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News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 219/6, 2nd test, Day 2 at stumps

Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 219/6, 2nd test, Day 2 at stumps

London: England finished at 219 for six in the first innings at stumps on the second day of the second cricket Test at Lord's here Friday, trailing India by 76 runs.Liam Plunkett was batting on



TEA BREAK

England made 74 runs in 29 overs and lost 2 wickets in the second session. Gary Ballance 51*(117) and Moeen Ali 6*(25) are unbeaten.

08:11 PM: Eng 125/4 after 53 overs

Just one run from the over and it's tea.

Ballance takes an easy single through square leg

Jadeja to bowl the last over before tea

08:08 PM: Eng 124/4 after 52 overs

Third fifty for Ballance in five test matches.

Fifty comes up for Gary Ballance with that single over point.

Moeen Ali takes a single through midwicket and Ballance gets the strike

Murali Vijay comes in to bowl

08:05 PM: Eng 122/4 after 51 overs

Single by Moeen Ali off the last ball

Single for Ballance over deep backward point which takes him to 49

Jadeja to Ballance

08:02 PM: Eng 120/4 after 50 overs

Single in the deep point for Ballance

Ballance faces Stuart Binny

07:58 PM: Eng 119/4 after 49 overs

Ballance sweeps it for a single

Jadeja continues

07:56 PM: Eng 118/4 after 48 overs

Into the midwicket for quick single

Stuart Binny to Gary Ballance

07:52 PM: Eng 117/4 after 47 overs

He gets off the mark straight away with lofting the ball over mid on for FOUR.

Moeen Ali is the next batsman in for England

England 113/4

Joe Root departs for 13.

big appeal for lbw and Jadeja got his man. It was straight and struck on pads. It was a slight inside edge before it hit the pads. Unlucky Root.

Jadeja to Root

07:48 PM: Eng 113/3 after 46 overs

Single off the last ball.

Stuart Binny now in his 5th over

07:44 PM: Eng 112/3 after 45 overs

Root plays to deep square for an easy single

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack

07:41 PM: Eng 111/3 after 44 overs

Single off the last ball

Root hits hard to covers but well fielded by Virat Kohli.

Two easy runs taken by Root at third man.

Binny continues

07:37 PM: Eng 108/3 after 43 overs

Ballance played to fine leg for four more. He reaches 45 with that boundary

Mohammad Shami continues

07:32 PM: Eng 104/3 after 42 overs

over pitched again. Played to long on and they ran four again.

Single for Ballance behind square leg. 100 up for England

overpitched delivery by Binny. Ballanced played down the ground for a boundary.

07:28 PM: Eng 95/3 after 41 overs

Maiden over.

Joe Root changes his bat as it is slightly broken.

Shami to Root

07:23 PM: Eng 95/3 after 40 overs

Real chance missed by India.

That one got an outside edge and it went between Dhoni and Rahane for FOUR at third man. It was Dhoni's catch surely.

Binny to Ballance

07:19 PM: Eng 91/3 after 39 overs

maiden over.

Shami comes back into the attack and Joe Root faces him

England are still 204 runs behind India with 7 wickets remaining