India vs England – 3rd Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update
England struck twice in the opening session of the third Test to halt India on 90 for 2 at lunch, at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, December 5, 2012.
The pitch, and its curator, Prabir Mukherjee, had made plenty of headlines before the clash but as it stood, the track offered plenty of hope to the batters. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 won his third toss in a row and rightly opted to bat first on surface where his side’s recent record is impeccable.
The proceedings started fluently, largely due to the presence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 but the lanky pacer failed to gather any sort of momentum in his first spell.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024, England’s hero in the previous game, came as first change but he too was greeted with a confident back foot cut by Gambhir.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 ran from deep square to stop the ball crossing the boundary, which allowed Finn, who offered him support from mid-on, to rifle in an accurate throw, which caught Sehwag well short of the crease.
It provided http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 a route back into the session and they managed to do that with some tight bowling. Three maiden overs followed, before Gambhir broke the shackles by dispatching a wide delivery from Finn over gully.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Dermott-Monteith-c65601 hurried the batsman with an arm-ball, which skidded upon pitching and went through the defences of Pujara.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 came to the crease and fended off a couple of testing overs before lunch. Gambhir, meanwhile, posted a second consecutive half-century.
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