India v England – India end the third day after putting 35 runs on the board – Cricket News Update
After getting a bashing from the English batsmen, the Indians finally got an opportunity to send in their bating brigade for the second innings in the third Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham to overcome the English tally of 710 runs which the hosts had posted
before declaring their first innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 fell to his demise on the first ball that he faced without scoring a run. This is
the second time in the match that the batsman failed to post any runs on the board after making a comeback in the national team.
The sight of Sehwag walking back to the pavilion left the English overjoyed as they succeeded in getting an early breakthrough. The wicket of the underperforming Sehwag came when the batsman edged a catch off a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 straight in the
hands of the English captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 at first slip.
It was then opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 who played the remaining overs of the day as the batsmen tried hard to restrict the bowlers from taking another wicket.
At stumps Gambhir was on 14 runs off 41 deliveries while Dravid was on 18 runs off 30 deliveries as the tourists managed to post 35 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket.
Meanwhile, India had a rough day as they failed to knock out the English batsmen who succeeded in posting a mammoth total on the board. The highlight of the day was the charismatic innings of 294 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 who after
going through a lean patch in the first and second Test, left everyone mesmerized by playing an innings of a life time.
However, the batsman fell short of scoring a well deserved triple century when he finally lost his wicket after getting caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566. Immediately after his wicket, the English captain Andrew Strauss declared England’s
first innings in a bid to beat India in the third Test which would pave the way for the home side to grab the first spot in Test cricket by dethroning India.
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