India v England – England tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 (4th Test) – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Pietersen builds for England after early losses
Having lost four wickets by tea on the first day of their series-deciding final Test against India, currently being played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 held firm at the crease, and got the visitors up to 133 for 4 by the time the second session drew to a close.
Leading the series, 2-1, the tourists were no doubt hoping for a strong start to the series finale – however, seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 (16-10-22-1) and Piyush Chawla (8-1-25-1) stepped in to remove key players. By tea, Kevin Pietersen appeared to be England’s only hope, as he successfully navigated the difficult track and led the team forward.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 in the 5th over, after a meagre 3-run contribution, as England attempted to settle down and adjust.
In addition to a low, dry, and cracked surface at Nagpur, which offered uneven bounce, the tourists also fell victim to a poor umpiring decision from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, with a century in each of the past three Tests to his credit, was incorrectly given out, lbw, after scoring 1 run off 28 deliveries – 11 overs into the game, Sharma had reduced England to 16 for 2.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 (44) and Pietersen (68*) seemed to have gotten the Poms back on track, with an 86-run partnership for the third wicket, which got the team total into triple figures, enabling them to reach 102 by the 50th over. However, Jadeja struck to break it up, and snapped Trott up as his first Test wicket.
Trott's successor http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla 11 overs later. Pietersen, however, dug his heels in and remained fixed at the crease amid the flurry of wickets.
He was joined by debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root (10*) at the crease, and both batsmen got England up to 133 for 4 by tea. England will be counting on Pietersen to lead the team through the mire and enable them to work their way up to a decent first innings total.
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