Jennings closes in on century, England make good progress
December 08, 2016  13:43


England 167-2 (50 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Jayant comes back, replacing Jadeja, with two left-handers out in the middle. He bowled a good spell in the morning session from the Media End, but this time he is coming on from the other end, from the Pavilion end of the ground.

Jennings hits the fourth ball on the off-side for a single as just a run comes from the over.

Ashwin leaves Moeen gasping for air as he continues to beat the bat, this time Moeen looks to drive away from his body but is beaten by the turn.

Meanwhile, Jennings, who has been quiet since the lunch interval finally decides to break the shackles. He had just five runs from 29 balls since the break before he reverse sweeps Jayant through thirdman for a four. The next ball is full and wide as the debutant drives through the covers for another boundary to bring up England's 150, in the 44th over.

Jennings looks to reverse sweep Jadeja but gets it much finer than intended, going between the wicketkeeper and the slip fielder for a four. He edges the next ball which goes through the thirdman region for a couple.

Jennings is having a few close shaves as he again gets a thick outside edge which goes wide of the slip fielder for two runs as the debutant takes his score to 88.

Meanwhile, umpire Paul Reiffel has suffered an injury. Bhuvneshwar, throwing from deep square leg, hits square leg umpire Reiffel on the back of his head and he looks in some discomfort as the the England physio comes out to attend the Australian.

He looks to have suffered some sort of concussion and it looks unlikely he could continue.

So umpire Reiffel walks off the field as third umpire Marais Erasmus takes his place as the on-field umpire.

The game is held up briefly as the ICC match referee Jeff Crowe tries to get things organised behind the scenes.

Finally, Erasmus strides out to the middle as the game finally gets underway as around 10 minutes time lost.

Kohli brings in a pacer from the other end as Umesh is called into the attack. He bowls a maiden to Moeen as England reach 167 for two in 50 overs.
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