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

DRINKS BREAK

England got the start they wanted. Now they will look forward to make the partnership solid and set a good total before lunch.


04:30 PM: England 41/0 after 15 overs

A good positive cover drive by Cook but he settles for three. This is the best opening partnership for England in this series

Three slips and a gully, with a leg gully

Cook faces Shami

Mohammad Shami is coming back to bowl

04:25 PM: England 38/0 after 14 overs

Robson played it to mid on for a boundary to end the over

Pankaj Singh to Cook, single towards the leg side

04:21 PM: England 33/0 after 13 overs

That's a handsome drive through covers. FOUR more

Sam Robson to face Kumar

04:17 PM: England 29/0 after 12 overs

Cook flicked it towards square leg for two runs

One more to Robson towards mid off

An outside edge and straight to Jadeja at third slip but dropped! Single taken

Cook facing Pankaj Singh, around the wicket

04:13 PM: England 25/0 after 11 overs

third maiden for Kumar.

Kumar coming on with his 6th over to Robson

04:09 PM: England 25/0 after 10 overs

maiden over

Pankaj Singh to Cook

04:05 PM: England 25/0 after 9 overs

Another cover drive from Robson through the gap for FOUR

Cook plays firmly towards point for another single

He drives it to covers but misfield at mid off let the batsmen take single

Robson facing Kumar

04:01 PM: England 19/0 after 8 overs

just one run from the over

Good length ball. He plays it towards covers for a single

Pankaj Singh to bowl his first ball of test cricket. Robson faces him

03:57 PM: England 18/0 after 7 overs

maiden over again

Kumar continues

03:53 PM: England 18/0 after 6 overs

Cook on backfoot, flicked it past square leg to get three runs

He goes down the ground and takes two more towards mid off

Shami to Cook

03:49 PM: England 13/0 after 5 overs

maiden over

Kumar to Robson

03:45 PM: England 13/0 after 4 overs

Cook drives at it and squirts it off a thick outside edge wide of gully, safely enough, down to third man boundary.

Shami to Cook

03:41 PM: England 9/0 after 3 overs

a thick outside edge that goes down and away from third slip, backward point chases back and they get two

Kumar to Robson

03:37 PM: England 7/0 after 2 overs

This time he flicks towards mid wicket for two more

Cook plays straight down the ground for a couple

Mohammad Shami to bowl the second over of the day

03:33 PM: England 3/0 after 1 over

Robson gets off the mark with a couple towards mid on

Now he takes a quick single towards mid wicket region

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl to Cook and the first ball got an edge but short off the second slip.

Alastair Cook is taking strike with Sam Robson at runners end.

And we are about to get  underway for the first session of third test.

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