Bresnan and Broad give England 477-run lead: Cricket News Update
The English side went on scouring the Indian bowling attack, after the team’s much capable middle lower order, primarily its spearheads, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, went on adding some adequate numbers on the total, leading England into an impressive lead.
The two pacers, singlehandedly added an imposing contribution of 82 runs, aiding England in paving their lead against the visiting Indian side, from 374 to 477 runs.
The match came as the second much anticipated Test fixture, from India’s tour to England. Initially, the game took off at the Trent Bridge arena, Nottingham, on Friday, July 29, 2011 with the tourists winning the toss, forcing the English hosts, into batting
first.
Following some quick wickets for the team, the English side retained a sluggish run rate, adding some slow sums to the total. However, with Broad taking over the session, the player rescued the side after bringing the opening innings to a fair closure at
a total of 221 runs.
As for the Indian batting response, following an opening delivery wicket owned by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705, the team trailed into covering up the chase. Thanks to an impressive ton by Dravid, the side eventually closed its innings at total of 288, after losing all
its players. From a total of 10 wickets, the highlight of the session once against turned out to be Broad, who managed to add some impressive 6 wickets to his haul, including an exceptional hat-trick.
The procession then continued with English taking off with their fixture’s second innings, but offered a troubling start for the side as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 marked an early return to the pavilion.
However, England was again revamped through the following batsmen who managed to come out with some notable performances. The roster included star batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984
on 73.
Despite such impressive performances, the highlight of the fixtures turned out to be the eventual lower order players Bresnan and the usual Broad, who aided the down sliding team into retaining additional runs, that came through their impressive 82 runs
contribution. The pair eventually led the team into cruising from a modest 374 runs lead to a massive 477 one.
Broad, however, marked his exit falling 6 runs off a half ton while Bresnan followed in the same over at an impressive 90 runs innings.
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