Second day:
England began the day on 272/3 with Two of their premier batsman in the form of Collingwood and Flintoff in the crease.
Flintoff lived off dangerously he was dropped at second slip by Sehwag and the very next ball he was dropped by Anil Kumble at gully of the very next ball as Indians missed two chances in two balls and once again the bowler was Munaf Patel .
He also survived a third chance as he was caught by Irfan Pathan who just steeped over the rope to give another life to Flintoff of the same bowler.
Flintoff used this opportunity to good effect as he scored some quick runs of faster bowlers with Collingwood at the other end .In the crucial first hour Munaf Patel was fiery in his spell as three chances went down begging .
Sreesanth who replaced Munaf Patel drew first blood as he claimed the wicket of Collingwood with an away swinger as Collingwood was caught behind by Dhoni who completed the catch to make it a very good dismissal.
Owasis Shah who came in as next resumed his innings with the score on 50 with Flintoff who was at the other end. Flintoff was the next one to go as he was caught at deep midwicket by Tendulkar of Anil Kumble’s bowling. With the score on 338.
Geraint Jones was the next one to go as he was caught by Anil Kumble of Sreesanth’s bowling.As England lost some quick wickets in the second hour of the day.
Shaun Udal joined Shah in the middle as Shah scored some quick runs to take the score past 350 marks.At Last, Munaf Patel claimed his first wicket as trapped Udal in front of the wicket and the very next ball he beautifully bowled Hoggard as Hoggard once again become Patel’s victim.
Shah was the ninth wicket to fall as he was caught superbly by Rahul Dravid at slips of the bowling of Harbhajan Singh who claimed his first wicket in his favourite ground.
The last pair of Monty and Anderson added 15 odd runs before Anderson was caught at slips by Rahul Dravid.
India’s First innings:
Indians began the first innings on a disastrous note as they lost Sehwag cheaply.Jaffer was the next one to go as India found itself tottering at 26/2, to make matters worse for India, Anderson claimed the prized wicket of Tendulkar as he edged a wide delivery from Anderson to Jones which should have been left away to leave India struggling at 28/3.
Yuvraj who joined in the middle along with Dravid stroked the ball well as he and Rahul Dravid put up a 61 unbeaten partnership to take India to 89 for the loss of three wickets at the end of the day.
Flintoff lived off dangerously he was dropped at second slip by Sehwag and the very next ball he was dropped by Anil Kumble at gully of the very next ball as Indians missed two chances in two balls and once again the bowler was Munaf Patel .
He also survived a third chance as he was caught by Irfan Pathan who just steeped over the rope to give another life to Flintoff of the same bowler.
Flintoff used this opportunity to good effect as he scored some quick runs of faster bowlers with Collingwood at the other end .In the crucial first hour Munaf Patel was fiery in his spell as three chances went down begging .
Sreesanth who replaced Munaf Patel drew first blood as he claimed the wicket of Collingwood with an away swinger as Collingwood was caught behind by Dhoni who completed the catch to make it a very good dismissal.
Owasis Shah who came in as next resumed his innings with the score on 50 with Flintoff who was at the other end. Flintoff was the next one to go as he was caught at deep midwicket by Tendulkar of Anil Kumble’s bowling. With the score on 338.
Geraint Jones was the next one to go as he was caught by Anil Kumble of Sreesanth’s bowling.As England lost some quick wickets in the second hour of the day.
Shaun Udal joined Shah in the middle as Shah scored some quick runs to take the score past 350 marks.At Last, Munaf Patel claimed his first wicket as trapped Udal in front of the wicket and the very next ball he beautifully bowled Hoggard as Hoggard once again become Patel’s victim.
Shah was the ninth wicket to fall as he was caught superbly by Rahul Dravid at slips of the bowling of Harbhajan Singh who claimed his first wicket in his favourite ground.
The last pair of Monty and Anderson added 15 odd runs before Anderson was caught at slips by Rahul Dravid.
India’s First innings:
Indians began the first innings on a disastrous note as they lost Sehwag cheaply.Jaffer was the next one to go as India found itself tottering at 26/2, to make matters worse for India, Anderson claimed the prized wicket of Tendulkar as he edged a wide delivery from Anderson to Jones which should have been left away to leave India struggling at 28/3.
Yuvraj who joined in the middle along with Dravid stroked the ball well as he and Rahul Dravid put up a 61 unbeaten partnership to take India to 89 for the loss of three wickets at the end of the day.
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