Buttler builds England's lead

September 01, 2018 21:45

England 201-6 (76 ovs) & 246 vs India 273 | Scorecard

A poor delivery from Curran as he bowls a wide half-volley which the left-hander slams through point for a four before taking a single.

Buttler gets an edge as Pandya gets some extra bounce but the ball doesn't carry to the fielder in the slips.

Ashwin getting a lot of turn from the rough outside the right-hander's off-stump but Buttler doing well to play him out.

He is beaten by the quicker one which goes straight on as wicketkeeper Pant also fails to gather but England manage to pick two singles from the over.

Buttler keeps the scoreboard ticking along as he picks another couple of runs off the last ball of Pandya's fifth over.

Curran is a busy batsman and he does well to flick Ashwin against the spin through midwicket for a couple.

Ashwin gets one to turn big with some extra bounce as Curran leaves and it beats wicketkeeper Pant to earn England a couple of byes before the left-hander takes a single off the last ball.

In the next over, Curran takes another run off Pandya to bring up England's 200, in the 76th over.

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