England v India - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 falls as Praveen breaks last-stand
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 221 v India 24/1 (15.0 ov) - India trail by 197 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Graeme Swann alongside pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 provided an excellent last stand against the belligerent Indian bowling attack which helped England post a tally of 221 runs on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.
However, the partnership that rallied 73 runs in the ninth wicket partnership was finally brought to an end by India’s strike bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 when the pacer bowled a remarkable delivery to Swann that hit the handle of the bat, giving an easy
catch to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Mukund-c41758 at Gully.
The whole Indian team went ballistic at the sight of a catch popping in the air as they knew that this was the partnership they so dearly needed to break. While on the other hand, the Trent Bridge crowd went up in applause as the batsman walked back to the
pavilion after playing a nervy innings of 28 runs off 35 deliveries.
Had Swann not provided support to Broad at the other end, England might have been bowled out by India sooner than expected because earlier the hosts were eight wickets down with only 124 runs on the board.
While on the other hand, Praveen Kumar was also a tough customer to handle for England as they found it extremely difficult to score runs off him. The Indian bowler is looking in an astounding form this year and has proved his mettle in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s
number one pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379.
Kumar took three wickets on the first day in his 22 overs, where he conceded 45 runs and bowled eight maiden overs.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, India had the upper hand as they prevented the hosts from launching a batting onslaught, which prevented them from bolstering a mammoth total as India’s strikers Kumar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 took three
wickets a piece to wreak havoc on the batting line-up of England.
However, India were in for a surprise as Broad and Swann decided to turn the tables by taking a defiant stand against the guests and finally managing to post a reasonable total on a seaming wicket.
Broad played an inspirational innings of 64 runs off 66 deliveries which included nine boundaries. He was finally removed in the 69th over by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556. Broad was Harbhajan’s only wicket of the innings
as he bowled only five overs and conceded 22 runs at an economy rate of 4.71
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