Kumar leads the Indians off, only the third Indian to take a six-wicket haul at Lord's, a fabulous effort and has contributed to a decent bowling effort from the tourists, England would have been hoping for a better effort but India have battled back well yesterday evening and today. Just a slender deficit for India who now have a tricky few overs before lunch. How will they cope in the third innings of this match?
105.5
W
Jadeja to Anderson, OUT, tossed up, Anderson goes for the reverse sweep and he gloves it to slip! Jadeja gets his man, Anderson misjudging the stroke, it bounced a little on him and popped up for an easy chance to first slip, a big smile from the bowler
JM Anderson c Rahane b Jadeja 19 (30m 21b 3x4 0x6) SR: 90.47
105.4
1
Jadeja to Plunkett, 1 run, forward and pressed out to long-off, easy run
105.3
2
Jadeja to Plunkett, 2 runs, huge appeal for lbw as this skids onto the pads of Plunkett and seemed to strike him bang in line, must have been inside edge, there was no signal and it ran wide of short long leg
105.2
0
Jadeja to Plunkett, no run, down the wicket and pressing to short extra
105.1
2
Jadeja to Plunkett, 2 runs, tossed up from around the wicket onto middle and leg, flicked wide of long-on and they sprint back for a second
Change of bowling, Ravindra Jadeja at the Pavilion End, booooooooooooooooo!!! Only joking...
END OF OVER:105 | 9 Runs | ENG: 314/9
- James Anderson19 (20b)
- Liam Plunkett50 (75b)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar31-10-82-6
- Mohammed Shami19-5-58-1
104.6
0
Kumar to Anderson, no run, short again, easily defended in front of middle and leg
104.5
0
Kumar to Anderson, no run, bumper, Anderson ducks
104.4
1
Kumar to Plunkett, 1 run, blocked forward into the covers for an easy single and that's Plunkett's fifty! What a marvellous effort, a vital knock for his side, a maiden Test fifty
104.3
4
Kumar to Plunkett, FOUR, four more, this via a thick outside edge in between slip and gully, Plunkett trying to angle it away from a tighter line, managed to squeezes it down and away from the fielders
104.2
4
Kumar to Plunkett, FOUR, more width but this is fuller, Plunkett leans into it and drives beautifully down the hill, perfect timing wide of the sweeper
104.1
0
Kumar to Plunkett, no run, length ball a foot and a half wide of off stump, Plunkett slashes at it and misses
END OF OVER:104 | 7 Runs | ENG: 305/9
- James Anderson19 (18b)
- Liam Plunkett41 (71b)
- Mohammed Shami19-5-58-1
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar30-10-73-6
103.6
0
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, no run, short, it drifts down the leg side, Anderson gets his hands under it
Full of confidence here Anderson...
103.5
0
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, no run, fuller and a tighter line, just blocked to cover from the crease
103.4
4
Mohammed Shami to Anderson, FOUR, around the wicket but it's too short and Anderson has a little width to thrash at it and times it very nicely, right off the meat, wide of cover and it races to the fence
103.3
1lb
Mohammed Shami to Plunkett, 1 leg bye, full at the pads, it deflects to square leg and Anderson jogs through to resume the strike
