India 224 & 35/1 (12.0 ov) v England 710/7 -
India trail by 451 runs with 9 wickets remaining
After having two days of sensational Test cricket, the third day of the third Test between India and England provided cricket fans another day of cricketing bliss as they saw the two teams fight it out at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The series between the two teams could not have been anymore exciting than this as is has captivated cricket fans all over the world because everyone wants to know who is actually going to be the number one team in the longest form of the game once the series ends after the fourth Test at the Oval, beginning from 18 August.
Meanwhile, the third day saw a phenomenal batting display from the hosts England as they heaped a massive tally of 710 runs in response to India’s first innings total of 224 runs.
From England, Alastair Cook was the obvious star as he played a defiant innings of 294 runs which is his career best in any format of the game.
Starting the day’s proceedings Cook and Eoin Morgan kept the foot on the paddle as they ripped the Indian bowling attack apart, leaving the tourists in complete disarray. Even the mild-mannered Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was showing signs of frustration when the English duo was on the crease.
The batsmen scored runs freely giving the spectators plenty to cheer about while India failed to halt the batting onslaught.
As Cook played a calm innings, Morgan on the other hand, galloped to 104 runs by playing a fine innings on 199 deliveries that included 11 boundaries. From watching the two batsmen, it was quite obvious that England were planning to bat only once in the match and take the game away from the touring side.
It was finally on the penultimate delivery of the 161st over that India managed to get the wicket of Morgan as the batsman was caught at cover by Virender Sehwag off the bowling of Suresh Raina.
With Morgan back in the pavilion, India still had to worry about Cook who was in no mood to walk off the field anytime soon. Nonetheless, three overs later, India struck again by dismissing Ravi Bopara, who after playing a knock of seven runs was given leg-before-wicket on a delivery bowled by Amit Mishra.
An over later, Matt Prior also fell to his demise after playing a knock of five runs off 11 deliveries. The wicketkeeper/batsman was caught by Sachin Tendulkar off the bowling of Mishra. At the time of his departure England had managed to post 613 runs on the board.
At this point, India must have thought that they were going to stop the hosts from reaching a tally of 700 hundred but they were left surprised like everyone else at Edgbaston because England’s Tim Bresnan batted as if he was a genuine batsman by smacking the Indian bowlers all over the park which helped him post a total of 53 runs. His half century came as he hit a huge six which also brought the 700 runs up for England.
The hosts were waiting for their ace batsman to reach his triple century; however, Cook fell after scoring 294 runs when he was caught by Raina off the bowling of Ishant Sharma. After his wicket, the English skipper Andrew Strauss called the batsmen back by declaring the innings after his side had put 710 runs on the board.
Coming out to bat, India had a daunting task to save grace in the dreaded Test; however, they suffered an early loss, when Sehwag who failed to back the hype regarding his predicable successful comeback went back to the pavilion on the first delivery that he faced without scoring a run. The batsman was caught by Strauss at first slip off the bowling of James Anderson.
It was then Rahul Dravid’s turn to dawn on the crease as he alongside opener Gautam Gambhir tried to restrict the English pacers from taking anymore wickets in the remainder of the day’s play.
At stumps, India managed to score 35 runs for the loss of one wicket as they trailed by 451 runs with two days of play still remaining.
After having two days of sensational Test cricket, the third day of the third Test between India and England provided cricket fans another day of cricketing bliss as they saw the two teams fight it out at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The series between the two teams could not have been anymore exciting than this as is has captivated cricket fans all over the world because everyone wants to know who is actually going to be the number one team in the longest form of the game once the series ends after the fourth Test at the Oval, beginning from 18 August.
Meanwhile, the third day saw a phenomenal batting display from the hosts England as they heaped a massive tally of 710 runs in response to India’s first innings total of 224 runs.
From England, Alastair Cook was the obvious star as he played a defiant innings of 294 runs which is his career best in any format of the game.
Starting the day’s proceedings Cook and Eoin Morgan kept the foot on the paddle as they ripped the Indian bowling attack apart, leaving the tourists in complete disarray. Even the mild-mannered Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was showing signs of frustration when the English duo was on the crease.
The batsmen scored runs freely giving the spectators plenty to cheer about while India failed to halt the batting onslaught.
As Cook played a calm innings, Morgan on the other hand, galloped to 104 runs by playing a fine innings on 199 deliveries that included 11 boundaries. From watching the two batsmen, it was quite obvious that England were planning to bat only once in the match and take the game away from the touring side.
It was finally on the penultimate delivery of the 161st over that India managed to get the wicket of Morgan as the batsman was caught at cover by Virender Sehwag off the bowling of Suresh Raina.
With Morgan back in the pavilion, India still had to worry about Cook who was in no mood to walk off the field anytime soon. Nonetheless, three overs later, India struck again by dismissing Ravi Bopara, who after playing a knock of seven runs was given leg-before-wicket on a delivery bowled by Amit Mishra.
An over later, Matt Prior also fell to his demise after playing a knock of five runs off 11 deliveries. The wicketkeeper/batsman was caught by Sachin Tendulkar off the bowling of Mishra. At the time of his departure England had managed to post 613 runs on the board.
At this point, India must have thought that they were going to stop the hosts from reaching a tally of 700 hundred but they were left surprised like everyone else at Edgbaston because England’s Tim Bresnan batted as if he was a genuine batsman by smacking the Indian bowlers all over the park which helped him post a total of 53 runs. His half century came as he hit a huge six which also brought the 700 runs up for England.
The hosts were waiting for their ace batsman to reach his triple century; however, Cook fell after scoring 294 runs when he was caught by Raina off the bowling of Ishant Sharma. After his wicket, the English skipper Andrew Strauss called the batsmen back by declaring the innings after his side had put 710 runs on the board.
Coming out to bat, India had a daunting task to save grace in the dreaded Test; however, they suffered an early loss, when Sehwag who failed to back the hype regarding his predicable successful comeback went back to the pavilion on the first delivery that he faced without scoring a run. The batsman was caught by Strauss at first slip off the bowling of James Anderson.
It was then Rahul Dravid’s turn to dawn on the crease as he alongside opener Gautam Gambhir tried to restrict the English pacers from taking anymore wickets in the remainder of the day’s play.
At stumps, India managed to score 35 runs for the loss of one wicket as they trailed by 451 runs with two days of play still remaining.
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