India V England – 4th Test Day 4 – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 lose openers before tea – Live Score and Match Update
After declaring their first innings on 326 for 9, four runs short of England’s 330 all out, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 was not out on 22.
India’s ace spinner Pragyan Ojha removed opener Nick Compton on 34, having him trapped plumb in front, just on the stroke of the interval to give the hosts a timely boost.
Prior to that, Ojha’s fellow off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 star who had scored three successive centuries in the previous three games of the series.
The tourists started their second innings in an extremely cautious manner reaching lunch on 17 without loss in 13 overs, with Cook unbeaten on 1 and Nick Compton not out on 14.
Compton, who has recently been awarded an incremental award by the ECB, smashed the day’s first boundary five minutes before lunch, edging a very full delivery off R Ashwin to the third man. Compton’s opening partner, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 also started meticulously reaching 5 from 78 balls before finding the rope with a cover drive once again off Ashwin’s fuller delivery.
Cook was caught behind off Ashwin on 13 in the 30th over. The visiting skipper must consider himself unlucky as he was removed through an umpiring error for the second time in the match. After being incorrectly adjudged lbw in the first innings, Cook was this time declared caught behind when the ball went past his bat without any hint of an outside edge. The field umpire involved in both the wrong decisions was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758).
Earlier in the day, India resumed their innings on 297 for 8 and batted bizarrely for almost an hour before declaring their first innings on 326 for 9. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 was the only wicket that the home side lost on Sunday morning. He was bowled out by Monty Panesar on 3.
For England, pace spearhead http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 claimed 3 for 76. The tourists only need to draw this match to win their first Test series in 28 years.
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