England v India - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 and VVS Laxman lift weight
England 221 v India 24/1 (15.0 ov) - India trail by 197 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
After restricting England to a total of 221 runs on the first day of the second npower Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 29 July, 2011, the Indians failed to take a confident start as they lost their opener Abhinav Mukund on nil when England’s strike bowler
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 gave his side an early breakthrough.
Mukund, who scored a commendable 49-run knock in the first innings of the first test at Lord’s and then smacked 12 runs in the second innings in the match which India lost by 196 runs, failed to inspire cricket fans at Trent Bridge as he collapsed in front
of Anderson’s superb bowling.
The demise of Mukund brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 on the crease as India looked to challenge the tally posted by the home side. Both batsmen now need to carry the burden of steering India beyond England’s first innings total to place their side in a formidable position
in the second Test.
Before the end of the first day’s play, India had managed to post 24 runs on the board with Dravid batting on seven runs off 38 deliveries and Laxman on 13 off 52 deliveries.
From England, Anderson, bowled five overs and took one wicket by conceding 10 runs, while on the other hand http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711
remained wicket less after bowling seven and three overs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 now have a daunting task to dominate the English on the second day on a seaming wicket and score as many runs possible to prevent another defeat by the hands of the home side.
Meanwhile, the first day was extremely eventful as the Trent Bridge ground was packed by fans who had come to support their teams. England’s win in the first Test at Lord’s, saw a rush in the sales of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cameron-James-Borgas-c49157 for the remaining three matches in the test series.
Earlier in the day, India had strangled England by grabbing eight wickets when the hosts had only posted a meagre tally of 124 runs on the board. Had it not been the late heroics from pacer Stuart Broad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 might have ended in a worse
situation without even going beyond 200 runs.
The two batsmen made 73 runs in the ninth wicket partnership, pulling their side out of the trouble zone which helped in posting a tally worth fighting for. It will now be on England’s bowlers to restrict the Indians and take the game away from them.
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