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Fri, 12 August 2011
India end Day Three on 35 for one
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23:26
The pressure of having to score 487 runs just to make
They finished on 35 for one (after 12 overs). Rahul Dravid was batting on 18 and giving him company was Gautam Gambhir on 14.
With two days of the match left to be played, India is almost certain of facing another heavy defeat, one that will not only ensure England the series win but also the no.1 Test ranking.
23:05
Rahul Dravid has come in to replace Sehwag.
It will be Stuart Broad sharing the new ball.
Dravid and Gambhir have helped India recover for the time being here.
The visitors have reached 24 for one after eight overs.
22:33
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir open the batting for India and it is James Anderson first up for England.
The bowler accounts for Sehwag second ball, Strauss making no mistake at first slip.
It is a pair for Viru, in fact a golden pair (two first ball ducks).
22:22
Alastair Cook has failed in his bid to reach 300.
Ishant has him caught by Raina for 294, an innings that was inclusive of 33 fours.
Tim Bresnan remained unbeaten on 53.
England declare at 710 for seven (188.1 overs).
India need 487 runs to make the home team bat again. A lost cause this.
22:14
A massive six off Ishant helps Bresnan record his third Test fifty, his second of the series.
It also ensures the English total gets past the 700-run mark.
The home team has now made 704 for six after 187 overs, a lead of 480.
22:01
Bad light stopped play for about 11 minutes.
After 185 overs, England has reached 689 for six, a lead of 465.
21:49
Bad light has stopped play again.
England had made 683 for six when the umpires asked the players to go off the field.
The home team has stretched its lead to 459 runs.
A declaration should come immediately after Cook's triple hundred, should he get there.
21:37
England batsmen are piling up the runs.
After 183 overs, the home team has reached 678 for six.
Cook is closing in on a first Test triple.
20:42
Sachin Tendulkar comes in to bowl, replacing Raina (28-1-83-1) in the 173rd over.
He concedes six, including a boundary to Cook.
England reach 646 for six at tea (after 177 overs), a lead of 422.
A declaration should come in at any moment now.
20:25
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Two boundaries by Bresnan, one each off Mishra and Raina, help England take the lead past 400.
The home team has now made 627 for six, after 171 overs.
20:12
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Matt Prior has come and gone.
A spectacular catch by Sachin Tendulkar at deep backward square leg, off Mishra, meant the English stumper was sent back to the pavilion for just five.
England 615 for six after 167 overs, a lead over 391.
20:05
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Ravi Bopara gets off the mark with a boundary off Mishra, the shot also helping bring the England 600.
However, Bopara fails to cash in on the opportunity, Mishra trapping him leg before for seven.
A single off Raina helps Cook reach 250.
England 611 for five after 165 overs, a lead over 387.
19:51
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Raina has finally got India a breakthrough on the third day. He has Eoin Morgan caught by Sehwag.
Morgan made 104 and helped Cook put on 222 rins for the fourth wicket.
England 596 for four after 161 overs.
19:40
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Play has resumed after brief break. Ishant starts and a boundary by Morgan, off the fifth ball, helps Morgan to move to 95.
Ishant is taken off after four overs, Raina is back.
A single off Mishra helps Morgan his second Test ton, following his 130 against Pakistan in Trent Bridge last year.
England has reached 584 for three after 158 overs, an overall lead of 360 runs. .
19:05
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Mishra and Raina are going through the motions. So are Cook and Morgan.
A dark cloud cover is threatening to affect the day's play for a third time.
Bad light has stopped play.
England 563 for three after 152 overs, an overall lead of 339.
18:40
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Dhoni is making Raina bowl a lot of overs here.
It may be construed either as frustration, with his main bowlers failing to make an impact, or a strategy, of improving the over rate.
Amit Mishra has come in to bowl the 144th over, replacing Sreesanth (31-4-129-0). It is for the first time in the day that the spinner has been asked to bowl.
Mishra's fifth is a no-ball, something which affected him on the second day.
England 539 for three after 145 overs, an overall lead of 315.
18:23
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The weather has cleared up after lunch.
The English batsmen are adding to India's misery.
A single by Cook off Sreesanth helps extend England's lead to 300.
After 140 overs, the home team has made 525 for three, an overall lead of 302 runs.
17:17
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The rain has prompted an early lunch here at Edgbaston.
Lunch will now be taken at 12.50 pm (local time). Play will resume at 1.30.
England has reached 503 for three (133.2 overs), increasing their overall lead to 279.
See you after 40 minutes.
17:09
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It is pouring again.
Players are coming off the field. The covers are coming on.
England has made 503 for three (133.2 overs), for an overall lead of 279.
17:06
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A single by Cook off Sreesanth helps England reach 500. It remains to be seen at what score they will declare.
The home team has reached 503 for three after 133 overs.
16:48
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England has added 22 runs in the first 10 overs of the day.
A couple off Sreesanth helps Cook reach a deserved double hundred. What a turnaround it has been for the 26-year-old? He had scored only 20 runs in the last two Tests.
England 486 for three after 128 overs.
16:35
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The rain break has extended the day's play by a whisker. The official close of play is now 6.27 pm (local time), with the option of play being extended for another half an hour.
A single off Ishant (by Cook) helps bring on the 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket. This is England's ninth century stand in the series. They also have an additional seven 50-run partnerships. The run also boosts England's lead to 250.
England has made 478 for three after 125 overs.
16:16
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Play resumes after a short rain break.
Kumar bowls a maiden first up. It is Ishant Sharma from the other end.
Cook is 10 runs away from a deserving double hundred.
England has reached 471 for three after 120 overs, a lead of 247 runs.
15:50
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A drizzle has ensured the halt of play at Edgbaston.
Only three overs had been bowled on the third morning.
England has reached 468 for three after 118 overs.
Eoin Morgan is unbeaten on 50 and Alastar Cook on 188.
15:47
Cook and Eoin Morgan have got things moving off smoothly for
A quiet over follows and England have 468 runs for 3 wickets. Cook is on 188 and Morgan 50.
15:43
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A single off Kumar helps Morgan register his fourth Terst fifty in the day's second over.
Alastair Cook continues his march towards a double hundred.
England 468 for three after 118 overs.
15:33
Surely, India have no excuses; they have been outplayed, particularly in this Test.
15:28
Alastair Cook is closing in on a double hundred. On Thursday, Day 2, he stroked his 19th Test century as England amassed 456 for three. It's his best knock against India, surpassing the 104 not out at Nagpur in 2005-06.
The prolific opener will resume on 182 not out, having started the day on 27. Eoin Morgan, unbeaten on 44, will also look to score quickly and pile on the misery on the weary-looking Indians.
15:26
Welcome to live updates from the third day'ss play in the third Test between India and England at Edgbaston.
England have sailed past India's first innings of 224 and lead by 232 runs. With three days remaining and seven wickets in hand, the hosts are well placed to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series.
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