England set India target of 458 to win first Test
LONDON: India were set a target of 458 to win the first Test after England declared their second innings on 269 for six after tea on the fourth day at Lord’s here on Sunday.
No side has made more in the 2,000 match history of Test cricket to win a Test in the fourth innings than the 418 for seven posted by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2002/03.
Matt Prior was 103 not out and Stuart Broad 74 not out, their unbroken seventh-wicket partnership worth 162 at nearly a run-a-ball, when England captain Andrew Strauss declared for the second time in the match.
Ishant Sharma led an India attack missing Zaheer Khan, off the field as he has been for much of this match because of a hamstring injury, with four wickets for 59 runs in 22 overs. England resumed on Sunday on five without loss, a lead of 193 runs.
But it was not long before the Test was being turned on its head.
Opener Alastair Cook took 27 balls for one run before he was caught behind by India captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off Praveen Kumar, who had taken a Test-best five for 106 in England’s first innings.
But the real slump started when England captain Andrew Strauss, trying to break the shackles, was lbw for 32 to off-spinner Harbhajan Singh after missing a sweep.
His exit left England 54 for two and that soon became 55 for four thanks to Sharma’s double-wicket maiden. Kevin Pietersen had made a superb 202 not out in England’s first innings 474 for eight declared.
But in ideal sunny batting conditions, the advancing Pietersen was undone by a steepling delivery from fast bowler Sharma he could only nick through to Dhoni and, five balls later, Ian Bell went in similar fashion for nought.
Sharma then bowling Jonathan Trott for 22 with a good length ball that clipped off stump.
Eoin Morgan, five not out at lunch, became Sharma’s fourth victim when, on 19, he was late on a pull and Gautam Gambhir, diving forward at mid-wicket, held a low catch.
Morgan stood his ground but with replays confirming he was out, it was the end of a stand with Prior worth 45 that had taken England to 107 for six.
Prior’s well-timed cover-drive for four off Sharma, however, extended England’s lead beyond 300 and he went on to complete a 78-ball fifty.
Broad, who scored 169 against Pakistan at Lord’s last year, again looked a genuine all-rounder, playing one stunning off-drive to the boundary which was a leading candidate for shot-of-the-day. Prior batted intelligently for the second time in the match and by tea England had regained control.
Score BOARD
India won toss
England 1st innings 474-8 dec (K Pietersen 202, M Prior 71; P Kumar 5-106)
India 1st innings
A Mukund b Broad 49
G Gambhir b Broad 15
R Dravid not out 103
S R Tendulkar c Swann b Broad 34
V V S Laxman c Trott b Tremlett 10
S K Raina lbw b Swann 0
*†M S Dhoni c Swann b Tremlett 28
Harbhajan Singh c Prior b Tremlett 0
P Kumar c Strauss b Broad 17
Z Khan b Anderson 0
I Sharma c Prior b Anderson 0
Extras (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 12) 30
Total (all out; 95.5 overs) 286
Fall: 1-63, 2-77, 3-158, 4-182, 5-183, 6-240, 7-241, 8-276, 9-284, 10-286
Bowling: Anderson 23.5-6-87-2; Tremlett 24-5-80-3 (10nb); Broad 22-8-37-4 (2nb, 1w); Trott 6-1-12-0; Swann 19-3-50-1; Pietersen 1-0-3-0
England 2nd innings
*A J Strauss lbw b Harbhajan 32
A N Cook c Dhoni b Kumar 1
I J L Trott b Sharma 22
K P Pietersen c Dhoni b Sharma 1
I R Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 0
E J G Morgan c Gambhir b Sharma 19
†M J Prior not out 103
S C J Broad not out 74
Extras (b 7, lb 8, w 2) 17
Total (6 wickets dec; 71 overs) 269
Did not bat: G P Swann, J M Anderson, C T Tremlett
Fall: 1-23, 2-54, 3-55, 4-55, 5-62, 6-107
Bowling: Kumar 20-2-70-1 (1w); Sharma 22-6-59-4 (1w); Harbhajan 21-1-66-1; Raina 6-1-43-0; Dhoni 2-0-16-0
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand). TV umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa). Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
No side has made more in the 2,000 match history of Test cricket to win a Test in the fourth innings than the 418 for seven posted by the West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2002/03.
