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LONDON: England’s Alastair Cook (left), and Gary Ballance (right) react whilst during the third day of the second Test match against India, at Lord’s CricketGround. — AFP Vijay keeps England at bay

LONDON: Murali Vijay anchored India’s second Vijay was becalmed, fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan However, the ball had clearly hit Rahane’s arm with a painstaking fifty after England threat- struck four fours. But on 31 the left-hander failed to guard rather than the glove, meaning he should ened to take charge of the second Test at Lord’s yes- get over the top of a cut off Ben Stokes and was well have remained . But with Indian objections SCOREBOARD terday. caught by at backward point to leave India meaning there was no Decision Review System this India lost three for five runs in 19 balls to 40 for one. series, Rahane was unable to challenge Australian LONDON: Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the second Test between England and India at Lord’s yesterday: be 123 for four-just 99 runs in front. But by the close By contrast, it took Vijay 57 balls to both score his umpire Bruce Oxenford’s verdict. of the third day they were 169 for four — 145 runs first boundary and move into double figures, with a Vijay briefly came out of his shell to complete a India 1st Innings 295 (A Rahane 103; J 1 (2nb, 1w); Sharma 24-5-61-0 (1nb, 1w); ahead but not yet a decisive lead. leg-glance off Stuart Broad. 162-ball fifty with two fours in as many James Anderson 4-60) Binny 10-0-45-0; Jadeja 18.5-1-46-2; Vijay 3- Opening batsman Vijay, in for nearly five hours, England had again too often bowled short on a Anderson deliveries, an off-drive followed by a leg- 0-12-1. was 59 not out and India captain Mahendra Singh pitch no longer the ‘green top’ on which captain side clip. England 1st Innings (overnight: 219-6) Dhoni unbeaten on 12. England’s Liam Plunkett had Alastair Cook had sent India into bat after winning Earlier, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took six for 82 as he A. Cook c Dhoni b Kumar 10 India 2nd Innings M. Vijay not out 59 a day to remember, scoring a Test-best 55 not out to the toss. recorded his Test-best figures for the second time in S. Robson c Dhoni b Kumar 17 G. Ballance c Dhoni b Kumar 110 S. Dhawan c Root b Stokes 31 help his side into a first-innings lead and then taking But when Plunkett was rewarded for pitching up as many matches. C. Pujara c Prior b Plunkett 43 two wickets in two balls. from the Nursery End. First, he drew Pujara forward But even Kumar could not prevent England gain- I. Bell c Jadeja b Kumar 16 J. Root lbw b Jadeja 13 V. Kohli b Plunkett 0 “We’re going to go hard in the morning because and had him caught behind off the outside edge to ing a first-innings lead of 24. The tail wagged effec- A. Rahane c Prior b Broad 5 this is still a good cricket and if we can get a end a second-wicket stand of 78 in nearly 30 overs. tively as England exactly 100 runs to an overnight M. Ali lbw b Vijay 32 L. Plunkett not out 55 M. S. Dhoni not out 12 few more wickets, we’ll fancy our chances,” fast Next ball made the mistake of deliberately 219 for six before they were bowled out for 319. Fast- Extras (b15, lb4) 19 M. Prior c Dhawan b Shami 23 bowler Plunkett told Sky Sports. leaving a ball which came back up the eight-foot medium bowler Kumar’s return surpassed his haul of Total (4 wkts, 63 overs, 284 mins) 169 B. Stokes b Kumar 0 “I thought we bowled better and my lengths Lord’s slope and was clean bowled for a golden . five for 82 in last week’s draw at Trent Bridge. But To bat: R Jadeja, S Binny, B Kumar, S. Broad c Dhawan b Kumar 4 were better. I do work hard on my and it was Plunkett though wasted his hat-trick as Plunkett and No 11 Anderson, fresh from his Test- Mohammed Shami, I Sharma J. Anderson c Rahane b Jadeja 19 massive for us to pass their (India’s first innings) Ajinkya Rahane left a ball well wide of off stump. best 81 in Nottingham, struck a flurry of boundaries Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Dhawan), 2-118 Extras (b5, lb10, w2, nb3) 20 total...I think we can chase around 270.” “My hat-trick ball? It was pretty average but I while adding 39 in 43 balls yesterday. (Pujara), 3-118 (Kohli), 4-123 (Rahane) Total (all out, 105.5 overs, 452 mins) 319 India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, out for 43 on didn’t want to give him a floaty half-volley and I got Kumar, who had removed all of England’s top Bowling: Anderson 18-7-36-0; Broad 14-5- Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Cook), 2-31 (Robson), Saturday, added: “It is evenly balanced and we still my line wrong,” explained Plunkett. four, including -maker Gary Ballance on 41-1; Stokes 13-2-35-1; Plunkett 12-5-24-2; 3-70 (Bell), 4-113 (Root), 5-211 (Ali), 6-214 need some more runs. But Rahane, who made a superb 103 in the first Friday, reduced England to 280 for nine in initially Ali 6-1-14-0; (Ballance), 7-265 (Prior), 8-276 (Stokes), 9- Match position: India lead by 145 runs with “Setting England a target of 300 would be good innings, fell cheaply. He was on five when he fended overcast conditions yesterday. He bowled Stokes for 280 (Broad), 10-319 (Anderson) six second-innings wickets on this wicket because the bounce is variable and at a short delivery from Broad, the ball looping down a duck with a swinging delivery and then had Broad Bowling: Kumar 31-10-82-6; Shami 19-5-58- standing. you are never comfortable batting out there.” While the legside to wicketkeeper Matt Prior. caught at first slip. — Reuters SCOREBOARD Sangakkara keeps alive , : Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Galle yesterday: South Africa 1st innings: 455-9 decl (D. A. Petersen c Chandimal b Perera 32 Sri Lanka victory dream Elgar 103, J. Duminy 100 no; Perera 4-162) Faf du Plessis b Herath 37 H. Amla c Tharanga b Perera 22 GALLE: smashed his 49th half-cen- Friday, bowled six wicketless overs for 13 runs. Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 283-9): AB de Viliers b Perera 51 tury as Sri Lanka launched a fightback on the fourth Earlier, AB De Villiers hit six boundaries in his breezy K. Silva c Philander b Steyn 8 Q. de Kock c and b Perera 36 day of the first Test against South Africa yesterday. 58-ball 51 and also shared 62 runs with Quinton de U. Tharanga st de Kock b Duminy 83 JP Duminy not out 8 The prolific left-hander also shared 96 runs for the Kock (36) to set up South African second innings. K. Sangakkara b Morkel 24 Extras: (b4, lb4) 8 unbroken second wicket with Kaushal Silva (37) to take The Proteas had made 455-9 declared in their first M. Jayawardene lbw b Steyn 3 Total: (for 6 wkts decl; 50.2 overs) 206 Sri Lanka to 110-1 at stumps. essay. To their credit, the Sri Lankan spinners exploited L. Thirimanne c de Kock b Steyn 38 Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Elgar), 2-54 (Petersen), The hosts need 260 runs with nine wickets in hand well the dry and dusty track, accounting for all the A. Mathews b Tahir 89 3-88 (Amla), 4-131 (du Plessis), 5-193 (de to pull off a magical come-from-behind win with three wickets that fell in the South African second innings. D. Chandimal c Petersen b Steyn 6 Villiers), 6-206 (de Kock) full sessions left in the game. Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera picked an impressive D. Perera c de Kock b Steyn 0 Bowling: Lakmal 9-0-35-0, Herath 22-2-84-2, “In a situation like this where you have 90 overs to 4-79 while took 2-84. Perera struck R. Herath c de Villiers b Morkel 19 Perera bat, a win is not guaranteed but there is a chance,” Sri early into the second session, claiming the big wicket S. Lakmal c de Kock b Morkel 6 19.2-1-79-4. Lankan coach said after the day’s of Amla, who is leading South Africa for the first time in S. Eranga not out 1 Did not bat: Philander, Morkel, Steyn, Tahir play. “It’s a challenging total but we’ve got a team . Amla (22) mistimed his flick and lobbed Extras: (lb7, b4, w3, nb1) 15 which is willing to fight.” Sri Lanka had been forced on the ball to a diving for his second cheap Total: (for all out; 104.5 overs) 292 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 2nd innings: the backfoot after they were bowled out for 292 to in the game. Faf du Plessis (37) fell to a turner Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Silva), 2-98 once despatching a full-toss from Tahir over the mid- U. Tharanga c de Kock b Steyn 14 concede a huge 163-run lead in the first innings. from Herath that crashed on to his stumps, dislodging (Sangakkara), 3-104 (Jayawardene), 4-136 wicket fence for a huge six. He completed his half-cen- K. Silva not out 37 But a sporting declaration by new South African the bails. De Villiers frustrated the spinners with his (Tharanga), 5-190 (Thirimanne), 6-200 tury in style, sweeping leg-spinner Imran Tahir through K. Sangakkara not out 58 skipper Hashim Amla at the tea score of 206-6 turned shot-making until his stumps were shattered by Perera (Chandimal), 7-201 (Perera), 8-272 midwicket for a four. Silva also knocked off some easy Extras: (b1) 1 the game on its head. Although no team has ever close to the tea break. (Mathews), 9-283 (Lakmal), 10-292 (Herath) runs, smacking part-timer Jean-Paul Duminy for two Total (for 1 wkt; 32 overs) 110 scored more than 300 runs in the final innings at Galle, De Kock fell on the last ball before the break, lob- fours in a row. Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Tharanga) the 36-year-old Sangakkara made a target of 370 look bing an easy return catch to Perera. Opener Dean Bowling: Steyn 23-7-54-5 (1w), Philander chaseable. “Look, they are very much in the contest, there’s no Elgar, who made 103 in the first innings, made 12 15-6-31-0 (1nb), Morkel 18.5-9-49-3 (2w), doubt about it. But so are we,” said South African coach Bowling: Steyn 6-2-18-1, Philander 6-3-13-0, The star batsman hit seven fours and a six in his 58- while Alviro Petersen (32) was given caught behind Tahir 26-5-75-1, Duminy 15-4-47-1, Elgar 7- Russell Domingo. “We are set up for a cracker of a day Morkel 4-1-13-0, Tahir 10-1-40-0,Duminy 5- run knock that came off 89 deliveries. South Africa off Perera. South Africa had wrapped up the Sri 1-25-0 tomorrow (Sunday). If we take two early wickets, we 1-24-0, Elgar 1-0-1-0. began their defence well, with Dale Steyn once again Lankan innings in the fifth over of the day, with the giving his side the early breakthrough by dismissing will be right on top of the game.” hosts adding just nine runs to their overnight 283-9. South Africa 2nd innings: Match position: Sri Lanka need 260 runs to opener Upul Tharanga for 14. Vernon Philander, who was fined 75 percent of his The second and final Test will be played in D. Elgar c Chandimal b Herath 12 win the match. But Sangakkara stood like a rock at the other end, match fees after being accused of ball tampering from July 24-28. — AFP