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 India tour of England

4th Test: England v India

England 591/6d

India 103/5 (33.0 ov)

India trail by 488 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 3

• Pataudi Trophy - 4th Test
• Test no. 2004 | 2011 season
• Played at Kennington Oval, London
• 18,19,20,21,22 August 2011 (5-day match)

	England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	40	183	106	5	0	37.73
	37.6 133.6 kph, Loose loose shot. Strauss has scored two runs in more than an hour again, and he now goes for the release shot off a wide delivery. Wide and full. He has to really stretch to reach it. Gets an edge as the ball moves away with the angle. Wasim Akram says on air that a bowler should bowl there on purpose once in a while 97/2
	AN Cook	c Sehwag b Sharma	34	126	87	4	0	39.08
	26.5 132.7 kph, Ishant strikes! What a completely different first over than yesterday. Sharma stays in the channel just outside off, this time slightly fuller, Cook thinks he can drive at this, he does so, but the front foot is not quite close to the line of the ball. A healthy edge settles with Sehwag at first slip 75/1
	IR Bell	lbw b Raina	235	487	364	23	2	64.56
	142.4 87.3 kph, Raina strikes, Bell is out! He was trying to force the pace, and stepped right across to off before bending into a slog sweep. Bat swished past ball, which thudded into pad in front of middle, and up went Simon Taufel's finger to send the batsman on his way. Bell is applauded all the way to the boundary, raising his bat in appreciation. He's helped to put his team into a virtually impregnable position 548/6
	KP Pietersen	c & b Raina	175	339	232	27	0	75.43
	116.6 gone! Good catch by Raina off his own bowling! Good bowling too, actually. Pietersen ran down to repeat the shot, Raina held it back and Pietersen just checked his drive, ending up lobbing it towards Raina who dived well and held on with two hands. Ends another brilliant innings from the series' highest-scorer 447/3
	JM Anderson	c Laxman b Sreesanth	13	32	26	2	0	50.00
	127.1 137.0 kph, gone! Sreesanth strikes to remove Anderson. The delivery was very full full - a long half-volley - and quite wide too. Anderson threw the bat at it, getting a thick edge to Laxman at second slip. He stood there for a moment, perhaps wondering whether it was a bump ball - it was that full - but that is a clear edge and he's got to go. There's no great send-off from Sreesanth, but he fixes Anderson with a steely stare as the batsman marches off 480/4
	EJG Morgan	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	1	17	10	0	0	10.00
	129.4 133.9 kph, got 'im! Sreesanth hopped much wider on the crease for this one, sending the ball down full and wide. This time Morgan couldn't resist, poking outside off and sending a thick edge through to Dhoni. That'll help raise India's morale a touch. Enter Ravi Bopara ... 487/5
	RS Bopara	not out	44	83	75	3	0	58.66
	MJ Prior†	not out	18	27	28	2	0	64.28
	Extras	(b 6, lb 8, w 7, nb 10)	31
	Total	(6 wickets dec; 153 overs; 662 mins)	591	(3.86 runs per over)

Did not bat TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann

Fall of wickets1-75 (Cook, 26.5 ov), 2-97 (Strauss, 37.6 ov), 3-447 (Pietersen, 116.6 ov), 4-480 (Anderson, 127.1 ov), 5-487 (Morgan, 129.4 ov), 6-548 (Bell, 142.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RP Singh	34	7	118	0	3.47	(1nb, 1w)
	I Sharma	31	7	97	1	3.12	(1nb, 1w)
	26.5 to Cook, 132.7 kph, Ishant strikes! What a completely different first over than yesterday. Sharma stays in the channel just outside off, this time slightly fuller, Cook thinks he can drive at this, he does so, but the front foot is not quite close to the line of the ball. A healthy edge settles with Sehwag at first slip 75/1
	S Sreesanth	29	2	123	3	4.24	(4nb)
	37.6 to Strauss, 133.6 kph, Loose loose shot. Strauss has scored two runs in more than an hour again, and he now goes for the release shot off a wide delivery. Wide and full. He has to really stretch to reach it. Gets an edge as the ball moves away with the angle. Wasim Akram says on air that a bowler should bowl there on purpose once in a while 97/2 127.1 to Anderson, 137.0 kph, gone! Sreesanth strikes to remove Anderson. The delivery was very full full - a long half-volley - and quite wide too. Anderson threw the bat at it, getting a thick edge to Laxman at second slip. He stood there for a moment, perhaps wondering whether it was a bump ball - it was that full - but that is a clear edge and he's got to go. There's no great send-off from Sreesanth, but he fixes Anderson with a steely stare as the batsman marches off 480/4 129.4 to Morgan, 133.9 kph, got 'im! Sreesanth hopped much wider on the crease for this one, sending the ball down full and wide. This time Morgan couldn't resist, poking outside off and sending a thick edge through to Dhoni. That'll help raise India's morale a touch. Enter Ravi Bopara ... 487/5
	SK Raina	19	2	58	2	3.05
	116.6 to Pietersen, gone! Good catch by Raina off his own bowling! Good bowling too, actually. Pietersen ran down to repeat the shot, Raina held it back and Pietersen just checked his drive, ending up lobbing it towards Raina who dived well and held on with two hands. Ends another brilliant innings from the series' highest-scorer 447/3 142.4 to Bell, 87.3 kph, Raina strikes, Bell is out! He was trying to force the pace, and stepped right across to off before bending into a slog sweep. Bat swished past ball, which thudded into pad in front of middle, and up went Simon Taufel's finger to send the batsman on his way. Bell is applauded all the way to the boundary, raising his bat in appreciation. He's helped to put his team into a virtually impregnable position 548/6
	A Mishra	38	3	170	0	4.47	(4nb, 1w)
	SR Tendulkar	2	0	11	0	5.50

