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(#GNN)- #LONDON: #England captain Alastair Cook suffered yet another failure with the bat as #India seized control of the second Test at Lord´s on Friday.
Cook was out for 10, caught behind by opposing skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The same combination also did for Cook´s Australia-born opening partner Sam Robson (17) and at lunch England were 51 for two in reply to India´s first innings 295 -- a deficit of 244 runs.
Gary Ballance was seven not out and Ian Bell eleven not out, with Kumar having taken two wickets for 17 runs in 11 overs.
Cook´s exit meant it was now 26 innings since the left-hander had scored the last of his England record 25 Test hundreds, with his tally for the calendar years standing at meagre 107 runs in eight Test innings.
The 29-year-old Essex batsman´s poor run of form has also coincided with an England slump that has seen the team go nine Tests without a victory -- their worst winless streak for more than 20 years.
As if conscious he had had often been caught in the slips while struggling for runs, Cook met Kumar´s first ball of the innings with an exaggeratedly straight forward defensive shot. But having looked assured for 40 minutes, Cook´s 29-ball knock, including two fours, came to an end. Not moving his feet, Cook nicked a good length ball just outside off stump that swung away from Kumar through to Dhoni. And it was not long before England´s 22 for one became 31 for two in front of a capacity, sun-drenched crowd.
Robson, dropped in the slips on seven, squandered his reprieve by driving loosely at a ball wide of off stump, Dhoni making no mistake with the catch. Kumar had now taken two for four in 13 balls.
Meanwhile both Shami and Ishant Sharm, India´s other two frontline seamers, had also bowled a far more consistently challenging length than their England counterparts.
It took England just 10 balls to wrap up India´s innings after they resumed on their overnight 290 for nine, with Cook holding a juggled catch at first slip to dismiss Shami (19) off Ben Stokes.
India had been in dire straits at 145 for seven after being sent into bat by Cook on a green, seaming pitch that was the opposite of the bare, lifeless track in last week´s drawn first Test at Trent Bridge.
But England let India of the hook, the tourists doubling their total before stumps, with Ajinkya Rahane making a superb 103 in his maiden Test innings at Lord´s.
James Anderson led England´s attack with four for 60 in 23 overs in what was the Lancashire paceman´s first match since both he and India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were charged with disciplinary offences under the International Cricket Council´s code of conduct for an alleged clash at Trent Bridge.
Both players must now wait on the verdict of ICC judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis, a retired Australian judge, to discover if they will be banned from any matches in the rest of this five-Test series. (GNN)(AFP)(AIP)
Gary Ballance was seven not out and Ian Bell eleven not out, with Kumar having taken two wickets for 17 runs in 11 overs.
Cook´s exit meant it was now 26 innings since the left-hander had scored the last of his England record 25 Test hundreds, with his tally for the calendar years standing at meagre 107 runs in eight Test innings.
The 29-year-old Essex batsman´s poor run of form has also coincided with an England slump that has seen the team go nine Tests without a victory -- their worst winless streak for more than 20 years.
As if conscious he had had often been caught in the slips while struggling for runs, Cook met Kumar´s first ball of the innings with an exaggeratedly straight forward defensive shot. But having looked assured for 40 minutes, Cook´s 29-ball knock, including two fours, came to an end. Not moving his feet, Cook nicked a good length ball just outside off stump that swung away from Kumar through to Dhoni. And it was not long before England´s 22 for one became 31 for two in front of a capacity, sun-drenched crowd.
Robson, dropped in the slips on seven, squandered his reprieve by driving loosely at a ball wide of off stump, Dhoni making no mistake with the catch. Kumar had now taken two for four in 13 balls.
Meanwhile both Shami and Ishant Sharm, India´s other two frontline seamers, had also bowled a far more consistently challenging length than their England counterparts.
It took England just 10 balls to wrap up India´s innings after they resumed on their overnight 290 for nine, with Cook holding a juggled catch at first slip to dismiss Shami (19) off Ben Stokes.
India had been in dire straits at 145 for seven after being sent into bat by Cook on a green, seaming pitch that was the opposite of the bare, lifeless track in last week´s drawn first Test at Trent Bridge.
But England let India of the hook, the tourists doubling their total before stumps, with Ajinkya Rahane making a superb 103 in his maiden Test innings at Lord´s.
James Anderson led England´s attack with four for 60 in 23 overs in what was the Lancashire paceman´s first match since both he and India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were charged with disciplinary offences under the International Cricket Council´s code of conduct for an alleged clash at Trent Bridge.
Both players must now wait on the verdict of ICC judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis, a retired Australian judge, to discover if they will be banned from any matches in the rest of this five-Test series. (GNN)(AFP)(AIP)
