Cook, Jennings batting steadily

August 19, 2018 17:41

England 46-0 (9 ovs) vs India 329 (94.5 ovs) | Scorecard

That first session clearly belonged to England. First the bowlers bowled out India inside 45 minutes of play and then the openers giving the team a decent start.

Openers Cook and Jennings have done well to give England good start before lunch.

Batting at just over five runs an over it has been a good display of free-flowing batting, especially in the last three overs.

What helped their cause was India bowlers not using the conditions to their advantage.

Bumrah replaces Shami at the other end and he beats Cook.

Bumrah then bowls on the leg side, nicely taken by Pant.

Bumrah then bowls it into Cook who gets a couple to deep backward square.

He then overpitches and Cook whips the ball off his pads past mid-wicket for 3. Shami does a good job to pull the ball inside the boundary line.

Dot ball to end the over and that is lunch!

India make the first bowling change as Ashwin comes in to bowl and gives just three runs in his opening over.

Shami continues, this time he comes over the wicket.

Jennings just rocks back and gets a couple to covers.

Jennings then gets a four through gully.

Last ball of the over Jennings gets a couple through point.

Bumrah continues and Cook punishes an overpitched ball for a four through mid-off.

He then bowls the first no-ball of the match.

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