News Sports Cricket Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 385/7 at stumps, lead Ind by 237 runs, 5th test, day 2

Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 385/7 at stumps, lead Ind by 237 runs, 5th test, day 2

London: England reached 385-7 to lead India by an emphatic 237 runs at stumps on day two to maintain control of the fifth Investec test at the Oval here Saturday.  Joe Root comes up with



DRINKS BREAK

07:09 PM: England 197/2 after 61 overs


Ballance gets his 13th boundary with a firm push towards midwicket

He gets off the mark with a single behind square

Ashwin to Bell

07:06 PM: England 192/2 after 60 overs

maiden over

Ballance facing Aaron

07:02 PM: England 192/2 after 59 overs


Ashwin to Ballance, 1 run, tucked off leg stump, wide of short leg

Ashwin continues

06:59 PM: England 191/2 after 58 overs


Ian Bell coming in at no. 4 for England

England 191/2

Taken this time! Vijay makes no mistake! Outside edge and good low catch at first slip. Umpires are checking for no-ball but its clear and Cook has to depart at 79. Second wicket for Aaron.

Short ball doesn't work with Cook. He pulls away to midwicket and gets his 9th boundary

Aaron to Cook

06:53 PM: England 187/1 after 57 overs


Fabulous cover drive from Ballance and four more

Easy single towards point region

Ashwin to Cook

06:50 PM: England 182/1 after 56 overs


Single off the last ball and Cook retains the strike

He squeezes this past mid-off for couple to add to the total

Cook facing Aaron

06:46 PM: England 179/1 after 55 overs


Through the extra covers. Two more to Gary Ballance.

Edged and another one gone down. This time its Rahane. Cook has got another life. Meanwhile the ball floats to fine leg and batsmen take a single.

Ashwin to Cook

06:43 PM: England 176/1 after 54 overs


Pushed to leg side for a single

inside edge and it's safe for Cook that it didn't hit the stumps

Aaron to Cook

06:39 PM: England 175/1 after 53 overs


He goes onto the back foot to a shorter delivery and punches into the covers. 1 run

Cook facing Ashwin

06:36 PM: England 174/1 after 52 overs


He turned the ball off the hips to square leg and gets another single

Aaron to Cook

06:33 PM: England 173/1 after 51 overs


He picks up an easy single towards point

Ashwin to Cook

06:30 PM: England 172/1 after 50 overs


Down the leg side and single for Cook.

Outside edge and dropped! It was straight to Vijay at first slip and Cook survives. It was absolutely a dolly catch. It could not be more simple than that. India's nightmare continues

He plays a cut behind square on the off side for another four. Runs are coming easily for both the batsmen.

no-ball called by Umpire Dharmasena. Meanwhile Cook is not happy with what is happening around the sight screen.

Aaron replaces Kumar

06:24 PM: England 166/1 after 49 overs


Cook goes on backfoot and digs it to point for a single. 100 run partnership comes up between the two in 172 balls

Ashwin to Cook

06:21 PM: England 165/1 after 48 overs


Short again! He saw it and plays an upper cut to send the ball for third man boundary. Another half century for Ballance.

Fine again down the leg side for four. Poor bowling show by Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Kumar to Ballance

06:17 PM: England 157/1 after 47 overs

Tucked the ball to leg side for an easy single

Beautiful square cut towards point for a boundary

He gets distracted with a flying pigeon between the pitch

Ashwin with the ball from other end. Ballance on strike

06:14 PM: England 152/1 after 46 overs


First ball is down to leg side and Cook played it to fine leg four. He starts off with an easy four after lunch

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is getting ready to bowl and Cook takes the strike

Cook and Ballance walks out to the middle

So we are about to get underway for the second session of the day. The scores are level with England having 9 wickets in hand.