News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India 25/1, trail Eng by 544 runs at stumps, third test, day 2

Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: India 25/1, trail Eng by 544 runs at stumps, third test, day 2

Southampton: India finished at 14/1 in their first innings of the second Investec test against England at stumps on Day 2 at The Rose Bowl here Monday. Dhawan was fallen early at the score of

DRINKS BREAK

04:30 PM : Eng 301/2 after 104 overs

maiden over.

Ravindra Jadeja from around the wicket comes in to bowl now. Ian Bell has the strike

04:27 PM : Eng 301/2 after 103 overs

This time he goes to the off side. Ballance gets some room and cuts the ball to third man boundary. 300 up for England

Fuller delivery pushed to leg side for mid wicket boundary. Four more

Ballance goes down the ground for two more runs

Pankaj Singh to Ballance

04:22 PM : Eng 291/2 after 102 overs

Bell flicked it behind square for a couple more. Bell was quick on that second run.

He played towards deep mid wicket and three more runs added to the total

Shami to Ballance

04:17 PM : Eng 286/2 after 101 overs

Bell whipped the short and wide delivery to the point boundary for four.

Pankaj Singh replaces Kumar

04:13 PM : Eng 282/2 after 100 overs

maiden over.

Good delivery on the pads. Appeal for lbw and catch at leg slip by Kohli both. But it was pitched outside leg stump. No chance of lbw and it was struck off pads so no catch.

Shami to Ballance for his 20th over

04:09 PM : Eng 282/2 after 99 overs

Two from the over

Ballance flicks out to deep square for one run

Short ball pulled to midwicket for a single

Kumar bowling to Bell

04:04 PM : Eng 280/2 after 98 overs

Three more runs for Bell towards the covers to end the over.

Ballance follows suit with a little dab on the leg side for quick run

Easy single for Bell through midwicket gets Ballance back on strike

Mohammad Shami replaces Pankaj Singh. Bell on strike

03:59 PM : Eng 275/2 after 97 overs

Expensive over. 12 runs from the over.

length ball punches to mid wicket for the third boundary of the over. Poor bowling by Kumar so far in the match.

down the leg side and Ballance picked it easy for a fine leg boundary.

Wonderful square cut! The ball went racing towards backward point boundary.

Kumar to Ballance

03:55 PM : Eng 263/2 after 96 overs

He gets a single into the deep square to bring up the 50 run partnership in 119 balls

Gary Ballance facing Pankaj Singh

03:51 PM : Eng 262/2 after 95 overs

Bell punches through the covers for a boundary. Excellent timing for an excellent cover drive.

Ballance gets an easy single behind square leg

Kumar continues

03:46 PM : Eng 257/2 after 94 overs

This time down the leg side. On the pads, Bell pushed the ball behind square leg for another boundary.

Good delivery with extra bounce. Bell got an inside edge and the ball went through the slips for third man boundary.

Pankaj Singh to Bell

03:42 PM : Eng 249/2 after 93 overs

single off the last ball

He props forward and drops it into the covers for a sharp single, good running

Ballance facing Kumar

03:38 PM : Eng 247/2 after 92 overs

maiden over.

Good length ball, Bell on back foot, defends, no run

Again Bell beaten out side off by Pankaj

Pankaj to Bell, plays and misses

Pankaj to Bell, out side off, lets it go, no run

Pankaj Singh bowling to Ian Bell

03:35 PM : Eng 247/2 after 91 overs

India begin with a maiden over

Kumar to Ballance, goes back and defends, no run

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ballance, no run