Stumps: Gary Ballance hit his second century at Lord's this summer to help England reach stumps on 219-6 on day two of the second Test against India.
Tea: England have lost two more wickets in the afternoon session as Ian Bell and Joe Root fall to India on day two of the second Test at Lord's.
Lunch: England opener Alastair Cook has continued his dismal run of form after being removed for 10 before lunch on day two of the second Test match with India.
The hosts looked in trouble after the first two sessions of the day, when they sat at 124-4 at tea following the losses ofAlastair Cook (10), Sam Robson (17), Ian Bell (16) and Joe Root (13).
After resuming play in the evening session, Ballance and Moeen Ali struck a strong partnership as India began to look frustrated on the field.
Ballance kept ticking along and eventually hit his second three-figure score in his fifth Test match by clipping the ball through midwicket for four.
However, Ali's stint at the crease came to an end when Murali Vijay got the batsman out lbw after he hit 32 off 106 balls.
Ballance's fine innings was also stopped when he got the edge on a Kumar delivery, which fell into the hands of MS Dhoni, and forced the batsman back into the pavilion to a round of applause from the Lord's crowd.
Liam Plunkett (four not out) and Matt Prior (two not out) will return to bat tomorrow as England trail by 76 runs.
Tea: England have lost two more wickets in the afternoon session as Ian Bell and Joe Root fall to India on day two of the second Test at Lord's.
The hosts have reached tea on 125-4 following a morning session, which contained an abrupt end to Alastair Cook's innings as he was dismissed for just 10 runs, while Sam Robson (17) followed his teammate back to the pavilion shortly afterwards.
After lunch, Ian Bell and Gary Ballance resumed on 51-2, and the pair were able to make slow progress until Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck for the third time to dismiss Bell (16), who was caught out by Ravindra Jadeja after the ball bounced off the batsman's gloves.
Ballance continued England's attack, but he breathed a sigh of relief when Stuart Binny missed a catch after the batsman edged between MS Dhoni and first slip.
The hosts were able to surpass 100 runs, but Root, who has scored centuries in his last two Tests at Lord's, was sent packing for an lbw, despite replays showing that the Yorkshireman got an inside edge onto his pads.
On the strike of tea, Ballance secured his half century with a single off the bowling of Murali Vijay, and will return to the crease unbeaten on 51, alongside side Moeen Ali (six not out).
England trail by 170 runs.
Lunch: England opener Alastair Cook has continued his dismal run of form after being removed for 10 before lunch on day two of the second Test match with India.
After England had quickly taken India's remaining wicket to bowl them all out for 295, Cook and Sam Robson came to the crease looking to make quick inroads into their opponent's total.
However, after recording a couple of boundaries, Cook edged behind off a delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar to give India the early momentum, and that continued when Robson fell for 17 shortly afterwards.
Gary Ballance and Ian Bell stood firm to take England to 51-2, but they require a positive afternoon session if they are to avoid conceding the advantage to India.
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