DRINKS BREAK
England got the start they wanted. Now they will look forward to make the partnership solid and set a good total before lunch.
04:30 PM: England 41/0 after 15 overs
A good positive cover drive by Cook but he settles for three. This is the best opening partnership for England in this series
Three slips and a gully, with a leg gully
Cook faces Shami
Mohammad Shami is coming back to bowl
04:25 PM: England 38/0 after 14 overs
Robson played it to mid on for a boundary to end the over
Pankaj Singh to Cook, single towards the leg side
04:21 PM: England 33/0 after 13 overs
That's a handsome drive through covers. FOUR more
Sam Robson to face Kumar
04:17 PM: England 29/0 after 12 overs
Cook flicked it towards square leg for two runs
One more to Robson towards mid off
An outside edge and straight to Jadeja at third slip but dropped! Single taken
Cook facing Pankaj Singh, around the wicket
04:13 PM: England 25/0 after 11 overs
third maiden for Kumar.
Kumar coming on with his 6th over to Robson
04:09 PM: England 25/0 after 10 overs
maiden over
Pankaj Singh to Cook
04:05 PM: England 25/0 after 9 overs
Another cover drive from Robson through the gap for FOUR
Cook plays firmly towards point for another single
He drives it to covers but misfield at mid off let the batsmen take single
Robson facing Kumar
04:01 PM: England 19/0 after 8 overs
just one run from the over
Good length ball. He plays it towards covers for a single
Pankaj Singh to bowl his first ball of test cricket. Robson faces him
03:57 PM: England 18/0 after 7 overs
maiden over again
Kumar continues
03:53 PM: England 18/0 after 6 overs
Cook on backfoot, flicked it past square leg to get three runs
He goes down the ground and takes two more towards mid off
Shami to Cook
03:49 PM: England 13/0 after 5 overs
maiden over
Kumar to Robson
03:45 PM: England 13/0 after 4 overs
Cook drives at it and squirts it off a thick outside edge wide of gully, safely enough, down to third man boundary.
Shami to Cook
03:41 PM: England 9/0 after 3 overs
a thick outside edge that goes down and away from third slip, backward point chases back and they get two
Kumar to Robson
03:37 PM: England 7/0 after 2 overs
This time he flicks towards mid wicket for two more
Cook plays straight down the ground for a couple
Mohammad Shami to bowl the second over of the day
03:33 PM: England 3/0 after 1 over
Robson gets off the mark with a couple towards mid on
Now he takes a quick single towards mid wicket region
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl to Cook and the first ball got an edge but short off the second slip.
Alastair Cook is taking strike with Sam Robson at runners end.
And we are about to get underway for the first session of third test.
