Abudhabi Test draw

Sangakkara and Jayawardene thwart Pakistan

Prasanna Jayawardene (right) hit a century too as he and Kumar Sangakkara batted Sri Lanka to safety.

 

 

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Kumar Sangakkara hit his eighth double hundred and Prasanna Jayawardene notched up a fighting century to stymie Pakistan's hopes of victory and salvage a draw for Sri Lanka in the first Test here on Saturday.

Sangakkara scored 211 during a marathon almost eleven-hour stay while Prasanna made 120 — his fourth century — as Sri Lanka piled on 483 to frustrate Pakistan on the fifth and final day at Abu Dhabi stadium.

A cluster of wickets in the final session, with Umar Gul taking four for 64, left Pakistan with an improbable target of 170 off a maximum of 20 overs, but they called it quits on 21 for one after 10 overs.

Sangakkara finally fell in the last over before tea, when he was trapped leg-before by the part-time leg-spinner Azhar Ali for his first wicket in Test cricket but not before he had frustrated Pakistan for almost two sessions. Sangakkara batted for 651 minutes, faced 431 deliveries and hit 18 boundaries in his epic knock.

With just 25 overs remaining and the match heading towards a draw, Prasanna fell caught behind off paceman Aizaz Cheema but by that time he and Sangakkara had changed the course of the match.

Sangakkara flicked Cheema to fine-leg for his 18th boundary to reach his double hundred after 604-minutes of defiant batting, and punched the air in delight.

A sixth-wicket record

Together with Prasanna, Sangakkara added 201 for the sixth wicket stand, erasing the previous best in Tests between Pakistan and Sri Lanka of 169 between Kamran Akmal and Yasir Arafat at Karachi two years ago.

Sangakkara, 33, has also achieved a personal landmark — he is now third behind Sir Donald Bradman (12) and West Indian Brian Lara (nine) in number of Test double hundreds.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq employed all possible means but Sangakkara and Prasanna did not serve up any chances in the first three hours. Prasanna reached his hundred with his 11th boundary, an uppish drive off spinner Saeed Ajmal.

In all, Prasanna hit 12 boundaries during his 273-ball knock.

Survival

Resuming at 298 for five, Sri Lanka survived the morning session unscathed as the overnight pair of Sangakkara and Prasanna kept Pakistan's three-pronged pace attack at bay to take their team to 364 for five at lunch.

Scoreboard

Sri Lanka — 1st innings: 197.

Pakistan — 1st innings: 511 for six decl.

Sri Lanka — 2nd innings: T. Paranavitana lbw b Gul 0, L. Thirimanne (run out) 68, K. Sangakkara lbw b Ali 211, M. Jayawardene b Ajmal 4, T. Dilshan b Junaid 9, A. Mathews lbw b Gul 22, P. Jayawardene c Akmal b Cheema 120, R. Herath (not out) 23, C. Welegedara c Akmal b Gul 8, S. Lakmal b Gul 0, N. Pradeep (run out) 0, Extras (b-4, lb-11, nb-3): 18; Total (in 168 overs): 483.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-153, 3-160, 4-191, 5-233, 6-434, 7-466, 8-477, 9-481.

Pakistan bowling: Gul 25-3-64-4, Cheema 32-1-108-1, Ajmal 55-8-167-1, Junaid 31-6-83-1, Hafeez 22-4-42-0, Ali 3-1-4-1.

Airtel Trophy 2nd ODI Scorecard With Highlyghts

India inflicts second heavy defeat on England

  

TAKING CONTROL: Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir shrugged off the loss of two early wickets to take India to an eventually facile win in the second ODI

Eventually, it turned out to be a no-contest in spite of England doing its bit to bounce back more than once.

Riding on Virat Kohli's unbeaten 112 and his record unfinished double-century stand with Gautam Gambhir, India scored a resounding eight-wicket win with 80 deliveries to spare to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

When the Indian openers, Parthiv Patel and Ajinkya Rahane, returned to the dressing room with just 29 on the board, the Englishmen were obviously entertaining hopes of defending 237 on what is traditionally considered a pitch that does not encourage free-flowing stroke-play. But the two men who grew up as cricketers at the Ferozeshah Kotla obviously know more.

Making light of a modest run-chase, Kohli and Gambhir set the pace for each other on their home ground and turned the visitors into hapless bystanders. Together, they held centrestage for 29.5 overs, and raised a record unfinished 209 to enthral the sparsely-filled stands in the second contest of the five-match series on Monday.

