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| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
 | V Sehwag | lbw b Anderson | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| 0.6 Sehwag may have survived his first ball but he can't survive his first over! back of a length and coming in towards Sehwag, who plays across the line and misses, struck on the knee roll, huge appeal for lbw, Taufel lifts the finger, and England strike early yet again. That was going on to hit the top of middle and leg 8/1 |
| R Dravid | not out | 146 | 378 | 266 | 20 | 0 | 54.88 |
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| VVS Laxman | c †Prior b Broad | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| 3.6 133.9 kph, and another one, Laxman is gone for 2, short ball in the corridor outside off, Laxman doesn't get behind the line, an angled bat is presented as he looks to defend that, gets the edge, Prior takes the catch, India sink further 13/2 |
| SR Tendulkar | c Anderson b Swann | 23 | 65 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 67.64 |
| 18.2 87.2 kph, the sweep shot ends Tendulkar's troubled stay, he had used the shot well in the first Swann over, he tries the stroke once more, off the glove and pops up for Anderson to move across from the slip cordon and take it, once more Anderson plays a hand in Tendulkar's dismissal 68/3 |
| SK Raina | st †Prior b Swann | 0 | 39 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 28.5 89.1 kph, is Raina's struggle over? the third umpire will decide whether Raina is stumped, big turn takes the ball past Raina's outside edge, he has overbalanced, hard to say whether the back foot is back in time, after many many reviews the third umpire gives it out, that equals the longest duck by an Indian, joining Irfan Pathan 93/4 |
| I Sharma | c Cook b Swann | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| 30.6 this was on the cards, Swann has been outstanding, Ishant looks to defend once more, the turn results in an inside-edge and that pops up to short leg, the nightwatchman is gone, who will come in next? 95/5 |
| MS Dhoni*† | c †Prior b Anderson | 17 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 34.00 |
| 45.4 136.9 kph, Outswinger, inswinger, outswinger, easy as a Sunday morning. Beautiful bowling. Follows that inswinger with an accurate outswinger, pitches short of a length, just outside off, Dhoni pushes at it, the movement takes the edge, Prior does the rest 137/6 |
| A Mishra | c Bell b Bresnan | 43 | 85 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 55.84 |
| 69.3 137.0 kph, Mishra's tenacious knock has been ended by a stunning catch! Bresnan landed one just short of a good length and Mishra rocked back to pull, but couldn't control the stroke and took one hand off the bat as he played it in the air behind square on the leg side. Ian Bell was quite close in there and leapt to his right to pluck the ball out of the air, completing a superb reflext catch 224/7 |
| G Gambhir | c Pietersen b Broad | 10 | 67 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 16.12 |
| 87.3 131.7 kph, finally, there's the breakthrough! Broad strikes with the short ball, Gambhir getting himself into a tangle as the ball got big on him. He tried to fend to leg, but lost all control and the ball looped up in the opposite direction, to be held by Pietersen, running in from gully. A stubborn knock comes to an end, and it's looking increasingly likely that India won't reach the follow on target 264/8 |
| RP Singh | c Anderson b Bresnan | 25 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 108.69 |
| 93.4 top catch from Anderson at third slip ends RP Singh's fun! Short ball that RP thought about playing, then leaving, then guiding, which he seemed to do off the face of that bat and it flew quickly to Anderson who pouched it above his head 300/9 |
| S Sreesanth | c Morgan b Bresnan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 93.6 131.3 kph, that's it. Sreesanth drives this straight to short cover 300/10 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 9, w 7, nb 1) | 25 | | | | | |
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| Total | (all out; 94 overs; 378 mins) | 300 | (3.19 runs per over) |
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