India vs England 1st Test 2008: India in on pressure in the second day

India and England are at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Both the teams are dominating each-other by bat and ball. At he end of the second day India is in pressure of English bowlers. India already has lost its 5 valuable wickets (top five wickets) by scoring 101 runs. Englands new off spin bowler GP Swann sacked 2 wickets.

 

In spite of England’s middle order’s batmen failure they scored 316 runs after one and half day. The opener batsman AJ Strauss acquired 123 runs and with the half-centuries of other two batsmen (AN Cook and MJ Prior) threw the team in a strong position.

 

Here is nothing to analyze the India batting side. The top order batsmen have failed totally to protect English bowlers and as result they are paying for their mistake. G Gambhir, V Sehwag and R Dravid has totally destroyed the dream of the match which the bowlers raised by preventing the English men in 316 runs in the second mid day of the first innings.

 

Now, Indian batsmen should drive the bat carefully at the end of the day even in the morning session, otherwise they will suffer a lot. The two batsmen (Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni) who are batting now are not considered as the test batsmen. The second and the first innings of the 1^st test will come to end within a few over bowling. At this moment the score of the day is:

 

 

England in India Test Series - 1st Test

India v England                         2008/09 season

 

 

 

                                                                                               

            England 1st innings        R          M         B          4s         6s         SR

            AJ Strauss        c & b Mishra    123      356      233      15        0          52.78

            AN Cook         c Khan b Harbhajan Singh        52        172      116      5          0          44.82

            IR Bell  lbw b Khan      17        68        51        1          0          33.33

            KP Pietersen    c & b Khan      4          34        33        0          0          12.12

            PD Collingwood           c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh   9          33        26        1          0          34.61

            A Flintoff          c Gambhir b Mishra      18                    75        2          0          24.00

            JM Anderson   c Yuvraj Singh b Mishra           19                    82        2          0          23.17

            MJ Prior           not out  53                    102      1          0          51.96

            GP Swann        c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh      1                      6          0          0          16.66

            SJ Harmison     c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6                      23        0          0          26.08

            MS Panesar     lbw b Sharma   6                      26        0          0          23.07

                Extras           (lb 7, nb 1)       8                                                         

                                                                       

                Total            (all out; 128.4 overs)    316      (2.45 runs per over)

 

Fall of wickets1-118 (Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-164 (Bell, 57.2 ov), 3-180 (Pietersen, 65.4 ov), 4-195 (Collingwood, 72.2 ov), 5-221 (Strauss, 83.3 ov), 6-229 (Flintoff, 92.5 ov), 7-271 (Anderson, 110.4 ov), 8-277 (Swann, 113.4 ov), 9-304 (Harmison, 122.3 ov), 10-316 (Panesar, 128.4 ov)

 

                                                                                   

             Bowling           O         M         R          W        Econ   

             Z Khan            21        9          41        2          1.95    

             I Sharma         19.4     4          32        1          1.62     (1nb)

             Harbhajan Singh          38        2          96        3          2.52    

             A Mishra         34        6          99        3          2.91    

             Yuvraj Singh    15        2          33        1          2.20    

             V Sehwag       1          0          8          0          8.00    

 

                                                                                               

            India 1st innings            R          B          4s         6s         SR      

            G Gambhir       lbw b Swann    19        43        3          0          44.18  

            V Sehwag        b Anderson      9          16        2          0          56.25  

            R Dravid          lbw b Swann    3          24        0          0          12.50  

            SR Tendulkar   c & b Flintoff    37        48        4          1          77.08  

            VVS Laxman   c & b Panesar  24        60        3          0          40.00  

            Yuvraj Singh     not out  13        35        2          0          37.14  

            MS Dhoni        not out  23        30        3          0          76.66  

                Extras           (b 2, lb 3, nb 3)            8                                                         

                                                                       

                Total            (5 wickets; 42.1 overs) 136      (3.22 runs per over)

 

To bat Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma

 

Fall of wickets1-16 (Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-37 (Dravid, 13.6 ov), 4-98 (Laxman, 31.2 ov), 5-102 (Tendulkar, 32.1 ov)

 

                                                                                   

             Bowling           O         M         R          W        Econ   

             SJ Harmison    7          1          21        0          3.00    

             JM Anderson  10        3          26        1          2.60    

             A Flintoff         10.1     2          19        1          1.86     (3nb)

             GP Swann       7          0          35        2          5.00    

             MS Panesar    8          2          30        1          3.75    

 

Score is taken from Cricinfo.com