Shaky start

The right-left combination made the English attack look grossly inadequate and sprayed the ball in all directions. Gambhir may have started shakily by getting a couple of lucky boundaries off the edge of his bat, but once he got into the rhythm there was no reprieve for the visiting side. If Gambhir was happy to delectably play square off the wicket, Kohli preferred to play in the ‘V'.

As the scoring picked up pace, Kohli overtook Gambhir in reaching the half-century and later pressed on the accelerator to reach his seventh century in One-Day Internationals.

He also reached the 1000-run mark this year to be third on the list of run-getters in ODIs this year, behind Jonathan Trott and Shane Watson.

Kohli, in fact, had a complete day. He bowled five overs for just 18 runs, took two catches, scored a strokeful century studded with 16 boundaries.

He was lucky to be around to put the finishing touches to the chase after being dropped soon after reaching the three-figure mark. He deservedly walked away with the Man-of-the-Match award!

Gambhir, who smashed 10 boundaries in his unbeaten 84, played his part to perfection. Earlier, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel and Jonny Bairstow raised visions of setting India a fairly challenging total. However, each of these batsmen perished, exposing the English tail. Overall, it was a below-par batting performance that made the Indian bowling look better.

If it was spin that did the damage to England's chase at Hyderabad, pace and swing combined today to keep the visiting team in check. Vinay Kumar's career-best four-wicket haul and Umesh Yadav's two crucial strikes ensured that the start given by Praveen Kumar did not go in vain.

After Praveen and Vinay sent back openers Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter with wicket-maidens, Trott was the first English batsman to show that neither the pitch nor the bowlers held any terrors before he played a wee bit casually to an away going delivery from Vinay.

Thereafter, Pietersen and Ravi Bopara raised 73 runs for the fourth wicket.

Samit Patel and Jonathan Bairstow raised 86 runs for the sixth wicket but it proved too little in the end.

Scoreboard

England: A. Cook c Jadeja b Praveen 0 (4b), C. Kieswetter c Kohli b Vinay 0 (5b), J. Trott c Dhoni b Vinay 34 (37b, 7x4), K. Pietersen c Dhoni b Yadav 46 (55b, 3x4, 2x6), R. Bopara lbw b Ashwin 36 (50b, 4x4), J. Bairstow c Kohli b Jadeja 35 (49b, 3x4), S. Patel lbw b Yadav 42 (53b, 2x4, 2x6), T. Bresnan c Raina b Vinay 12 (13b, 1x4), G. Swann b Vinay 7 (7b, 1x4), S. Finn (not out) 6 (13b), J. Dernbach (run out) 3 (4b); Extras (lb-5, w-11): 16; Total (in 48.2 overs): 237.

Power Plays: Overs 1-10: 48/3; Bowling (16-20): 27/0; Batting (36-40): 36/0.

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Cook), 2-0 (Kieswetter), 3-48 (Trott), 4-121 (Bopara), 5-121 (Pietersen), 6-207 (Patel), 7-211 (Bairstow), 8-227 (Swann), 9-229 (Bresnan).

India bowling: Praveen 9-1-40-1, Vinay 9-1-30-4, Kohli 5-0-18-0, Yadav 8.2-0-50-2, Ashwin 10-0-56-1, Jadeja 7-0-38-1.

India: Parthiv c Cook b Bresnan 12 (17b, 2x4), A. Rehane c Dernbach b Bresnan 14 (15b, 1x4, 1x6), G. Gambhir (not out) 84 (90b, 10x4), V. Kohli (not out) 112 (98b, 16x4), Extras (lb-3, w-13) 16; Total (for two in 36.4 overs) 238.

Power Plays: Overs 1-10: 53/2; Bowling (18-22): 32/0; Batting (36 onwards): 13/0

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Parthiv), 2-29 (Rehane).

England bowling: Bresnan 7-1-41-2, Finn 9-0-50-0, Dernbach 5.4-0-41-0, Swann 8-0-52-0, Bopara 3-0-21-0, Samit 2-0-17-0, Pietersen 2-0-13-0.

Man of the Match: Virat Kohli.

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Airtel Trophy 2nd ODI England Scorecard

Vinay Kumar picks 4 wickets, England make 237

 

England batsman Graeme Swann is bowled by Vinay Kumar, unseen, during the second one-day International cricket match between India and England in New Delhi, India on Monday.

