Drinks are called meanwhile
England 70/2
he gets the breakthrough straight away. Ballance got an outside and caught by Dhoni behind the stumps. He departs for 27 off 59 balls.
Shami comes back to bowl
09:40 PM: England 70/1 after 28 overschipped behind the square leg for a single
Ishant Sharma to Ballance
09:36 PM: England 69/1 after 27 oversBallance guides this behind point for another single
single for Cook towards point
Edged and went towards fine leg boundary. Dhoni fielded it and Ballance picks up three
Two runs to Gary Ballance
behind point
09:32 PM: England 62/1 after 26 oversthird maiden in a row.
Cook on strike facing Ishant
09:27 PM: England 62/1 after 25 oversmaiden over.
Ballance to face Jadeja
09:24 PM: England 62/1 after 24 oversmaiden over.
Ishant to continue with his 5th over
09:20 PM: England 62/1 after 23 oversAnother single for Cook towards cover brings up the 50 run partnership in 99 balls.
He plays it to square leg for a single
Jadeja to Ballance
09:16 PM: England 60/1 after 22 oversAnother single for Ballance to fine leg
Cook edged it towards third slip for a single.
Ballance clipped behind square leg for one run
Big shout for caught behind. That one was down the leg side and struck the thigh pads of Ballance, went to keeper. Umpire says no.
09:12 PM: England 57/1 after 21 oversBallance poked towards the cover for a single
Dhoni is standing about 4 yards behind the stumps
He pushed towards cover for a quick single
Jadeja from Nursery End to Cook
09:09 PM: England 55/1 after 20 overssingle off the last ball
Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook
09:04 PM: England 54/1 after 19 oversThat ball kept too low for Dhoni to collect. 1 bye
Vijay to Cook
09:01 PM: England 53/1 after 18 oversOutside edge and another boundary for Ballance towards third man
He takes a single behind square leg
Jadeja to Cook
08:58 PM: England 48/1 after 17 oversHe takes a single towards deep point
Cook misses and that ball went low and went past the keeper and first slip. 4 byes
Vijay to continue
08:54 PM: England 43/1 after 16 oversCook eased towards midwicket for a single
Change of end for Jadeja. Cook facing him
08:51 PM: England 42/1 after 15 oversCook goes off the back foot towards third man and batsmen take another three.
He gets an outside edge, went towards third man. Three runs taken by the batsmen
Murali Vijay to Ballance
08:48 PM: England 36/1 after 14 oversBhuvi has been warned by the umpire for running on the pitch
He pushes off the back foot to long off boundary
Cook facing Kumar
08:44 PM: England 32/1 after 13 oversTwo more for Ballance. He pushed the ball away to fine leg
Cook gets an easy single off Jadeja towards square leg
08:41 PM: England 29/1 after 12 overs4 leg byes. Length ball just drifting down leg side. Struck off pads and went to fine leg boundary.
He cuts off the back-foot for a point boundary
Kumar to Ballance
08:37 PM: England 21/1 after 11 overssingle to end the over. Ballance keeps the strike
One more to Cook behind square leg
Easy single for him behind square leg
Jadeja to Ballance
08:34 PM: England 18/1 after 10 oversanother maiden over.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Cook
08:30 PM: England 18/1 after 9 oversmaiden over
Jadeja gets the ball after tea. Ballance on strike
Third session is about to get underway as players are back on field.
