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

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



DRINKS BREAK

09:44 PM: England 303/5 after 91 overs


Another one through the covers and batsmen get three to end the over

He hit that really hard through the covers for four. 300 up for England and they lead by 152.

Kumar to Buttler

09:40 PM: England 296/5 after 90 overs


single off the last ball

Punched to the off side, beating the man at extra cover. The ball races towards the long off boundary for four

Sharma to Buttler

09:35 PM: England 291/5 after 89 overs

Root played it with straight bat to the covers and collects a couple

appeal for lbw but it was going down the leg side. Umpire says no.

Kumar to Root

09:31 PM: England 289/5 after 88 overs

maiden over

Ishant Sharma comes back

09:26 PM: England 289/5 after 87 overs


maiden over

Root facing Bhuvneshwar Kumar

09:22 PM: England 289/5 after 86 overs


He goes on backfoot and punched through the covers for four

Aaron to Buttler

09:18 PM: England 285/5 after 85 overs


Buttler pushes to the left of mid-off for a single

He played it late behind point for a boundary

Kumar to Buttler

09:13 PM: England 280/5 after 84 overs

just one of that over

Easy single on the off side for Root

Aaron to Root

09:09 PM: England 279/5 after 83 overs


He clipped to the right of mid-on for a couple. Another 50 run partnership for England

Kumar to Root

09:06 PM: England 277/5 after 82 overs


Outside edge and went through the slip cordon for four.

Full delivery. He gets an inside edge and the ball runs down to fine leg. Slight misfield and batsmen settles for 1.

Appeal for lbw but there was big inside edge. Umpire is unmoved

Onto the pads, Root flicked it in front of the square for four

Varun Aaron to bowl the second over with the new ball to Joe Root

09:00 PM: England 268/5 after 81 overs


Nice shot to midwicket region. Batsmen gets easy 3 runs

New ball has been taken and Bhuvneshwar Kumar coming in to bowl first. Root on strike.

08:56 PM: England 265/5 after 80 overs

Single on the off side for Root

Pitched up. Root leans into a square drive for four.

Binny to Root

08:52 PM: England 260/5 after 79 overs


Root goes back makes some room and taps it into the covers for another single

Root shuffles on off stump and whips it through square leg for 2 runs

Ashwin to Root

08:49 PM: England 257/5 after 78 overs


appeal for lbw but down the leg. No says umpire.

He tapped it to offside for a single

Binny to Root

08:45 PM: England 256/5 after 77 overs


Root takes a single on the last ball and retains the strike

Another easy single on the leg side for Buttler.

Tucked it away for an easy single towards square leg

Ashwin to Root

08:42 PM: England 253/5 after 76 overs

Perfect inswing delivery. That one came in and missed the off stump by a very small margin.

He gets a single into the point region

Binny to Root

08:38 PM: England 252/5 after 75 overs

Ashwin to Root, 1 run, flighted on middle and leg, kept out

Good delivery. Right on the spot. Missed by Root, struck on Dhoni's gloves and runs to fine leg. 2 byes

Quick single on the leg side brings Root on strike

Ashwin to Buttler

08:35 PM: England 248/5 after 74 overs

Couple of runs for Root on the leg side

Root takes the strike and Binny has the ball

Joe Root and Jos Buttler are walking in