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	lbw b Anderson	8	4	6	2	0	133.33
	0.6 Sehwag may have survived his first ball but he can't survive his first over! back of a length and coming in towards Sehwag, who plays across the line and misses, struck on the knee roll, huge appeal for lbw, Taufel lifts the finger, and England strike early yet again. That was going on to hit the top of middle and leg 8/1
	R Dravid	not out	57		108	9	0	52.77
	VVS Laxman	c †Prior b Broad	2	12	7	0	0	28.57
	3.6 133.9 kph, and another one, Laxman is gone for 2, short ball in the corridor outside off, Laxman doesn't get behind the line, an angled bat is presented as he looks to defend that, gets the edge, Prior takes the catch, India sink further 13/2
	SR Tendulkar	c Anderson b Swann	23	65	34	4	0	67.64
	18.2 87.2 kph, the sweep shot ends Tendulkar's troubled stay, he had used the shot well in the first Swann over, he tries the stroke once more, off the glove and pops up for Anderson to move across from the slip cordon and take it, once more Anderson plays a hand in Tendulkar's dismissal 68/3
	SK Raina	st †Prior b Swann	0	39	29	0	0	0.00
	28.5 89.1 kph, is Raina's struggle over? the third umpire will decide whether Raina is stumped, big turn takes the ball past Raina's outside edge, he has overbalanced, hard to say whether the back foot is back in time, after many many reviews the third umpire gives it out, that equals the longest duck by an Indian, joining Irfan Pathan 93/4
	I Sharma	c Cook b Swann	1	8	9	0	0	11.11
	30.6 this was on the cards, Swann has been outstanding, Ishant looks to defend once more, the turn results in an inside-edge and that pops up to short leg, the nightwatchman is gone, who will come in next? 95/5
	MS Dhoni*†	not out	5		5	1	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 5, w 2)	7
	Total	(5 wickets; 33 overs)	103	(3.12 runs per over)

To bat G Gambhir, A Mishra, S Sreesanth, RP Singh

Fall of wickets1-8 (Sehwag, 0.6 ov), 2-13 (Laxman, 3.6 ov), 3-68 (Tendulkar, 18.2 ov), 4-93 (Raina, 28.5 ov), 5-95 (Sharma, 30.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	5	1	21	1	4.20
	0.6 to Sehwag, Sehwag may have survived his first ball but he can't survive his first over! back of a length and coming in towards Sehwag, who plays across the line and misses, struck on the knee roll, huge appeal for lbw, Taufel lifts the finger, and England strike early yet again. That was going on to hit the top of middle and leg 8/1
	SCJ Broad	10	1	22	1	2.20
	3.6 to Laxman, 133.9 kph, and another one, Laxman is gone for 2, short ball in the corridor outside off, Laxman doesn't get behind the line, an angled bat is presented as he looks to defend that, gets the edge, Prior takes the catch, India sink further 13/2
	TT Bresnan	7	0	25	0	3.57	(1w)
	GP Swann	10	3	27	3	2.70
	18.2 to Tendulkar, 87.2 kph, the sweep shot ends Tendulkar's troubled stay, he had used the shot well in the first Swann over, he tries the stroke once more, off the glove and pops up for Anderson to move across from the slip cordon and take it, once more Anderson plays a hand in Tendulkar's dismissal 68/3 28.5 to Raina, 89.1 kph, is Raina's struggle over? the third umpire will decide whether Raina is stumped, big turn takes the ball past Raina's outside edge, he has overbalanced, hard to say whether the back foot is back in time, after many many reviews the third umpire gives it out, that equals the longest duck by an Indian, joining Irfan Pathan 93/4 30.6 to Sharma, this was on the cards, Swann has been outstanding, Ishant looks to defend once more, the turn results in an inside-edge and that pops up to short leg, the nightwatchman is gone, who will come in next? 95/5
	KP Pietersen	1	0	3	0	3.00

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat

Player of the match tba

Umpires SJA Taufel (Australia) and RJ Tucker (Australia) TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire NJ Llong

Close of play day 1 - England 1st innings 75/0 (AJ Strauss 38*, AN Cook 34*, 26 ov) day 2 - England 1st innings 457/3 (IR Bell 181*, JM Anderson 3*, 123 ov) day 3 - India 1st innings 103/5 (R Dravid 57*, MS Dhoni 5*, 33 ov)