Mumbai A v England XI – England tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 (Tour Match) – Match Update [Day 1]
The Mumbai A bowling attack managed to take care of most of the England XI’s top order, but middle-order batsmen Jonny Bairstow and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820
today on November 3, at 338 for 6.
The match kicked off with the England XI winning the toss and electing to bat first. Opener Nick Compton got the team off to a shaky start and proved fairly disappointing, dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kshemal-Makarand-Waingankar-c71817 (22-6-68-2) in the 5th over on 1. However,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 Root (28) steadied the innings with a 50-run stand for the second wicket.
Their partnership came to an end in the 18th over, with Javed Khan (17-1-75-2) intervening to send Trott back to the pavilion. He was followed soon after by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597, who only managed a 4-run contribution before Waingankar snapped him up as his
second wicket of the day, and Root, who was caught out by Nikhil Patil off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suryakumar-Yadav-c2613 in the 25th over, leaving the England XI at 66 for 4.
The sudden flurry of wickets left the team looking considerably weakened, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 (76) and Jonny Bairstow (118) resuscitated the innings in a big way, setting up a massive 156-run stand for the 5th wicket. By the time Morgan was trapped
lbw by Shardul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imraj-Thakur-c64192 in the 65th over, the team had reached 222 for 5.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707’s successor Samit Patel (59*) proved just as effective, and joined the still firing Jonny Bairstow for a 107-run stand for the 6th wicket. Bairstow smashed a total of 14 boundaries during his innings, and his contributions played a key
role in bringing the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Khan-c66570 in the 85th over, the team had reached 329 for 6.
Samit Patel (59*) held his ground at the crease, and was joined by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 (6*), Both batsmen had managed to contribute a combined total of 9* runs before play came to an end on day 1, with the England XI at 338 for 6.
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