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
LUNCH DAY 1
England trail India by 244 runs at lunch Day 1. Ian Bell 11*(28) and Gary Ballance 7*(46) are unbeaten.
05:30 PM: Eng 51/2 after 24 overs
Maiden to end with.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the last over before lunch
05:26 PM: Eng 51/2 after 23 overs
Ballance picks up a single towards mid wicket
Two runs for Ballance to deep square leg
He takes an easy single through point
Shami to Ian Bell
05:17 PM: Eng 46/2 after 21 overs
single off the last ball by Bell keeps him on strike
That is put away by Bell, whipped away to the midwicket boundary
Ishant Sharma to continue
05:12 PM: Eng 41/2 after 20 overs
Ballance worked through mid wicket for a couple
Good seam position for Shami here. The ball went away from left handed Ballance.
Shami replaces Ishant Sharma
05:08 PM: Eng 39/2 after 19 overs
Bells cuts that one through slips to third man for FOUR
Kumar to Bell, Down the leg side for a fine leg boundary. 4 leg byes
Dhoni upto the stumps now
Bhuvneshwar Kumar coming up with his 10th over
05:04 PM: Eng 31/2 after 18 overs
Fourth maiden in a row.
Ballance to face Ishant
05:00 PM: Eng 31/2 after 17 overs
Another maiden over.
Ian Bell facing Kumar
04:56 PM: Eng 31/2 after 16 overs
Maiden over.
Ishant Sharma to Ballance
04:52 PM: Eng 31/2 after 15 overs
Wicket maiden for Kumar
Ian Bell is the next batsman in
England 31/2
Bhuvi gets his second. Robson with an outside edge caught by Dhoni. He goes for 17.
04:47 PM: Eng 31/1 after 14 overs
Loud appeal for lbw but pitched outside leg. Umpire shakes his head
Now far outside off stump for a wide
NO-BALL by Sharma adding one extra run
Ishant Sharma has the ball now and Ballance to face him
DRINKS BREAK
04:39 PM: Eng 29/1 after 13 overs
Robson played to deep square leg for a couple
Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues with his 6th over
04:35 PM: Eng 27/1 after 12 overs
Short ball by Shami gets an edge but short of Rahane at second slip.
Robson gets three runs towards deep mid wicket
Half hearted appeal by Indians. That was close. Just missed an outside edge.
Shami to Robson
04:30 PM: Eng 24/1 after 11 overs
Ballance off the mark with a couple over fine leg
Gary Ballance comes in at no. 3 and faces Kumar
England 22/1
Now Cook gets the edge and caught by Dhoni. He departs for 10. Bhuvi gets his man.
04:25 PM: Eng 22/0 after 10 overs
This time he hits through the mid wicket for a boundary.
Robson gets the outside edge but dropped by Rahane at first slip.
Shami to bowl his 5th over
04:21 PM: Eng 18/0 after 9 overs
Just a boundary from that over of Kumar
First ball of Kumar's over is played through the mid wicket by Cook for FOUR
04:17 PM: Eng 14/0 after 8 overs
Cook takes a quick single towards point
Shami to Robson, down the leg side for two more
04:13 PM: Eng 10/0 after 7 overs
Robson gets three runs straight down the ground off Kumar
04:09 PM: Eng 7/0 after 6 overs
That's a third maiden in a row.
Cook to face Shami
04:05 PM: Eng 7/0 after 5 overs
another maiden for Kumar.
Robson facing Bhuvneshwar Kumar
04:01 PM: Eng 7/0 after 4 overs
On the pads and Cook played it to fine leg for FOUR.
Single behind the square leg brings Cook on strike
Shami to Robson
03:57 PM: Eng 2/0 after 3 overs
Cook played it as a maiden over.
Kumar continues
03:53 PM: Eng 2/0 after 2 overs
A good tight maiden over by Shami.
He is having a good bounce. Good carry to the keeper
Sam Robson is on strike
Mohammad Shami to bowl the next over
03:49PM: Eng 2/0 after 1 over
Robson plays awkwardly, 1 run on off side
Kumar to Robson, nicks but ball does not carry to the slip foelder, no run
Cook off the mark with a single on leg side
Cook leans forward and defnds, no run
Cook will take the strike
Alastair Cook and sam Robson in tyhe middle. Bhuvneshwar kumar to start the attack
Shami OUT, cought at 1st slip by Cook
Stokes bowling to Shami
03:35PM : india 295/9 after 91 overs
Play about to begin on day two of second test after Rahane's heroics saved India yesterday.
Anderson bowling to Mohammad Shami who is on 14
Shami plays a defensive stroke.....
Shami swings bat, gets FOUR behind the wicket
Shami swings bat, gets FOUR behind the wicket
Shami takes a single
Ishant to face Anderson
Sharma to Bell, 1 run, gets the inside edge! but not onto the stumps, the ball rolls away behind square leg