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
07:09 PM: England 197/2 after 61 overs
Ballance gets his 13th boundary with a firm push towards midwicket
He gets off the mark with a single behind square
Ashwin to Bell
07:06 PM: England 192/2 after 60 overs
maiden over
Ballance facing Aaron
07:02 PM: England 192/2 after 59 overs
Ashwin to Ballance, 1 run, tucked off leg stump, wide of short leg
Ashwin continues
06:59 PM: England 191/2 after 58 overs
Ian Bell coming in at no. 4 for England
England 191/2
Taken this time! Vijay makes no mistake! Outside edge and good low catch at first slip. Umpires are checking for no-ball but its clear and Cook has to depart at 79. Second wicket for Aaron.
Short ball doesn't work with Cook. He pulls away to midwicket and gets his 9th boundary
Aaron to Cook
06:53 PM: England 187/1 after 57 overs
Fabulous cover drive from Ballance and four more
Easy single towards point region
Ashwin to Cook
06:50 PM: England 182/1 after 56 overs
Single off the last ball and Cook retains the strike
He squeezes this past mid-off for couple to add to the total
Cook facing Aaron
06:46 PM: England 179/1 after 55 overs
Through the extra covers. Two more to Gary Ballance.
Edged and another one gone down. This time its Rahane. Cook has got another life. Meanwhile the ball floats to fine leg and batsmen take a single.
Ashwin to Cook
06:43 PM: England 176/1 after 54 overs
Pushed to leg side for a single
inside edge and it's safe for Cook that it didn't hit the stumps
Aaron to Cook
06:39 PM: England 175/1 after 53 overs
He goes onto the back foot to a shorter delivery and punches into the covers. 1 run
Cook facing Ashwin
06:36 PM: England 174/1 after 52 overs
He turned the ball off the hips to square leg and gets another single
Aaron to Cook
06:33 PM: England 173/1 after 51 overs
He picks up an easy single towards point
Ashwin to Cook
06:30 PM: England 172/1 after 50 overs
Down the leg side and single for Cook.
Outside edge and dropped! It was straight to Vijay at first slip and Cook survives. It was absolutely a dolly catch. It could not be more simple than that. India's nightmare continues
He plays a cut behind square on the off side for another four. Runs are coming easily for both the batsmen.
no-ball called by Umpire Dharmasena. Meanwhile Cook is not happy with what is happening around the sight screen.
Aaron replaces Kumar
06:24 PM: England 166/1 after 49 overs
Cook goes on backfoot and digs it to point for a single. 100 run partnership comes up between the two in 172 balls
Ashwin to Cook
06:21 PM: England 165/1 after 48 overs
Short again! He saw it and plays an upper cut to send the ball for third man boundary. Another half century for Ballance.
Fine again down the leg side for four. Poor bowling show by Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Kumar to Ballance
06:17 PM: England 157/1 after 47 overs
Tucked the ball to leg side for an easy single
Beautiful square cut towards point for a boundary
He gets distracted with a flying pigeon between the pitch
Ashwin with the ball from other end. Ballance on strike
06:14 PM: England 152/1 after 46 overs
First ball is down to leg side and Cook played it to fine leg four. He starts off with an easy four after lunch
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is getting ready to bowl and Cook takes the strike
Cook and Ballance walks out to the middle
So we are about to get underway for the second session of the day. The scores are level with England having 9 wickets in hand.