India v England – England tour of India (4th Test) – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Chawla restricts England to 330, all out
Having deprived England of the steady contributions of Joe Root shortly after lunch, Indian leg-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla went on to nip out the visitors’ tail, and restricted them to a first innings total of 330, on the second day of their ongoing final Test
match, being played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur, today on December 14.
England lost five batsmen on day one, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 serving as the wreckers-in-chief, as the tourists attempted to navigate the low, difficult track laid out at Nagpur.
Sharma struck the first two blows, taking the Poms’ openers out of the game early – Nick Compton (3) was caught out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 was wrongly given out, lbw, and found himself departing after a mere 1-run contribution.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 (44) came to an abrupt end in the 50th over, when Jadeja intervened to sent Trott back to the pavilion.
His successor http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root and wicketkeeper
batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 at the crease, the tourists were at 199 for 5.
The second day started off on a promising note for the Poms, with the partnership between Root (73) and Prior (57) swelling to 103 for the sixth wicket, and the team total climbing to 242. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 (24-3-66-1) intervened to break it up,
and claimed the wicket of Prior. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s innings was in danger of going downhill yet again.
All this while, Root remained firmly fixed at the crease, and the visitors received another glimmer of hope as he was joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 did not allow
their opponents to rest easy for too long, and Chawla (21.5-1-69-4) stepped in to bring the innings to a close. Root was caught and bowled by the leg-spinner, who then followed it up by mopping up the tail, dismissing Swann lbw, and sending http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705
(4) packing. Shortly before tea, England finished, all out, at a first innings total of 330.
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