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
04:30 PM: England 103/1 after 32 overs
maiden over
Sharma to Cook
04:26 PM: England 103/1 after 31 overs
Outside edge and went past the third slip for four four.
Ballance facing Aaron
04:22 PM: England 99/1 after 30 overs
Another no-ball. Big one again.
Ishant Sharma gets the ball now. Cook on strike
04:16 PM: England 98/1 after 29 overs
He overstepped again. No-ball
He leans forward and works with the swing to turn the fuller ball to long leg for a single
Aaron bowling round the wicket to Cook
04:11 PM: England 96/1 after 28 overs
Ballance hits to the leg side and beats the man at mid on for four
Kumar continues
04:07 PM: England 92/1 after 27 overs
Aaron overstepped. No-ball signaled by the umpire. And that was a big one
He slaps the ball past the covers and 2 easy runs for Cook
Cook facing Varun Aaron
04:01 PM: England 89/1 after 26 overs
Calmly flicked away to long leg for a single
Kumar to Cook
03:57 PM: England 88/1 after 25 overs
This time another flick to midwicket for four.
Ballance gets another boundary. He flicks it to fine leg for four more
Nice shot down the ground. Cook punches hard to mid-off but Binny did well at the boundary. 3 runs
Aaron to Cook
03:52 PM: England 77/1 after 24 overs
Cook clips it to square leg, one run
movement there for Kumar. Ballance gets a single towards deep square leg
Kumar to Ballance
03:48 PM: England 75/1 after 23 overs
Short ball and Cook pulled it to midwicket for four
Varun Aaron to Cook
03:43 PM: England 71/1 after 22 overs
He pushed behind square for a single to end the over
Kumar to Cook
03:39 PM: England 70/1 after 21 overs
He gets off the mark with a boundary straight away towards the third man region
Man in form Gary Ballance is the next man in
England 66/1
Bowled him! Good length delivery right on spot, shattered the stumps. Unplayable delivery. India needs more of that. He departs for 37.
No gully and Robson sends the ball down to third man for four. First runs of the morning.
Varun Aaron bowling from other end to Sam Robson
03:33 PM: England 62/0 after 20 overs
he starts off with a maiden over.
Cook takes the strike and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets ready to bowl.
Batsmen are walking out to the middle. Fielders are taking their position.
We can have a full day play with no interruption as there are no chances of rain at all.
Minutes away from the first session of day 2. England are trailing India by 86 runs with 10 wickets in hand. Cook and Robson are making it tough for the bowlers. The only way India can come back in this Test is bowl the way England bowled I the first session yesterday.