Eng vs Ind, 2014 Photos

Lord's Test Day 2: Bhuvneshwar Leads India Fightback After Ballance Ton

July 18, 2014 18:38

Faced with a challenging first innings 295 from the tourists, the English needed to get their acts right against a competent pace attack on a green top. Both openers were removed early by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/46), who has been in top form this series. After picking up fifer at Trent Bridge, Kumar kept up his good form with the ball in the second test as well.

Gary Ballance was the lone warrior for the hosts scoring his second Test hundred at Lord's. (Images AP/AFP)

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Faced with a challenging first innings 295 from the tourists, the English needed to get their acts right against a competent pace attack on a green top. Both openers were removed early by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/46), who has been in top form this series. After picking up fifer at Trent Bridge, Kumar kept up his good form with the ball in the second test as well.

Gary Ballance was the lone warrior for the hosts scoring his second Test hundred at Lord's. (Images AP/AFP)
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England captain Alistair Cook (10) was Kumar's first wicket.

England at that point were 22-1 in their first innings.
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Sam Robson, who showed a lot of promise in the previous Test at Trent Bridge, was Kumar's next victim.
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Ian Bell then came to the wicket and with Gary Ballance, tried to provided some resistance.
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Kumar then came back once again to dismiss Bell (16) to reduce England to 70 for 3 shortly after the lunch break.
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Ishant Sharma, although wicketless, was a perfect foil to Kumar.
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Joe Root, who scored an unbeaten century at Trent Bridge, fell cheaply at Lord's.

He scored 13 before he was adjudged LBW to Jadeja at the stroke of tea.
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Root was Jadeja's first wicket of the series.
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Meanwhile, Gary Ballance looked solid at the other end and did not mind playing some aggressive shots.
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He added 50 runs with Moeen Ali (R) for the fifth wicket to take the England score past 150 after tea.
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Ballance stroked his way through to his second Test century at Lord's in as many matches.
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Moeen Ali fell to Murali Vijay scoring 36 and putting up a 98-run stand with Ballance for the fifth wicket.
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Kumar removed Gary Ballance for 110 to bag his fourth wicket of the day as England reached 219/6 at close of play on Day 2, trailing India by 76 runs.

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