England spin their way closer to victory

Kevin Pietersen's brilliant 186 helped England attain a lead of 86 runs.Thanks to Pragyan Ojha's another five wicket hall India were able to wrap up the England innings quicker than expected.However when India came into bat they lost a lot of wickets quickly thanks to a brilliant bowling by Monty Panesar and Graeme Swan. India have ended the day with the score of 117 for the loss of 7 wickets and are in a lead of 31 runs.It would take something really special tomorrow from Gautam Gambhir(who played quite well)and Harbhajan Singh to help India towards a respectable total which gives them some hope of a comeback because one thing is for sure it will have to be a miracle for this match to be a draw.


Highlights of the day:

England:

Kevin Pietersen - 186(233)

Alastair Cook - 122(270)

Monty Panesar - 5 Wickets

Graeme Swan - 2 Wickets

India:

Pragyan Ojha - 5 Wickets

Gautam Gambhir - 53(109)*

Scorecard:

India(2nd Innings)Batting	117-7 (33)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	not out	53	109	5	0	48.62
Virender Sehwag	c Swann b Panesar	9	14	1	0	64.29
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Bairstow b Swann	6	5	1	0	120
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Panesar	8	19	2	0	42.11
Virat Kohli	c (sub) Root b Swann	7	13	1	0	53.85
Yuvraj Singh	c Bairstow b Panesar	8	10	1	0	80
*MS Dhoni	c Trott b Panesar	6	17	0	0	35.29
R Ashwin	c Patel b Panesar	11	10	0	1	110
Harbhajan Singh	not out	1	1	0	0	100
Zaheer Khan
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: 8 b:6 lb:2 nb:0 w:0
Total: 117-7 (33) | Curr. RR: 3.55
FOW:Virender Sehwag (30-1, 7.5), Cheteshwar Pujara (37-2, 8.5), Sachin Tendulkar (52-3, 15.3), Virat Kohli (65-4, 20.2), Yuvraj Singh (78-5, 23.1), *MS Dhoni (92-6, 27.3), R Ashwin (110-7, 31.4)

England(2nd innings) Bowling	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
James Anderson	4	1	9	0	0	0	2.25
Monty Panesar	16	2	61	5	0	0	3.81
Graeme Swann	13	4	39	2	0	0	3

England(1st Innings) Batting	413-10 (121.3)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
*Alastair Cook	c Dhoni b Ashwin	122	270	13	1	45.19
Nick Compton	c Sehwag b Ojha	29	90	4	0	32.22
Jonathan Trott	lbw b Ojha	0	6	0	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	c Dhoni b Ojha	186	233	20	4	79.83
Jonny Bairstow	c Gambhir b Ojha	9	23	2	0	39.13
Samit Patel	c Kohli b Ojha	26	42	4	1	61.9
Matt Prior	run out (Dhoni)	21	34	3	0	61.76
Stuart Broad	c Pujara b Harbhajan	6	20	0	0	30
Graeme Swann	not out	1	4	0	0	25
James Anderson	lbw b Harbhajan	2	5	0	0	40
Monty Panesar	c Khan b Ashwin	4	2	1	0	200
Extras: 7 b:4 lb:2 nb:0 w:1
Total: 413-10 (121.3) | Curr. RR: 3.40
FOW:Nick Compton (66-1, 31.4), Jonathan Trott (68-2, 34), *Alastair Cook (274-3, 87), Jonny Bairstow (298-4, 94.3), Samit Patel (357-5, 108.4), Kevin Pietersen (382-6, 112.4), Matt Prior (406-7, 119.3), Stuart Broad (406-8, 120.1), James Anderson (408-9, 121), Monty Panesar (413-10, 121.3)

India(1st innings) Bowling	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
R Ashwin	42.3	6	145	2	0	0	3.41
Pragyan Ojha	40	6	143	5	0	0	3.58
Zaheer Khan	15	4	37	0	0	1	2.47
Harbhajan Singh	21	1	74	2	0	0	3.52
Yuvraj Singh	3	0	8	0	0	0	2.67