The 2000th Test - England v India – 1st Test - 2nd Session’s Recap
On day 5, at the commencement of the 58th over of team India’s second innings at Lord’s against the hosts, English http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808, the Men in Blue were battling hard to stay in the historical fray, as four of their prime batsmen were back in the pavilion
at a minimal total of 147 runs, failing to express themselves at the top.
When the gangly pacer, Chris Tremlett, approached the crease to begin the session for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, were sighted in the middle of an English storm, unbeaten on 11 and 5 runs respectively.
At the conclusion of the 58th over, Tremlett added another tight over to his impressive bowling figures as he conceded only 2 runs in those six balls.
To deliver the 59th over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 stepped in against the likes of Raina and Tendulkar. The 25-year-old proved a bit expensive for the hosts as he conceded six runs in that particular over including a boundary from the 24-year-old left-hander.
The boundary from Raina guided his side’s total to 155/4 at the end of 59 overs. Both the Indian batsmen kept on rotating the strike at will and also picked boundaries on a few occasions till the 67th over.
At the final delivery of 67th over, medium pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705, claimed the prized scalp of the Master Blaster as he trapped him plumb in front of the wicket at just 12 runs to his name from 68 balls.
This was the sixth occasion when the 28-year-old successfully dismissed the Master Blaster at the home of cricket.
Sachin’s dismissal pushed the World Champions into further trouble; at the conclusion of the 67th over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were 165/5, still needing another 293 to own the competition.
Next man in to join Raina, was the skipper, M.S Dhoni, with an intention to save the day as well as the game for his side.
On one end, Dhoni, was finding it hard to accumulate easy singles against the English bowling fire-power but from the other end, Raina, was putting in his level best to avoid a defeat in the 2000th test match.
Raina, in the 72nd over welcomed the English spin-wizard, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501, as he drove his first delivery for a four. At the end of the 72 overs India seemed to have a hold on the game as they were 173/5.
The next over from Anderson proved to be a confidence booster for the Indian skipper as he hit a wide delivery to the boundary.
Afterwards, Dhoni kept on defending his wicket rather than gazing for runs and the responsibility to generate score totally rested on the man in form, Raina.
Both the batsmen steadily progressed and before the tea-break it seemed that the competition would end in a draw.
After the tea break the reigning World Champions resumed their second innings, but in the 86th over, Tremlett, chipped in with an important breakthrough, scalping the Indian skipper, M.S Dhoni, who departed after contributing only 16 runs.
At the conclusion of 86 overs, the Men in Blue were again coping with trouble as they were 227/6.
The next over from the Anderson also showcased an impeccable length from the right-hander as he only conceded 1 run in that over. After 87 overs, Raina, accompanied by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, was fighting hard, unbeaten on 61 and 1 respectively.
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