Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India 107/4, need 333 more to win, at stumps, Third test, day 4
Southampton: India finished struggling at 107/4 in their second innings after England declared at 205/4 in their second innings and set a target of 445 runs for India at Stumps on fourth day of the
LUNCH DAY 4
Another session dominated by England. They lead India by 319 runs.
Turn again. Ballance is caught at short leg by Pujara. It was struck on thigh pads. Not a good decision by Umpire Erasmus. And there's Lunch for Day 4. one ball remaining in the over. He goes for 38 off 48 balls.
Good turn. Coming in to Ballance. Light appeal for lbw. Umpire says no.
Jadeja to bowl the last over before lunch to Ballance
05:28 PM: England 80/1 after 20 overs
miscued by Ballance, got the top edge and gets a single towards point
Murali Vijay comes in to bowl to Ballance
05:26 PM: England 79/1 after 19 overs
Single to end the over
Ballance hits that hard through the covers for FOUR. He quickly reaches 36 in just 37 balls.
He showcased square cut and gets a single towards deep point
Rohit Sharma to Cook
05:23 PM: England 73/1 after 18 overs
Single behind square by Cook to end the over
Ballance comes forward and pushed into a gap at midwicket for another single - 50 partnership up, in exactly 11 overs
He reverse sweeps behind point to collect four more
Jadeja to Ballance
05:19 PM: England 67/1 after 17 overs
Ballance plays a forceful cut in front of square this time, to the sweeper for a single
Single taken towards midwicket
Rohit Sharma to Cook
05:16 PM: England 65/1 after 16 overs
Cook flicked behind square for another one to the total
Ballance glances through square for a single
Cook punched towards mid-off, room for a single
Ravindra Jadeja comes in to bowl
05:13 PM: England 62/1 after 15 overs
This time he goes straight over bowler's head for SIX.
Ballance played a sweep shot towards fine leg. Well fielded by Shami. 2 runs
down the leg side. Easy single for Alastair Cook
Change of bowling. Rohit Sharma comes in to bowl his occasional off spin. Cook on strike
05:08 PM: England 53/1 after 14 overs
Wonderful straight drive by Ballance for four more.
Single for Cook past gully
Just flicked the ball to mid wicket for another boundary
Shami to Cook
05:03 PM: England 44/1 after 13 overs
Down the ground again. Four more to end the over.
This time he pushed the ball towards square leg for a boundary
Ballance jabbed down the ground for a couple
He steals a single down the ground
Kumar to Cook
04:58 PM: England 33/1 after 12 overs
single to end the over
Outside off and he dabbed away to third man for FOUR.
Mohammed Shami gets the ball now. Cook facing him
04:53 PM: England 28/1 after 11 overs
Ballance pushed the ball behind square for two more
He plays it to mid-on for a single
Cook faces Bhuvneshwar Kumar
04:48 PM: England 25/1 after 10 overs
another maiden by Pankaj.
Ballance to face Pankaj Singh
04:44 PM: England 25/1 after 9 overs
He gets a couple through backward point to end the over
Kumar to Cook
04:40 PM: England 23/1 after 8 overs
maiden over.
Pankaj Singh to Ballance
04:35 PM: England 23/1 after 7 overs
He gets off the mark with a single towards point
Gary Ballance comes in at no. 3
England 22/1
Early strike for England. Outswing delivery, Robson gets an outside edge and caught by Dhawan at first slip. He departs for 13 off 20. Bhuvi gets an early wicket now.
Kumar to Robson, short and wide, Robson just guided the ball behind point for a boundary
04:29 PM: England 18/0 after 6 overs
tapped through the covers, single for Robson
Pankaj Singh continues
04:25 PM: England 17/0 after 5 overs
Couple of runs towards leg side for Cook to end the over
He sliced to a deep point for a single
Kumar to Robson
Bit of delay in the game as Bhuvi is not happy with the landing area of the ball. Groundsmen are on the pitch
04:18 PM: England 14/0 after 4 overs
Short outside off and Cook edged it behind point for four more
Cook facing Pankaj Singh
04:13 PM: England 10/0 after 3 overs
Cook firmly played it to mid wicket and managed to add three more runs
Pushed to midwicket but Shami did well at the boundary. Three runs taken
Kumar to Robson
04:09 PM: England 4/0 after 2 overs
maiden over.
Pankaj Singh to Alastair Cook
04:05 PM: England 4/0 after 1 over
Nicely punched through point for a boundary.
The first ball is right onto the middle stump, defended safely back to the bowler by Robson
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball and Robson takes the strike
Alastair Cook and Sam Robson are in the middle.
So the follow has not been enforced by England as they are coming out to bat again. They lead by 239 runs