Paceman R Vinay Kumar produced his best ODI bowling figures with a four—wicket haul as India restricted England to 237 all out in the second cricket one—dayer against India here today.

Electing to bat, the visitors lost both their openers Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter for ducks within the first two overs and could never really recover from the early jolts though there were some periods of English fightback at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

Karnataka speedster Kumar was the pick of the Indian bowlers with a career—best figure of 9—1—30—4, eclipsing his previous best of 2 for 51 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2010.

Most of the English batsmen Kevin Pietersen (46), Samit Patel (42), Ravi Bopara (36), Jonathan Bairstow (35) and Jonathan Trott (34) —— got the starts but could not translate them into big knocks.

The England innings could not have begun on a more disastrous note as they lost both the openers Cook and Kieswetter within the first two overs and without a single run on the board.

It turned out to be a dramatic start to the proceedings as paceman Praveen Kumar evicted England’s captain in the fourth ball of his first over and then Vinay Kumar dealt another blow for the visitors by accounting for Kieswetter in his first over.

Cook perished to a rather poor stroke as he tried to cut a delivery wide outside the off stump and Ravindra Jadeja took a smart catch at point.

England:

Alastair Cook c Jadeja b P Kumar 0

Craig Kieswetter c Kohli b V Kumar 0

Jonathan Trott c Dhoni b V Kumar 34

Kevin Pietersen c Dhoni b Yadav 46

Ravi Bopara lbw b Ashwin 36

Jonny Bairstow c Kohli b Jadeja 35

Samit Patel lbw b Yadav 42

Tim Bresnan c Raina b V Kumar 12

Graeme Swann b V Kumar 7

Steve Finn not out 6

Jade Dernbach run out 3

Extras (LB—5 WD—11) 16

Total (All out for 237 in 48.2 overs) 237

Fall of Wickets: 1—0, 2—0, 3—48, 4—121, 5—121, 6—207, 7—211, 8—227, 9—228.

Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9—1—40—1, R Vinay Kumar 9—1—30—4, Virat Kohli 5—0—18—1, Umesh Yadav 8.2—0—50—2, R Ashwin 10—0—56—1, Ravindra Jadeja 7—0—38—1.

Marsh, Hussey put Australia in control

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Bad light denied Australia's Shaun Marsh a debut century on Day Two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Kandy.

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Marsh, son of former Australia wicketkeeper Geoff, made an impressive 87 not out from 211 balls as he and veteran Mike Hussey (76no) shared an unbroken stand of 148 to give the tourists control of the match.
The pair's fourth-wicket stand took Australia to 264 for three in response to Sri Lanka's disappointing first innings total of 174 all out.

Having started the day on 60 for nought, Australia lost openers Shane Watson and Phil Hughes for 36 apiece before captain Michael Clarke departed for 13.

That left Australia wobbling on 116 for three but 28-year-old Marsh, batting at three in his maiden appearance, came together with Hussey to steady the ship.

Australia suffered an early setback when Watson was dismissed by the 10th ball of the morning, shouldering arms to a Suranga Lakmal delivery which nipped back and clipped off stump.

Marsh and Hughes settled into a cautious stand of 35 from 17 overs before the latter fell victim to a fine bat-pad catch from Tharanga Paranavitana at short leg. Suraj Randiv was the successful bowler on this occasion.

Clarke reached just 13 before wafting at a wide ball from Chanaka Welegedara, Mahela Jayawardene taking the catch in the slips.

At lunch the tourists had reached 133 for three but the runs began to flow after the resumption.

There were three boundaries and 13 runs off the third over of the afternoon, bowled by Tillakaratne Dilshan, and both batsmen continued to pick off the bad balls when they came.

Marsh, in particular, looked to use his feet as the innings progressed and clipped Prasanna for successive fours to bring up his first 50.

Hussey had to wait longer for his half-century, but moved past 49 after a nervy wait by despatching Randiv through square leg.

At tea the pair had eased the total along to 251 in 87 overs but there were only 25 balls in the closing session - from which came 13 runs - before the light worsened.

After a lengthy wait the umpires called a halt to the day's play, leaving Marsh waiting overnight to ponder his chances of a debut ton.

