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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

04:30 PM: England 103/1 after 32 overs

maiden over

Sharma to Cook

04:26 PM: England 103/1 after 31 overs

Outside edge and went past the third slip for four four.

Ballance facing Aaron

04:22 PM: England 99/1 after 30 overs

Another no-ball. Big one again.

Ishant Sharma gets the ball now. Cook on strike

04:16 PM: England 98/1 after 29 overs

He overstepped again. No-ball

He leans forward and works with the swing to turn the fuller ball to long leg for a single

Aaron bowling round the wicket to Cook

04:11 PM: England 96/1 after 28 overs

Ballance hits to the leg side and beats the man at mid on for four

Kumar continues

04:07 PM: England 92/1 after 27 overs

Aaron overstepped. No-ball signaled by the umpire. And that was a big one

He slaps the ball past the covers and 2 easy runs for Cook

Cook facing Varun Aaron

04:01 PM: England 89/1 after 26 overs

Calmly flicked away to long leg for a single

Kumar to Cook

03:57 PM: England 88/1 after 25 overs

This time another flick to midwicket for four.

Ballance gets another boundary. He flicks it to fine leg for four more

Nice shot down the ground. Cook punches hard to mid-off but Binny did well at the boundary. 3 runs

Aaron to Cook

03:52 PM: England 77/1 after 24 overs

Cook clips it to square leg, one run

movement there for Kumar. Ballance gets a single towards deep square leg

Kumar to Ballance

03:48 PM: England 75/1 after 23 overs

Short ball and Cook pulled it to midwicket for four

Varun Aaron to Cook

03:43 PM: England 71/1 after 22 overs

He pushed behind square for a single to end the over

Kumar to Cook

03:39 PM: England 70/1 after 21 overs

He gets off the mark with a boundary straight away towards the third man region

Man in form Gary Ballance is the next man in

England 66/1

Bowled him! Good length delivery right on spot, shattered the stumps. Unplayable delivery. India needs more of that. He departs for 37.

No gully and Robson sends the ball down to third man for four. First runs of the morning.

Varun Aaron bowling from other end to Sam Robson

03:33 PM: England 62/0 after 20 overs

he starts off with a maiden over.

Cook takes the strike and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets ready to bowl.

Batsmen are walking out to the middle. Fielders are taking their position.

We can have a full day play with no interruption as there are no chances of rain at all.

Minutes away from the first session of day 2. England are trailing India by 86 runs with 10 wickets in hand. Cook and Robson are making it tough for the bowlers. The only way India can come back in this Test is bowl the way England bowled I the first session yesterday.