India v England - England tour of India - 4th Test – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
England 199/5 (97.0 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 won the toss and elected to bat
The opening day of the final Test between India and England was exceptionally slow, where England batted a snail paced innings of 199 runs, losing five wickets at stumps after facing 97 overs at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur.
After giving fans some hardcore competition in the first three matches, Thursday was an irritating day to be watching the game from the stands as England batsmen seemed in no mood to clobber away the bowlers, while India seemed less worried about pushing themselves to the limits.
The home side made inroads with just three runs on the board, as the English opener NRD Compton (3) was caught behind off Sharma.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026’s innings was boringly slow as he completely failed to middle the ball, perishing after scoring only one after facing 28 deliveries.
The disappointing departure of the skipper put England on the back foot, as they now needed to regroup and stop the Indians from bowling them out before the end of the day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 crafted a daunting partnership as they not only halted the bowling onslaught, but also led their side out of the danger zone by piling 102 runs on the board.
This partnership was broken by Jadeja as he clean-bowled Trott after the batsman had scored 44 runs off 133.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 was another slow started, as he scored only one run off 28 deliveries, before losing his wicket to Chawla, with his side sitting on 119.
However, with Pietersen still in the middle, India were under threat of getting hammered to oblivion.
The flamboyant all-rounder was joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JE-Root-c66745 as the duo led England towards 139, before India struck jackpot by dismissing KP, who perished after belting a knock of 73 runs off 188.
India then desperately tried to make another breakthrough, but Root (31) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 (34) stood in their way, as England closed the day just a run short from reaching 200.
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