STUMPS DAY 1
10:30 PM: England 247/2 after 90 oversa maiden over and it's stumps day 1.
Pankaj now around the wicket to Bell
Pankaj Singh to bowl the last over of the day
to Ian Bell
10:25 PM: England 247/2 after 89 oversmaiden over.
Kumar to Ballance
10:20 PM: England 247/2 after 88 oversJust one off the over
Ballance takes a single. He whipped to deep square leg as this is back of a length and on his hips
Pankaj Singh to bowl now
10:15 PM: England 246/2 after 87 oversAnother maiden over.
Kumar to Bell
10:10 PM: England 246/2 after 86 oversMaiden over.
Ballance facing Mohammad Shami
10:05 PM: England 246/2 after 85 oversBell plays it again towards the left of point for another boundary. Runs are coming easily for England.
He whipped the ball behind point for a boundary
Pankaj Singh to Ian Bell
10:00 PM: England 238/2 after 84 oversGary Ballance 103*(189)
This time he cuts it to third man for boundary to complete his 3rd test century, second in the series.
He played it towards mid wicket for a couple and is on 99 now.
Shami to Ballance
09:55 PM: England 232/2 after 83 oversDown the leg side, Bell flicked it to fine leg for a boundary.
Pankaj Singh to Ian Bell
09:51 PM: England 228/2 after 82 oversBallance pushed the ball towards square leg for FOUR. Just 3 away from his century; second in the series.
Straight to the pads and Bell played it behind square leg for a single. Ballance gets strike.
Mohammad Shami to bowl the second over with the new ball
09:46 PM: England 223/2 after 81 oversBell flicked nicely through midwicket for three runs
another appeal. But this time it was too high.
loud appeal for lbw but that was sliding down the leg side. But hawk-eye shows it was hitting leg stumps at the top. Umpire Rod Tucker declines.
Second new ball has been taken and Pankaj Singh to bowl first over with it
to Ian Bell
09:40 PM: England 220/2 after 80 oversmaiden over.
Jadeja bowling from other end, Ballance on strike
09:38 PM: England 220/2 after 79 overs
Just one run conceded by Dhawan in the over
Ballance hits it through point for a single
Shikhar Dhawan starts the proceedings for India after drinks
The last hour of the first day is set to begin
