Trevor Penney still feels India can make a comeback – Cricket News Update
India’s fielding coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trevor-Lionel-Penney-c94362, is still banking on his side to make a comeback in the third-Test against India after two days of misery and disappointment.
After the end of the second day’s play, Penney said, “If we can get three or four wickets early maybe it's evens-stevens after the first innings. So we are still confident, we just need a couple of breakthroughs."
“The wicket's still the same. It's still very good. I think in the middle session yesterday (James) Anderson reversed the ball very well. He swung it both ways and with the spinner bowling well at the other end, they had a very good middle period which knocked us back a little," he added.
He admitted that England skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s main target once India take the field tomorrow.
Cook hammered a resilient unbeaten knock of 136 as he played a key role in helping his side bolster a first innings score of 216, on Thursday, in reply to India’s 316 runs.
England had a delayed start to their innings on the second day due to a brave fight back by Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, who scored an under pressure knock of 52 runs to take his side to a respectable score.
While the Indian pacers were expected to return the favour, they were comprehensively neutralized by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s opening pair as Cook and NRD Compton moulded a belligerent partnership that gave their side a stand of 165 runs.
The partnership was ruthless, but before it could cause further damage, it was broken by Ojha who trapped Compton in front of stumps for 57.
Nonetheless, England finished the day on 216 with Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 (21) on the crease.
However, still expecting his bowlers to delivery, Penny said, “The ball should do the same thing, they just swung it a little bit more than us.”
If the wicket continues to lose its pace, it is highly unlikely that the Indian pacers will taste any success on Friday.
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