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News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: Ballance's ton takes England to 247/2 at stumps, Day 1, third test

Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: Ballance's ton takes England to 247/2 at stumps, Day 1, third test

New Delhi: England finished at 247/2 after Gary Ballance hit his second successive century in the first innings after the first day's play against India in the third Investec Test at The Rose Bowl here



DRINKS BREAK


09:30 PM: England 219/2 after 78 overs

maiden over.

Jadeja comes around the wicket to Ian Bell

09:27 PM: England 219/2 after 77 overs

Very wide from the off stump and Ballance slapped it to point boundary. He is into the 90s now.

Couple more for Ballance towards mid wicket takes him to 88.

Kumar to Ballance

Ian Bell comes in at no. 4 for England

09:21 PM: England 213/2 after 76 overs


Breakthrough! Down the leg side and appeal for caught behind. Umpire says yes and Cook has to depart at 95 off 231 deliveries. It was a faint tickle and a smart catch from Dhoni. Bad luck for Cook.

He takes a single through leg side and gets Cook back on strike

Jadeja to Ballance

09:18 PM: England 212/1 after 75 overs

Cook played it towards backward point and takes a single but overthrow gets him one more run

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back for his 19th over. Cook on strike

09:14 PM: England 210/1 after 74 overs

Ballance flicked through the leg side for FOUR.

He plays it behind square for a single.

Cook facing Jadeja

09:10 PM: England 205/1 after 73 overs

He cuts and went high above the point fielder towards the boundary. FOUR! 150 run partnership completed between Ballance and Cook.

Pankaj Singh with his 15th over to Gary Ballance

09:05 PM: England 201/1 after 72 overs

No run conceded in the over by Jadeja to Cook. Maiden over

Jadeja continues

09:02 PM: England 201/1 after 71 overs

single to finish off the over. Cook keeps the strike

Pankaj Singh gets the ball now. Cook faces him

08:58 PM: England 200/1 after 70 overs

Jadeja to Cook, 1 run, flicked squarer, they go for a sharp single and it would have been very tight without the fielder failing to gather, 200 up

Jadeja to Ballance, 1 run, the leg side line of attack continues, this is whipped to backward square, just behind him in fact, and they get a single


08:54 PM: England 198/1 after 69 overs

He pulls it hard to mid wicket for FOUR. Cook is into the 90s now

Shami to Cook

08:50 PM: England 194/1 after 68 overs

Jadeja to Cook, outside leg stump and flicked wide of square leg for a single

08:46 PM: England 193/1 after 67 overs

Outside leg delivery whacked by Ballance for a fine leg boundary.

He knocked into midwicket for an easy single

Cook facing Shami

08:41 PM: England 188/1 after 66 overs

single on the leg side off the last ball

Jadeja to Cook

08:38 PM: England 187/1 after 65 overs

just one from the over

Tapped by Cook into the covers for an easy single

Mohammad Shami comes into the attack

08:34 PM: England 186/1 after 64 overs

maiden over.

It slides down leg, Dhoni can't take it and receives a whack on the thumb. Pyshio is out

Ravindra Jadeja is set to bowl and Ballance takes the strike

England are set to resume their innings in the third session of the day. Cook and Ballance are in the middle