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
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
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
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!