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Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: England 385/7 at stumps, lead Ind by 237 runs, 5th test, day 2

London: England reached 385-7 to lead India by an emphatic 237 runs at stumps on day two to maintain control of the fifth Investec test at the Oval here Saturday.  Joe Root comes up with

India TV Sports Desk Updated on: August 16, 2014 23:32 IST


TEA BREAK

India finally dominated a session after more than 20 sessions. England lead India by 98 runs with 5 wickets remaining. Joe Root 11*(27) and Jos Buttler 12*(10) are unbeaten at tea.

08:11 PM: England 246/5 after 73 overs

Buttler gets a little tickle on it down the leg side and it runs very fine and all the way to the rope and time for tea.

He tucked it to mid off fielder. 1 run

Ashwin to bowl the last over before tea. Root on strike

08:08 PM: England 241/5 after 72 overs


he plays it towards backward point, gets a single to the fielder's left

no-ball. That's a much bigger one than that of Ishant and Aaron.

Stuart Binny into the attack. Root on strike

08:04 PM: England 239/5 after 71 overs


Poor delivery. Short and wide. Buttler cuts it through point for four.

flicked out to deep midwicket for a single

Ashwin to Root

Meanwhile Buttler is getting some treatment of his left leg. Physio is out. He was hurt by that knock when struck on the pad by Sharma.

07:59 PM: England 234/5 after 70 overs


Short ball pulled by Buttler through midwicket for four and he gets off the mark.

Way down the leg side and Dhoni made a good athletic dive on his left to collect that

Loud appeal for lbw but that was down the leg side missing leg stump. Umpire shakes his head

Root plays it into the covers gap for a single

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root

Jos Buttler is the next batsmen in

07:52 PM: England 229/5 after 69 overs


Gone! Ali was looking to leave it but gets the bottom edge and the ball floats onto the stumps. Too late to decide whether to play or not. He goes for 14.

around the wicket, some air outside off stump encourages Moeen to have a whack at it and gets a thick outside edge that flies wide of backward point, lazy stroke for 2 runs

clipped out to deep midwicket for a single

Ashwin to Root

07:49 PM: England 226/4 after 68 overs

Inswinger, Root gets a thick inside edge in front of short leg and it runs away for a single

Sharma to Root

07:44 PM: England 225/4 after 67 overs


Root right up on his toes to pleasantly punch past point and take three

Driven off low on the bat to mid-off, sliding to his right, who misfields and they get a couple

Aaron to Root

07:39 PM: England 220/4 after 66 overs


maiden over

Sharma to Ali

07:35 PM: England 220/4 after 65 overs


Into the left hander Ali who flicks to midwicket and settles for 3 runs. Root on strike now

This time he flicked behind square for another boundary

Fuller delivery played off the pads by Ali for a midwicket boundary

Aaron to Moeen Ali

07:30 PM: England 209/4 after 64 overs


Ali gets off the mark with a single on the last ball.

Way outside off this time and Dhoni had no chance to collect that one. 4 byes

Moeen Ali comes in at no. 6

England 204/4

there's another one for India! Bell gets a thick edge and Dhoni caught it well behind the stumps. he goes for 7. Ishant Sharma is delighted.

Down to leg side Dhoni can't take it and it whistles down to long leg for 2 runs, no ball too. 

Ishant Sharma comes back

07:22 PM: England 201/3 after 63 overs


wicket maiden for Ashwin

Joe Root joins Ian Bell in the middle

England 201/3

OUT! strange dismissal for Ballance. He tried to defend it to front but well taken by Pujara at silly point. He departs for 64.

Ashwin to Ballance with his 13th over

07:17 PM: England 201/2 after 62 overs


Pushed to covers gap and Bell gets another couple to end the over. 200 up for England and the lead is 53 runs

Bell with a good stride forward opens the face and steers this past backward point for an easy couple

Aaron to Bell

Gary Ballance has now crossed over 500 runs in the series followed by Murali Vijay who made 400 runs so far.
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