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