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Mon, 22 August 2011
England thrash India by an innings and eight runs
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20:10
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Swann completes the Indian misery by cleaning up S Sreesanth (6). It is his sixth wicket of the innings.
England win The Oval Test by an innings and eight runs.
The win helps the home team complete a 4-0 whitewash, their first over the visitors since 1974.
20:01
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Swann, having denied a fiver earlier because of a review, ensures the same by having Gambhir (3) caught by Morgan.
It is Swann's 11th five-wicket hail in Test cricket, his first against India.
The visitors have made 277 for nine after 89 overs.
19:33
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Stuart Broad strikes with the new ball.
He has MS Dhoni (2) caught by Swann at second slip.
India reduced to 269 for seven after 83 overs.
19:14
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Swann gets a fourth wicket. He gets Raina out leg before.
It is a pair for the batsman. Raina faced 43 balls in this series without scoring a run.
India 266 for six after 80 overs.
The new ball is taken.
19:00
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Bresnan has got the big one!
Sachin Tendulkar's dreams of a 100th international hundred remains a dream. He is given out leg before for 91.
The Master Blaster's 172-ball knock was inclusive of 11 boundaries.
India 262 for five after 77 overs.
18:53
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Swann has finally provided England the breakthrough.
He has Mishra caught behind for 84. The leggie's 141-ball innings was inclusive of 10 fours. He put on 144 runs for the fourth wicket with Tendulkar.
It was a vital knock in every sense of the term.
India 262 for four after 76 overs.
18:47
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Tendulkar gets a second reprieve.
He is dropped on 85, Prior puts him down off Swann.
It was a tough chance but a chance nonetheless. The batsman survives a huge leg before shout next bat.
India 258 for three after 75 overs.
18:26
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A single from Tendulkar off Swann brings about the 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
With the ballnot swinging, the English bowlers are finding it difficult.
India 231 for three after 69 overs.
17:31
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Amit Mishra reaches his half century with a couple off Bresnan. He has played wonderfully well.
India 216 for three after 65 runs.
And that is how it stays at lunch.
Tendulkar is unbeaten on 72 and Mishra on 57.
17:15
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England's misery is getting compounded here.
Both the batsmen have settled down well and the partnership is inching towards the 100-run mark.
Mishra, in particular, is playing a nice little cameo here. A single by him off Bresnan helps raise the Indian 200.
India has reached 202 for three after 61 overs.
16:44
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With the regular bowlers not being able to find breakthroughs, Strauss has got Ravi Bopara into the attack.
The fourth wicket partnership for India is now worth more than 50 runs and both the batsmen are looking good.
India has reached 175 for three after 53 overs.
16:18
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Tendulkar and Mishra are putting up a good little partnership for the fourth wicket.
The latter is playing better than you expect a night watchman to. Tendulkar has been tested off successive Broad deliveries.
India 161 for three after 47 overs.
15:58
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Here is some news: Sehwag is out of the one-day series.
A single off Anderson helps Tendulkar complete his 61st Test fifty, his 12the against England.
The shot also ensured the Indian 150. Mishra is hit off an Anderson delivery. He is in pain and the medicos have been summoned.
India 150 for three after 42 overs.
15:45
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India have got off to a good start with Sachin Tendulkar looking assertive.
Mishra is proving to be a perfect foil.
The visitors have made 147 for three after 39 overs.
15:16
England need seven wickets to complete a 4-0 whitewash over India at The Oval on Monday.
The only bright spot for the visitors can be Sachin Tendulkar's century, his 100th at the international level. The Master Blaster is batting on 35.
He has to play a crucial role if India has to have any chance of salvaging a draw.
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