243 runs behind England, who lead the series 2-1.
Joe Root scored a patient 73 and Graeme Swann smashed 56 to help England to 330 all out on a slow, low wicket.
Having reached that score from their overnight total of 199-5, England's bowlers were in an ideal position to apply some pressure on the Indian batsmen.
And, like so many other times before in this series, the home side duly crumbled.
The pitch offered little seam, swing or spin for the Indian bowling, but as soon as Anderson got the new ball in his hand he immediately had India in trouble.
First he got one to come back in and sensationally bowl Sehwag. Then he returned later in the evening session to nip one back into Tendulkar.
Finally, he got one to shape away from Gambhir, who went for an expansive cover drive and got a faint edge behind to Matt Prior.
However Anderson will also be grateful for the intervention of Swann after he broke up a promising 58-run partnership between Gambhir and Pujara to hand England the momentum.
It was a superb, diving catch by Ian Bell that brought about the end of Pujara's innings, but the batsman will be disappointed after replays showed the ball may not have hit his glove on the way to short leg.
Swann's wicket capped a superb individual day for the off-spinner, who scored his first Test half-century since 2009 in typically belligerent style.
He came to the crease after Matt Prior had played down the wrong line to Ravichandran Ashwin - the wicket-keeper being bowled for a valuable 57 to end a potentially match-changing 103-run partnership with debutant Root - and Tim Bresnan was pinned in front by Ishant Sharma for a second-ball duck.
Root continued where he left off on the first day, as he showed a solid defence while keeping the scoreboard moving. He looked assured and confident from the first ball of the day and his gritty knock was complemented by Swann's strokeplay - the Nottinghamshire man hitting six fours and two sixes in his breezy innings.
Root was eventually out to a leading edge, caught and bowled by leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, while Swann was trapped in front while sweeping as he attempted to plunder some late runs.
Anderson made just four before he also fell victim to Chawla (4-69), but it was the Lancashire man's bowling which changed the complexion of the match and tipped it in favour of England.
Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni remained unbeaten at the close of play, but they have plenty to do to help deny England a first Test series victory in India since 1984-85.


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