Matt Prior was 103 not out and Stuart Broad 74 not out, their unbroken seventh-wicket partnership worth 162 at nearly a run-a-ball, when England captain Andrew Strauss declared for the second time in the match.
Ishant Sharma led an India attack missing Zaheer Khan, off the field as he has been for much of this match because of a hamstring injury, with four wickets for 59 runs in 22 overs. England resumed on Sunday on five without loss, a lead of 193 runs.
But it was not long before the Test was being turned on its head.
Opener Alastair Cook took 27 balls for one run before he was caught behind by India captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off Praveen Kumar, who had taken a Test-best five for 106 in England’s first innings.
But the real slump started when England captain Andrew Strauss, trying to break the shackles, was lbw for 32 to off-spinner Harbhajan Singh after missing a sweep.
His exit left England 54 for two and that soon became 55 for four thanks to Sharma’s double-wicket maiden. Kevin Pietersen had made a superb 202 not out in England’s first innings 474 for eight declared.
But in ideal sunny batting conditions, the advancing Pietersen was undone by a steepling delivery from fast bowler Sharma he could only nick through to Dhoni and, five balls later, Ian Bell went in similar fashion for nought.
Sharma then bowling Jonathan Trott for 22 with a good length ball that clipped off stump.
Eoin Morgan, five not out at lunch, became Sharma’s fourth victim when, on 19, he was late on a pull and Gautam Gambhir, diving forward at mid-wicket, held a low catch.
Morgan stood his ground but with replays confirming he was out, it was the end of a stand with Prior worth 45 that had taken England to 107 for six.
Prior’s well-timed cover-drive for four off Sharma, however, extended England’s lead beyond 300 and he went on to complete a 78-ball fifty.
Broad, who scored 169 against Pakistan at Lord’s last year, again looked a genuine all-rounder, playing one stunning off-drive to the boundary which was a leading candidate for shot-of-the-day. Prior batted intelligently for the second time in the match and by tea England had regained control.
Score BOARD
India won toss
England 1st innings 474-8 dec (K Pietersen 202, M Prior 71; P Kumar 5-106)
India 1st innings
A Mukund b Broad 49
G Gambhir b Broad 15
R Dravid not out 103
S R Tendulkar c Swann b Broad 34
V V S Laxman c Trott b Tremlett 10
S K Raina lbw b Swann 0
*†M S Dhoni c Swann b Tremlett 28
Harbhajan Singh c Prior b Tremlett 0
P Kumar c Strauss b Broad 17
Z Khan b Anderson 0
I Sharma c Prior b Anderson 0
Extras (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 12) 30
Total (all out; 95.5 overs) 286
Fall: 1-63, 2-77, 3-158, 4-182, 5-183, 6-240, 7-241, 8-276, 9-284, 10-286
Bowling: Anderson 23.5-6-87-2; Tremlett 24-5-80-3 (10nb); Broad 22-8-37-4 (2nb, 1w); Trott 6-1-12-0; Swann 19-3-50-1; Pietersen 1-0-3-0
England 2nd innings
*A J Strauss lbw b Harbhajan 32
A N Cook c Dhoni b Kumar 1
I J L Trott b Sharma 22
K P Pietersen c Dhoni b Sharma 1
I R Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 0
E J G Morgan c Gambhir b Sharma 19
†M J Prior not out 103
S C J Broad not out 74
Extras (b 7, lb 8, w 2) 17
Total (6 wickets dec; 71 overs) 269
Did not bat: G P Swann, J M Anderson, C T Tremlett
Fall: 1-23, 2-54, 3-55, 4-55, 5-62, 6-107
Bowling: Kumar 20-2-70-1 (1w); Sharma 22-6-59-4 (1w); Harbhajan 21-1-66-1; Raina 6-1-43-0; Dhoni 2-0-16-0
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand). TV umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa). Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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