Jennings hits century on debut, England 288-5
December 08, 2016  16:34
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STUMPS - DAY 1

England 288-5 (94 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

A no-ball from Jayant brings up the 250 for England, in the 82nd over. India have a gully in place along with the slip fielder for Stokes, who gets the edge off Jayant but it evades the gully fielder and gets him two runs in the process.

Buttler goes for the reverse sweep but fails to make connection and is hit on the pads and gets an inside edge off the last ball. He is having some problems against the turning ball.

The two spinners are doing a great job and creating a lot of problems for the two England batsmen, who are content to just bide their time and play for stumps with around 30 minutes left for stumps.

Ashwin gets a break after a good spell of eight overs, in which he took three wickets for 14 runs, making way for Jadeja.

Buttler continues to struggle as he looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge which goes past the slips for a four. He offers no shot to the last ball only to see it come in and pass close to the stumps.

Buttler plays another streaky shot, an inside edge off Jadeja on the leg side for a couple.

India's over rate has been pretty impressive, they finish their quota of 90 overs with still 20 minutes left for stumps.

Jadeja has a huge appeal for LBW turned down against Stokes. He strikes him again on the pads and this time it looks much closer but again umpire Bruce Oxenford turns down the appeal and the Indians decide to take the DRS.

Stokes has a close shave with the impact just outside the off-stump and the TV umpire stays with the on-field umpire's call. That was very close!

He flicks the last ball fine on the leg side past the leg slip fielder for a four.

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