India vs England – 1st Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update - Spinners put http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in pole position
It was all one-way traffic as Indian spinners dominated the opening session on day 3 to halt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at 110 for 7 on a rank turner at Motera, Ahmedabad, November 17, 2012.
Having struck three times in the last hour of play yesterday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 again wore their opponents down with sheer authority.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028. Another missed stumping followed before KP clipped Ojha to the mid-wicket region.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 meanwhile, looked confident in his defensive stroke play and managed a couple of boundaries. The runs considerably dried out and the Ohja-KP battle entered an intriguing passage. After being denied a couple of close lbw calls, Ojha finally got his man with a ball that turned slightly to hit the middle stump. Pietersen was half-forward and played all over the ball to depart for 17.
The left-arm spinner then took out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 on the very next ball after the batsman made a suicidal attempt to clear the mid-off fielder. It seemed more like a premeditated ploy to distract the spinner but his execution fell short. Bell went back distraught but he had only himself to blame.
A period of stalemate followed before Ashwin got the prized wicket of Cook. The spinner tossed the ball up and enticed the batsman to have a go, but with Cook not to the pitch of the ball, the resulting edge went quickly to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 at first slip, who made no mistake.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657, who had earlier survived a close lbw call, was not too impressed with the decision and replays suggested that the ball might have missed the leg stump.
Prior had also been lucky after he survived an embarrassing dismissal. A juicy full toss, bowled by Ashwin, was pulled straight down the throat of the deep square fielder but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 misjudged the catch. The wicket-keeper batsman managed to gather himself by hitting a couple of boundaries and take the team’s total past the 100-run mark.
At lunch, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 accompanied him but there was only one team enjoying the contest.
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