DRINKS BREAK
04:30 PM : Eng 301/2 after 104 overs
maiden over.
Ravindra Jadeja from around the wicket comes in to bowl now. Ian Bell has the strike
04:27 PM : Eng 301/2 after 103 overs
This time he goes to the off side. Ballance gets some room and cuts the ball to third man boundary. 300 up for England
Fuller delivery pushed to leg side for mid wicket boundary. Four more
Ballance goes down the ground for two more runs
Pankaj Singh to Ballance
04:22 PM : Eng 291/2 after 102 overs
Bell flicked it behind square for a couple more. Bell was quick on that second run.
He played towards deep mid wicket and three more runs added to the total
Shami to Ballance
04:17 PM : Eng 286/2 after 101 overs
Bell whipped the short and wide delivery to the point boundary for four.
Pankaj Singh replaces Kumar
04:13 PM : Eng 282/2 after 100 overs
maiden over.
Good delivery on the pads. Appeal for lbw and catch at leg slip by Kohli both. But it was pitched outside leg stump. No chance of lbw and it was struck off pads so no catch.
Shami to Ballance for his 20th over
04:09 PM : Eng 282/2 after 99 overs
Two from the over
Ballance flicks out to deep square for one run
Short ball pulled to midwicket for a single
Kumar bowling to Bell
04:04 PM : Eng 280/2 after 98 overs
Three more runs for Bell towards the covers to end the over.
Ballance follows suit with a little dab on the leg side for quick run
Easy single for Bell through midwicket gets Ballance back on strike
Mohammad Shami replaces Pankaj Singh. Bell on strike
03:59 PM : Eng 275/2 after 97 overs
Expensive over. 12 runs from the over.
length ball punches to mid wicket for the third boundary of the over. Poor bowling by Kumar so far in the match.
down the leg side and Ballance picked it easy for a fine leg boundary.
Wonderful square cut! The ball went racing towards backward point boundary.
Kumar to Ballance
03:55 PM : Eng 263/2 after 96 overs
He gets a single into the deep square to bring up the 50 run partnership in 119 balls
Gary Ballance facing Pankaj Singh
03:51 PM : Eng 262/2 after 95 overs
Bell punches through the covers for a boundary. Excellent timing for an excellent cover drive.
Ballance gets an easy single behind square leg
Kumar continues
03:46 PM : Eng 257/2 after 94 overs
This time down the leg side. On the pads, Bell pushed the ball behind square leg for another boundary.
Good delivery with extra bounce. Bell got an inside edge and the ball went through the slips for third man boundary.
Pankaj Singh to Bell
03:42 PM : Eng 249/2 after 93 overs
single off the last ball
He props forward and drops it into the covers for a sharp single, good running
Ballance facing Kumar
03:38 PM : Eng 247/2 after 92 overs
maiden over.
Good length ball, Bell on back foot, defends, no run
Again Bell beaten out side off by Pankaj
Pankaj to Bell, plays and misses
Pankaj to Bell, out side off, lets it go, no run
Pankaj Singh bowling to Ian Bell
03:35 PM : Eng 247/2 after 91 overs
India begin with a maiden over
Kumar to Ballance, goes back and defends, no run
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ballance, no run
