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Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: Ballance's ton takes England to 247/2 at stumps, Day 1, third test

New Delhi: England finished at 247/2 after Gary Ballance hit his second successive century in the first innings after the first day's play against India in the third Investec Test at The Rose Bowl here

India TV Sports Desk Updated on: July 27, 2014 23:06 IST


TEA DAY 1


England scored 108 runs in 34 overs without losing a single wicket. That session was comprehensively towards England's side. Alastair Cook with his over a year highest score of 82*(188) and Gary Ballance 72*(131) are unbeaten.


08:11 PM: England 186/1 after 63 overs



Cook guides the length ball through behind point for a single

Ballance pushed the ball to fine leg for a single

Shikhar Dhawan to bowl the last over before tea

08:08 PM: England 183/1 after 62 overs


Cook has clipped a fuller ball off his boots to the fine leg boundary to end the over

He finds a single to the left of mid-on

Jadeja to Ballance

08:05 PM: England 178/1 after 61 overs

He waits on a length ball and rides the hint of inward movement to give some work to long leg for a single

Pankaj Singh to Ballance, He hammers it into the middle of the pitch and the bouncer slants across the left-hander, who is in no danger having ducked under. FOUR!


08:01 PM: England 173/1 after 60 overs

Ballance added one more to the total with a single down the ground

Easy single for Cook behind square leg

Cook facing Jadeja

07:59 PM: England 171/1 after 59 overs

Ballance now plays a back foot drive for a boundary behind point.

Fine shot through the covers for four.

Pankaj Singh is back into the attack. Ballance on strike

07:54 PM: England 163/1 after 58 overs

maiden over.

Jadeja to Cook

07:52 PM: England 163/1 after 57 overs

He cuts over the point for a boundary.

Cook cuts to the man in the deep for another single

Ballance makes his own room and chops it through to the sweeper for a single

Sharma continues

07:49 PM: England 157/1 after 56 overs

Ballance nudges wide of mid-on and has his single to take him to a fifty.

Jadeja to Ballance

07:46 PM: England 156/1 after 55 overs

He gets a single towards deep mid wicket

Sharma to Ballance

07:43 PM: England 155/1 after 54 overs

Three runs off the over from Jadeja

07:40 PM: England 152/1 after 53 overs

Sharma to Cook, 2 runs, saw this shorter and goes back and across to clip to deep square leg

07:38 PM: England 150/1 after 52 overs

single for Cook behind square leg/ 150 up for England

Spin attack from both ends as Jadeja comes in to bowl his 8th over

07:36 PM: England 149/1 after 51 overs

Short and wide. Ballance plays a square cut for a boundary through covers

Rohit Sharma continues

07:33 PM: England 145/1 after 50 overs


single off the last ball towards mid wicket and Ballance keeps the strike

down the leg side and an easy single behind square leg for Cook.

Cook facing Jadeja

07:30 PM: England 143/1 after 49 overs


single from that over

Cook played it softly to covers for a quick single

Rohit Sharma comes in to bowl

07:28 PM: England 142/1 after 48 overs

maiden over.

Jadeja continues

07:26 PM: England 142/1 after 47 overs

Ballance whipped through midwicket smartly to add three more to the total

A little short again from Bhuvi, Ballance sets up for the cut and gets a bit of a bottom edge that is drilled into the pitch and bounces over the slips for FOUR.

One more to Cook towards mid on. He runs hard but direct hit from Shami misses the stumps.

Easy single for him towards mid wicket

Kumar to bowl his 18th over to Ballance

07:21 PM: England 133/1 after 46 overs


Ballance finds the gap between short and leg and leg gully for a single

He gets a couple towards mid wicket

Jadeja to Ballance

07:18 PM: England 130/1 after 45 overs


single off the last ball by Ballance keeps him on strike

Cook gets a single through square leg

Ballance is camped on his back foot and cuts. Doesn't time it well and point dives over it a touch

Cook gets a single towards off side. 1 leg bye

Kumar to resume bowling after drinks
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