Zim Vs Pak Day4 Scorecard With Highlights

 Zim Vs Pak Day4 Highlights

Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG),Rod Tucker (AUS) and Jeremiah Matibiri (ZIM)(T.V.)
Referee: David Boon (AUS)

ZIM

1st Innings

412 in 150.4 Overs

Run Rate: 2.73

 

2nd Innings

135/8 in 54.0 Overs

Run Rate: 2.5

 

PAK

1st Innings

466 in 156.1 Overs

Run Rate: 2.98

Zimbabwe lead by 81 runs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aus Won By 7 Wickets in 1st ODI

 Aus vs Sri 1st ODI Highlights With Scorecard

 

 

 

 

Aus: 192/3 (38.1 Ovs)

SL: 191 (41.1 Ovs)

 

Austrelia Win By 7 Wickets

England Tuor Of India 2nd Test Day1 Cric-news Scorecard

England 221

India 24/1 (15.0 ov)

India trail by 197 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 1

• Pataudi Trophy - 2nd Test
• Test no. 2001 | 2011 season
• Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
• 29,30,31 July, 1,2 August 2011 (5-day match)

	England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c Raina b Kumar	32	166	98	4	0	32.65
	36.1 Kumar strikes, Strauss's long vigil ends. Is this an elaborate set-up? After bowling wide and wide last over, he bowls this sucker ball around off, making Strauss drive, which moves away and takes the edge through to third slip. Most likely it isn't a set-up, we just happen to read too much into things at time 85/4
	AN Cook	lbw b Sharma	2	24	16	0	0	12.50
	5.2 138.6 kph, Cook is pinged on the pad once more, propping forward in defence. There's an appeal ... and it's given! This didn't look nearly as good a shout as the one in the last over, but Marais Erasmus thought about it and raised the finger. Well, replays suggest that while he was hit in line, that was probably going over the top. No DRS for lbw's though, and England have lost their first wicket 7/1
	IJL Trott	c Laxman b Sreesanth	4	23	15	1	0	26.66
	10.4 134.6 kph, edged, gone! Swinging away outside off, Trott comes forward to drive and nicks the ball straight to Laxman at second slip. That was just the line Sreesanth was bowling to Strauss, but it's perfect to the right-hander. That'll calm Sreesanth down, a great way for him to start after coming back into the side. 23/2
	KP Pietersen	c Raina b Sreesanth	29	76	53	4	0	54.71
	27.5 How huge is that wicket? Outswinger, just short of a length, outside off, not a ball that KP had to play at, but he did. Fatally. Tried to withdraw late, but by then the edge had been taken, through to Raina at third slip 73/3
	IR Bell	c †Dhoni b Sharma	31	108	81	4	0	38.27
	50.2 133.2 kph, Bell has thrown it away! He has worked so hard, he has had a life, he has shown good judgement when leaving, but this one is a loose loose shot. This is short and wide, and he has a limp nibble at it, it seems to be a faint bottom edge, and the ball goes wavily to Dhoni. It almost wobbles out, but sticks in Dhoni's webbing. That's swing after it passed the stumps. It was actually the toe end of the bat 124/8
	EJG Morgan	lbw b Kumar	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	36.4 126.8 kph, England are falling fast here. Morgan collects a duck. This is superb bowling. From close to the umpire he bowls, the ball pitches just inside the line, catches Morgan on the crease, and according to Rauf wouldn't have moved away enough to miss the stumps. Morgan confirms with the umpire if he is leg-before or caught bat-pad. The umpire says lbw. And off he goes. Hawkeye confirms Rauf's call, for what it is worth. Hitting the top of off, it says 85/5
	MJ Prior†	c Dravid b Sreesanth	1	11	4	0	0	25.00
	39.5 132.0 kph, that's the magic delivery. Not much Prior could have done with this. Sreesanth doesn't need to appeal or mock-appeal for this one. It pitches off, short of a length so Prior can't come forward and cover the swing, but has to play at it. It leaves him then, squaring him up, taking the edge, through to Dravid at first slip. Sreesanth points a finger to the sky. This has been a high-quality spell 88/6
	TT Bresnan	c Dravid b Sharma	11	39	23	2	0	47.82
	48.2 133.0 kph, Dravid dropped a much easier one than this! First of all the ball is a peach again. Back of a length, angling in, pitching around off, then holding its line. Bresnan, who has shown a tendency to open up a bit, is squared up completely. A thin edge ensues, and Dravid has to dive low to his left, and takes it clean as a whistle. These are the catches you should be at the ground for. When they go smoothly into the palm, that sound of a clean slip catch is just beautiful 117/7
	SCJ Broad	c Tendulkar b Harbhajan Singh	64	93	66	9	0	96.96
	68.4 and the innings ends. Broad finds a fielder at long last, but only just. Harbhajan doubles his tally of wickets for the series. Flighted in the zone, Broad backs himself to clear Tendulkar at deep midwicket and goes for the slog-hoick. He makes good connection, but not good enough. Tendulkar takes it. 221/10
	GP Swann	c Mukund b Kumar	28	49	35	3	0	80.00
