http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 v India – 4th Test – 3rd Day’s Match Summary
England 591/6d v India 103/5 (33.0 ov) -
India trail by 488 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
After ending the second day by posting 457 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets, England began the third day’s proceedings aiming to bolster the tally against rivals India at Kennington Oval, London.
From England, the inform batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 started the day’s proceedings as the batsmen took the Indian bowlers to task by exhibiting commendable batting.
It was in the 128th over of the first innings when India managed to dismiss Anderson, who after playing an innings of 13 runs off 26 deliveries was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398.
An over later, India struck again by nabbing the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028
off the bowling of Sreesanth.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 then came to join the party as he forged another daunting partnership with Bell to clobber the Indians back to submission.
It was at this time when Bell succeeded in smashing his double century as he exhibited an exuberant innings, giving spectators plenty to cheer about. Later, after scoring 235 runs, Bell was trapped right in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, causing the batsman
to be given leg-before-wicket.
Meanwhile, Bopara scored an innings of 44 runs while his batting partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 was on 18 runs when lunch was taken and England decided to declare their innings, giving India a mammoth tally of 591 runs to overcome.
Coming out to bat, India had a daunting task ahead of them as they needed to surpass the humongous number of runs bolstered by the hosts.
From India it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 who took the field, hoping to post enough runs on the board to leave the English humbled. However, on a meagre tally of eight, Sehwag once again left Indian fans shocked after losing his wicket to James
Anderson on a leg-before-wicket decision. The batsman walked back to the pavilion in the first over of the Indian innings after scoring only eight runs. The sight of the opening batsman walking back left the Indian camp flabbergasted.
Next man in was Laxman, who also departed without staying on the crease for long as after playing an innings of two runs off seven deliveries, he was caught behind by wicketkeeper Matt Prior off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465. With two men back in the pavilion
after just 13 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were aching in the spot of bother as England were dominating the events of the day.
After Laxman, it was time for India’s supreme batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 to walk in, however, he was also sent back before he could craft a dangerous innings when after scoring just 23 runs off 34 deliveries, he was caught by James Anderson in the slips off
the bowling of spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501.
Meanwhile, Dravid kept things calm at his end as wickets kept tumbling at the other side. Swann then struck again twice by grabbing the wickets of Raina (0) and night-watchman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 (1).
At the end of the third day’s play, Dravid was batting on 57 while Dhoni had scored five runs as India finished the day after posting 103 runs for the loss of five wickets. With half of the team back in the pavilion, India will be fighting for a lost cause
on the fourth day of the final Test tomorrow.
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