India vs England – 1st Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update - India need 77 to win
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 remain on course to strike first blood in the four-match Test series after they took the remaining five English wickets to go into lunch, requiring 77 runs to win the first Test, currently being played at Ahmedabad, November 19, 2012.
Despite their evident improvement against spin, which saw them overhaul the home side’s 330-run lead, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 still had a monumental task to overcome on an increasingly deteriorating Motera track.
They had given their fans hope of a spirited comeback, but all was put to rest by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 (91) to leave his side in pole position.
Prior added seven more to his individual score before giving a return catch, while Cook’s marathon knock ended with a ball that finally breached his defences. At both occasions, the ball had kept considerably low, making it tough for the batters to force the play. All in all, their stand of 157 had provided some consolation following their embarrassing capitulation in the first innings.
Like the previous day, wickets fell in a cluster. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 kept his good form intact by accepting a easy return catch to leave the batting side at 378 for 8.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 offered brief resistance with a 28-run stand. Swann opened his account with a well timed six off Ojha before hitting a couple of confident boundaries. However, his desire to take on the Indian spinners eventually proved fatal after he failed to execute a switch hit to hand Ashwin his first wicket of the second innings.
The premier spinner went the entire fourth day wicketless and seemed grateful after getting off the mark on the final day. The last wicket fell to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, who accounted for Bresnan after the batter gave a straight forward catch to short cover.
The tourists ended on 406, just 77 runs ahead, and as expected spin came to their demise. Ojha was at the centre of it as the left-arm spinner finished with impressive match figures of 9 for 165.
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