Live Reporting: Ind vs Eng: Ballance's ton takes England to 247/2 at stumps, Day 1, third test

DRINKS BREAK


07:10 PM: England 126/1 after 44 overs

just a single off the over

Jadeja to Cook, hips it out to deep square for a single

07:06 PM: England 125/1 after 43 overs

maiden over.

Kumar to Ballance

07:03 PM: England 125/1 after 42 overs

He takes a behind square and gives Cook the strike

Jadeja to Ballance

06:59 PM: England 124/1 after 41 overs

Outside edge behind point and three more runs taken by Ballance.

Cook slaps it hard towards point boundary. Rohit Sharma makes a dive but Cook manages to take another three runs.

Kumar to Ballance. he punhces through the covers gap but the ball slowed down near the rope and batsmen gets three

06:54 PM: England 115/1 after 40 overs

He clipped it to deep mid wicket for a single

change of bowling.. Ravindra Jadeja coming in to bowl to Ballance

06:50 PM: England 114/1 after 39 overs

maiden over.

Kumar to Cook

06:47 PM: England 114/1 after 38 overs

Cook takes a single off the last ball and retains the strike

Single for Ballance towards long leg

One more to Cook towards mid wicket

Cook goes down the ground for two more.

Pankaj Singh continues

06:42 PM: England 109/1 after 37 overs

That was a good on drive and Ballance gets another boundary towards mid on.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar replaces Shami. Around the wicket to Gary Ballance

06:38 PM: England 105/1 after 36 overs

Partnership is now worth 50 in 91 balls

Outside edge and Cook gets his 7th boundary to third man and reaches 59.

Cook facing Pankaj Singh

06:34 PM: England 101/1 after 35 overs

Cook pulls to square leg for a single

Single for Ballance behind square. 100 up for England.

Mohammad Shami to Ballance, it was short outside off. Ballance cuts it over the point for another boundary.

06:30 PM: England 95/1 after 34 overs

it was down the leg side. Cook hits it through his pads for a fine leg boundary. 4 leg byes to end the over

Pankaj Singh to Cook

06:26 PM: England 91/1 after 33 overs

appeal for caught behind but umpire says no.

down the leg side. It was wide off the keeper. 1 bye

Mohammad Shami to Cook

06:22 PM: England 90/1 after 32 overs

Two more for Ballance towards mid wicket

Gary Ballance tries to flick it to fine leg but it just fell short of Virat Kohli at leg slip.

Pankaj Singh continues

06:18 PM: England 88/1 after 31 overs

This time he pulls again towards mid wicket for a boundary.

Alastair Cook 50*(98)

He pulls towards deep square for a couple and gets to his half century. He finally gets the chance to lift his bat.

Mohammad Shami to Cook

06:14 PM: England 82/1 after 30 overs

Ballance chucked it to fine leg for FOUR.
 
Pankaj Singh has the ball and Ballance keeps the strike

Alastair Cook and Gary Ballance are in the middle. We are about to get underway for the second session of the day.