India trail by 197 runs; at 24/1
Nottingham: Struart Broad tormented India again with a stunning counterattack as England recovered from a precarious position to post 221 in their first innings on an overcast opening day of the second cricket Test on Friday.
Put into bat, the hosts were gasping at 124 for eight before Broad (64 off 66) used his long handle to great effect to guide England to a respectable total on the Trent Bridge wicket which assisted the fast bowlers throughout the day.
Broad found an able ally in Graeme Swann (28) as the duo put up a face-saving 70-ball 73-run ninth wicket partnership to neutralise India's splendid bowling display to some extent.
In reply, India, trailing 0-1 in the four-match series, lost opener Abhinav Mukund in the very first ball of James Anderson but experienced duo of Rahul Dravid (7 not out) and V V S Laxman (13 not out) steadied the ship to take the visitors to 24 for one at the close of an eventful opening day.
Dhoni's gamble to field first seemed to pay off as the pace trio of Praveen Kumar (3/45), Ishant Sharma (3/66) and S Sreesanth (3/77) produced a splendid exhibition of seam bowling to rip through the English batting line up.
The Indian pacers were right on their money from the word go as they picked up two English wickets -- opener Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott early with just 23 runs on the board.
While Cook was caught plumb in front of the wicket by Ishant, Sreesanth induced an edge from Trott which Laxman gleefully accepted in the second slip.
Then came brief period of resistance from captain Andrew Strauss (32) and last match double centurion Kevin Pietersen (29) as they added 50 runs for the third wicket before Sreesanth picked up the latter with a gem of a delivery.
Nottingham: Struart Broad tormented India again with a stunning counterattack as England recovered from a precarious position to post 221 in their first innings on an overcast opening day of the second cricket Test on Friday.
Put into bat, the hosts were gasping at 124 for eight before Broad (64 off 66) used his long handle to great effect to guide England to a respectable total on the Trent Bridge wicket which assisted the fast bowlers throughout the day.
Broad found an able ally in Graeme Swann (28) as the duo put up a face-saving 70-ball 73-run ninth wicket partnership to neutralise India's splendid bowling display to some extent.
In reply, India, trailing 0-1 in the four-match series, lost opener Abhinav Mukund in the very first ball of James Anderson but experienced duo of Rahul Dravid (7 not out) and V V S Laxman (13 not out) steadied the ship to take the visitors to 24 for one at the close of an eventful opening day.
Dhoni's gamble to field first seemed to pay off as the pace trio of Praveen Kumar (3/45), Ishant Sharma (3/66) and S Sreesanth (3/77) produced a splendid exhibition of seam bowling to rip through the English batting line up.
The Indian pacers were right on their money from the word go as they picked up two English wickets -- opener Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott early with just 23 runs on the board.
While Cook was caught plumb in front of the wicket by Ishant, Sreesanth induced an edge from Trott which Laxman gleefully accepted in the second slip.
Then came brief period of resistance from captain Andrew Strauss (32) and last match double centurion Kevin Pietersen (29) as they added 50 runs for the third wicket before Sreesanth picked up the latter with a gem of a delivery.
News Posted: 29 July, 2011
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