Trent Bridge Test - England v India - 2nd Test – First Day’s Summary
England 221 v India 24/1 (15.0 ov) - India trail by 197 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Cricket fans saw breathtaking action on the first day of the second Test between India and England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham as both sides played quality cricket, keeping the pendulum swinging throughout the day as England posted a respectable total of
221 runs after playing 69 overs in the day before losing their last wicket to India.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the Indian skipper decided to give his bowlers the first go at the English batsmen as the wicket looked good for the bowlers to bowl on. The decision turned out to be just what the doctor ordered, as the Indian
pacers made life of the hosts a living h**l by not letting them score easily throughout the first session.
India, who are seeking redemption as they have a lot at stake in this match since after losing the first Test at Lord’s by 196 runs, India have to prove their supremacy in Test cricket by defeating the English in the ongoing four match Test series.
On the first day, the Indian pacers wreaked havoc on the English batsmen as they prevented the home side from playing a dominant role in the match. In the sixth over, India drew first blood when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 right in front of stumps
after scoring two runs off 16 deliveries.
In the 11th over, India struck again when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 edged a delivery straight in the hands of VVS Laxman at second slip in Shanthakumaran Sreesanth’s over. The batsman walked back to the pavilion after scoring four runs off 15 deliveries.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 managed to hold off the Indian onslaught for a while as the batsmen acclimated to the playing batting conditions on the field. However, on the penultimate delivery of the 28th over,
KP while trying to go after a delivery outside off edged a catch straight at third slip for Suresh Raina to pounce on.
The batsman fell on a delivery bowled by Sreesanth after playing a nervy innings of 29 runs off 53 deliveries. At the time of his departure England had managed to post 73 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
The Poms were still trying to recover from the loss of KP, when India struck gold as they managed to grab the wicket of Andrew Strauss when he was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143. Strauss had played a mature
innings of 32 runs off 98 deliveries.
While England were looking in disarray as wickets were falling like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501.
The late heroics from England came in as a surprise for India who were hoping to wrap up the English innings early. Broad and Swann took the Indian bowlers to task as both batsmen exhibited some of the finest stroke playing techniques in Test cricket.
The partnership was finally broken by Kumar who bowled a dazzling delivery that came in too fast for Swann to leave, popping a catch to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Mukund-c41758 at gully, the batsman walked back to the pavilion after scoring 28 runs off 35 deliveries.
Later Broad was dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 at deep midwicket. His departure marked the end of England’s innings.
On the other hand, India lost one wicket by the end of the day’s play when they lost opener Abhinav Mukund on nil as he was caught by Pietersen at gully off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705.
The crowd went berserk to see the home side grab a wicket on the first ball of the Indian innings, however, it was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 from taking another wicket as India ended the day after posting
24 runs on the board.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 grabbed three wickets while Harbhajan could only take one wicket. India now trail by 197 runs with 9 wickets in hand.
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