India A v England XI - England tour of India - Tour Match – Day 2 – Live Score and Update
India A 369 v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 XI 286/4 (87.0 ov) - England XI trail by 83 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
With England all set to take on India in their toughest series before the end of this year, the visitors are looking impressive in their tour match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
For England this series holds great importance as not only do they need to win outside home but also redeem their lost glory after having a terrible summer against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Twenty20 championship.
The penultimate day of the three-day match began with England XI ending India’s first innings on the first delivery of the day when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 in front of stumps for 25.
With the whole day ahead of them, England had enough time to forge a sensational batting response to India’s total.
However, the tourists had a shocking start to their batting as they lost their first wicket with only two runs on the board.
NRD Compton was the first English batsman to walk off the field as he failed to score a run.
It was then time for veterans http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 to craft a partnership worth mentioning as the two batsmen moulded a well tamed partnership in front of a very aggressive Indian bowling attack.
However, the English batsmen were just too good for the hosts as the duo comfortably took the score to 97 before Trott became England’s second wicket to fall after he had amassed 56 runs.
The English skipper was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, and while KP would have fancied a better return to international cricket, the all-rounder could muster only 23 runs before finding his way back to the pavilion.
With 133, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 was the last batsman to walk off as he perished after scoring only a knock of five runs.
England now trail by 83 runs with Cook unbeaten on a handsome knock of 112 and SR http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 on 82.
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