Third Test, Day 2: England pile up huge score against India

NH Bureau Monday, 28 July 2014 08:23:53 PM

Creating troubles for the visitors England piled up a huge score to place themselves on a strong position
England declared their innings at 569/7
Ian Bell contributed 167 runs to take England to this mammoth total
Gary Balance also came in full support and made 142 runs off 156 balls
Team India scored 25 runs for the loss of 1 wicket till the end of Day 2 game
Dhoni battalion would be looking forward to cross the magic number 370

New Delhi : Scorecard
England (1st Innings): A. Cook c Dhoni b Jadeja 95, S. Robson c Jadeja b Shami 26, G. Ballance c Dhoni b Sharma 156, I. Ian Bell c Pankaj Singh b Kumar 167, Joe Root c Dhoni b Kumar 3, Moeen Ali c Rahane b Kumar 12, Jos Butler b Jadeja 85, Chris Woakes not out 7.
Extras (B-5, LB-11, W-2) 18. Total (for seven wickets in 163.4 overs) 569.
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-213, 3-355, 4-378, 5-420, 6-526, 7-569.
Bowling: B. Kumar 37-10-101-3, M. Shami 33-4-123-1, P. Singh 37-8-146-0, R. Sharma 9-0-26-1, R. Jadeja 45.4-10-153-2, S. Dhawan 2-0-4-0

India (1st Innings): M. Vijay batting 11, S. Dhawan c Cook b Anderson 6, C. Pujara batting 4.
Extras (b4) 4. Total (1 wkt, 14 overs, 64 mins) 25.
Fall of wicket: 1-17.
Bowling: J. Anderson 7-3-14-1, S. Broad 4-2-4-0, C. Jordan 2-1-3-0, C. Woakes 1-1-0-0