	61.6 124.5 kph, whoa, the stand has ended, Praveen has produced a magic ball to send Swann packing. The crowd breaks out into warm applause as he goes off, what a stupendous effort from Swanny! Praveen gets one to snort from just short of a length, I wonder how often he has managed to produce something like that with his 125 kph fare. This pitch is full of tricks, I tell you. Swann was leaning forward as it took off and was caught unawares. It kept coming at him as he tried to pull back and evade it, hit the handle and popped up for an easy catch at gully, even as he turned all the way around in shock. India appeal, Swann walks. Praveen has a wicket, but he continues to scowl. What a character! 197/9
	JM Anderson	not out	6	29	18	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 2, lb 8, w 3)	13
	Total	(all out; 68.4 overs; 320 mins)	221	(3.21 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-23 (Trott, 10.4 ov), 3-73 (Pietersen, 27.5 ov), 4-85 (Strauss, 36.1 ov), 5-85 (Morgan, 36.4 ov), 6-88 (Prior, 39.5 ov), 7-117 (Bresnan, 48.2 ov), 8-124 (Bell, 50.2 ov), 9-197 (Swann, 61.6 ov), 10-221 (Broad, 68.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	22	8	45	3	2.04	(1w)
	36.1 to Strauss, Kumar strikes, Strauss's long vigil ends. Is this an elaborate set-up? After bowling wide and wide last over, he bowls this sucker ball around off, making Strauss drive, which moves away and takes the edge through to third slip. Most likely it isn't a set-up, we just happen to read too much into things at time 85/4 36.4 to Morgan, 126.8 kph, England are falling fast here. Morgan collects a duck. This is superb bowling. From close to the umpire he bowls, the ball pitches just inside the line, catches Morgan on the crease, and according to Rauf wouldn't have moved away enough to miss the stumps. Morgan confirms with the umpire if he is leg-before or caught bat-pad. The umpire says lbw. And off he goes. Hawkeye confirms Rauf's call, for what it is worth. Hitting the top of off, it says 85/5 61.6 to Swann, 124.5 kph, whoa, the stand has ended, Praveen has produced a magic ball to send Swann packing. The crowd breaks out into warm applause as he goes off, what a stupendous effort from Swanny! Praveen gets one to snort from just short of a length, I wonder how often he has managed to produce something like that with his 125 kph fare. This pitch is full of tricks, I tell you. Swann was leaning forward as it took off and was caught unawares. It kept coming at him as he tried to pull back and evade it, hit the handle and popped up for an easy catch at gully, even as he turned all the way around in shock. India appeal, Swann walks. Praveen has a wicket, but he continues to scowl. What a character! 197/9
	I Sharma	22	4	66	3	3.00	(2w)
	5.2 to Cook, 138.6 kph, Cook is pinged on the pad once more, propping forward in defence. There's an appeal ... and it's given! This didn't look nearly as good a shout as the one in the last over, but Marais Erasmus thought about it and raised the finger. Well, replays suggest that while he was hit in line, that was probably going over the top. No DRS for lbw's though, and England have lost their first wicket 7/1 48.2 to Bresnan, 133.0 kph, Dravid dropped a much easier one than this! First of all the ball is a peach again. Back of a length, angling in, pitching around off, then holding its line. Bresnan, who has shown a tendency to open up a bit, is squared up completely. A thin edge ensues, and Dravid has to dive low to his left, and takes it clean as a whistle. These are the catches you should be at the ground for. When they go smoothly into the palm, that sound of a clean slip catch is just beautiful 117/7 50.2 to Bell, 133.2 kph, Bell has thrown it away! He has worked so hard, he has had a life, he has shown good judgement when leaving, but this one is a loose loose shot. This is short and wide, and he has a limp nibble at it, it seems to be a faint bottom edge, and the ball goes wavily to Dhoni. It almost wobbles out, but sticks in Dhoni's webbing. That's swing after it passed the stumps. It was actually the toe end of the bat 124/8
	S Sreesanth	19	1	77	3	4.05
	10.4 to Trott, 134.6 kph, edged, gone! Swinging away outside off, Trott comes forward to drive and nicks the ball straight to Laxman at second slip. That was just the line Sreesanth was bowling to Strauss, but it's perfect to the right-hander. That'll calm Sreesanth down, a great way for him to start after coming back into the side. 23/2 27.5 to Pietersen, How huge is that wicket? Outswinger, just short of a length, outside off, not a ball that KP had to play at, but he did. Fatally. Tried to withdraw late, but by then the edge had been taken, through to Raina at third slip 73/3 39.5 to Prior, 132.0 kph, that's the magic delivery. Not much Prior could have done with this. Sreesanth doesn't need to appeal or mock-appeal for this one. It pitches off, short of a length so Prior can't come forward and cover the swing, but has to play at it. It leaves him then, squaring him up, taking the edge, through to Dravid at first slip. Sreesanth points a finger to the sky. This has been a high-quality spell 88/6
	Harbhajan Singh	4.4	0	22	1	4.71
	68.4 to Broad, and the innings ends. Broad finds a fielder at long last, but only just. Harbhajan doubles his tally of wickets for the series. Flighted in the zone, Broad backs himself to clear Tendulkar at deep midwicket and goes for the slog-hoick. He makes good connection, but not good enough. Tendulkar takes it. 221/10
	Yuvraj Singh	1	0	1	0	1.00

