As usual India looks uncomfortable in English seaming condition and failed to leave up-to their fans expectation and goes 1-0down in the NPOWER 5 test match series.nothing goes right for Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni except from winning the toss.The excludation of Zahir Khan because of an hamstring injury was the body blow for Indian cricket team as he was the spear head of Indian bowling attack for last few years. Zahir took two early wickets before leaving the ground,but the others failed to create an impact as the English batsmen took the full toll of diretionless bowling by Ishant and Harbhajan.Kevin Peterson was in the mood of slaughtering as he played his strokes all over the ground and reached to double ton and made the 100th test between these two countries memorable for him,wicket keeper Matt prior made a quick 71 to give the momentum,england required.The only bowler Praveen Kumar seemed to be in control of his bowling and he took his maiden five wicket hall and gave the Indian supporters something to cheer about.captain cool seemed to be run out of his ideas and surprisingly Harbhajan Singh constantly bowled from round the wicket in a negative channel and failed to create any kind of impact as he eliminated the chances of getting LBW by bowling from round the wicket. the end of day two england posted a mammoth 474. India made 6 runs for loss of no wicket at the end of the day.At the beginning of third day it was up-to the experienced Gautam Gambhir and fresher Mukund to give a steady start.their bonding is being broken by the lanky pacer Stuart Broad after they put a 63 runs opening stand.Gambhir got bowled by an in-swinger by broad and later the pace man took mukund in the same manner when he tried to play a ball away from his body and find his furniture disturbed and out for 49,1 short of his half century.then came THE WALL Rahul Dravid,even he looked shaky at the starting stage.he and his partner Sachin Tendulker who was in search for his 100 th century and his maiden at Lords.SACHIN looked to be in great touch as he played some glorious shots,at 34 he got an pitch of a delivery from broad and got out at slip,caught by Swan.after that Laxman flicked a ball at leg stamp and got himself out in the deep fine leg Raina got out without troubling the scorers..the combination of pace and swing from the English pacers gave the Indian batsmen a lot of trouble as the Indian inning got wrapped out for just 286 and felt well short of 188 runs. Rahul Dravid was the lonely survival as he made 103 gave the Indian inning some respectability.broad took 4 wickets for 37 and Anderson and Tremlett shared 5 wickets between them.
at the 2nd inning Praveen Kumar made the early breakthrough as he got the edge of Cook.then the tall lanky pace Ishant Sharma took the heart out of the English batters and got three quick scalps.but after the lunch session Dhoni missed the plot and took ishant out of the attack and gave the English batsmen prior and Morgan a breather and they made a 40 run stand between them before Morgan got out by a short stuff by ishant.after that prior and broad batted brilliantly and posted a 150 plus run partnership as well as Matt prior made a magnificent 100.england declared at 269 for 6 and gave India an improbable target of 458.rahul Dravid had to play an unfamiliar role of opening the inning because of the the absence of Gambhir as he was in severe pain in his hand by getting hit by Prior at short leg while fielding.mukund could not repeat his 1st inning show as he got out for 12 by broad. Dravid and Laxman endure the venom of English attack for the rest of the day, India was 80 for 1 at the end of day 4.
It was clear that India will play for draw,as Rahul and Laxman tried to steady the ship by taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries.but English pace trio maintained their hostile bowling and Anderson got the dangerman Dravid,later Laxman tried to hit a short ball and caught at mid wicket by Anderson.swan got Gambhir's leg before wicket.Sachin played in a defensive manner and out cheaply at 12 by a out swinger bowled by the nemesis Anderson.the rest of the batsmen did not apply themselves,tried to play too many shots and got in and got out. Raina was battling hard but he was running out of partners.he made a crucial 73 but could not rescue his team from loss as Indian 2nd inning folded for 261 runs. Anderson took his 11 th 5 wicket haul for 65 and Tremlett took 3 wickets to give the required support.
Kevin Peterson was named man of the match for his invaluable knock of 202.
so the 2000 th test match in history and 100 th test match between India and England was dominated by the home side right through the 5 days and they clinched the victory by putting up some professional batting by the English batsmen and the lethal hostile bowling by English bowlers.
The next test will be held at Trentbridge and that will be another test for Indian batsmen.
at the 2nd inning Praveen Kumar made the early breakthrough as he got the edge of Cook.then the tall lanky pace Ishant Sharma took the heart out of the English batters and got three quick scalps.but after the lunch session Dhoni missed the plot and took ishant out of the attack and gave the English batsmen prior and Morgan a breather and they made a 40 run stand between them before Morgan got out by a short stuff by ishant.after that prior and broad batted brilliantly and posted a 150 plus run partnership as well as Matt prior made a magnificent 100.england declared at 269 for 6 and gave India an improbable target of 458.rahul Dravid had to play an unfamiliar role of opening the inning because of the the absence of Gambhir as he was in severe pain in his hand by getting hit by Prior at short leg while fielding.mukund could not repeat his 1st inning show as he got out for 12 by broad. Dravid and Laxman endure the venom of English attack for the rest of the day, India was 80 for 1 at the end of day 4.
It was clear that India will play for draw,as Rahul and Laxman tried to steady the ship by taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries.but English pace trio maintained their hostile bowling and Anderson got the dangerman Dravid,later Laxman tried to hit a short ball and caught at mid wicket by Anderson.swan got Gambhir's leg before wicket.Sachin played in a defensive manner and out cheaply at 12 by a out swinger bowled by the nemesis Anderson.the rest of the batsmen did not apply themselves,tried to play too many shots and got in and got out. Raina was battling hard but he was running out of partners.he made a crucial 73 but could not rescue his team from loss as Indian 2nd inning folded for 261 runs. Anderson took his 11 th 5 wicket haul for 65 and Tremlett took 3 wickets to give the required support.
Kevin Peterson was named man of the match for his invaluable knock of 202.
so the 2000 th test match in history and 100 th test match between India and England was dominated by the home side right through the 5 days and they clinched the victory by putting up some professional batting by the English batsmen and the lethal hostile bowling by English bowlers.
The next test will be held at Trentbridge and that will be another test for Indian batsmen.
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