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	A Mukund	c Pietersen b Anderson	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	0.1 132.8 kph, a wicket first ball! Mukund plays a loose drive and edges to gully! The crowd is going berserk! Full from Anderson, pitches it up from over the stumps outside off and looking for the airy drive. Mukund obliges. Horrendous shot to play first ball, he gets half across and looks to drive straight. His feet are in Lord's, his shot is being played at Trent Bridge. Classic set up, clean edge, nicely held. England on top. India have lost all the specialist openers they have on tour off the first ball of this innings. 0/1
	R Dravid	not out	7		38	1	0	18.42
	VVS Laxman	not out	13		52	2	0	25.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	4
	Total	(1 wicket; 15 overs)	24	(1.60 runs per over)

To bat SR Tendulkar, SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, P Kumar, S Sreesanth, I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-0 (Mukund, 0.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	5	2	10	1	2.00
	0.1 to Mukund, 132.8 kph, a wicket first ball! Mukund plays a loose drive and edges to gully! The crowd is going berserk! Full from Anderson, pitches it up from over the stumps outside off and looking for the airy drive. Mukund obliges. Horrendous shot to play first ball, he gets half across and looks to drive straight. His feet are in Lord's, his shot is being played at Trent Bridge. Classic set up, clean edge, nicely held. England on top. India have lost all the specialist openers they have on tour off the first ball of this innings. 0/1
	SCJ Broad	7	3	5	0	0.71	(1w)
	TT Bresnan	3	0	7	0	2.33	(1nb)

Match details

Toss India, who chose to field

Player of the match tba

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and M Erasmus (South Africa) TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire RT Robinson

Close of play day 1 - India 1st innings 24/1 (R Dravid 7*, VVS Laxman 13*, 15 ov)

Match notes

Day 1 Drinks: England - 26/2 in 13.0 overs (AJ Strauss 13, KP Pietersen 3) England: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 4 Lunch: England - 69/2 in 27.0 overs (AJ Strauss 29, KP Pietersen 26) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (AJ Strauss 17, KP Pietersen 29, Ex 4) Drinks: England - 88/6 in 39.5 overs (IR Bell 12) England: 100 runs in 43.1 overs (259 balls), Extras 8 Tea: England - 124/8 in 51.0 overs (SCJ Broad 6, GP Swann 0) England: 150 runs in 53.3 overs (321 balls), Extras 12 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (SCJ Broad 25, GP Swann 21, Ex 4) England: 200 runs in 64.1 overs (385 balls), Extras 13 Drinks: England - 204/9 in 65.0 overs (SCJ Broad 49, JM Anderson 4) SCJ Broad: 50 off 56 balls (7 x 4) Innings Break: England - 221/10 in 68.4 overs (JM Anderson 6) Over 8.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - R Dravid (Struck down) End Of Day: India - 24/1 in 15.0 overs (R Dravid 7, VVS Laxman 13