da aviator aposta： England managed to gain a 47-run lead by dismissing CCI President’s XI for 252
da gbg bet： The Bulletin by George Binoy19-Feb-2006
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How they were out
Ian Blackwell plugged away picking up four wickets © Getty Images
Though the bowling effort was several notches below full throttle, Englandmanaged to gain a 48-run lead by dismissing CCI President’s XI for 252 onthe second day at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. A rearguard fifty fromVinayak Samant and Aniket Redkar’s plucky innings threatened England’schances of a first-innings lead but their dismissals broke the President’sXI resistance. England finished the day on 30 for 1, 78 runs ahead.Marcus Trescothick was back for England’s second innings after missing thefirst day due to illness. Andrew Strauss clipped Abid Nabi straight tosquare leg but Trescothick showed impressive form, carting Redkar for fourboundaries, three square cuts and a cover drive, off the last over of theday.England had a relaxed warm-up session before the start of the day andcarried that attitude into the match. The bowlers preferred to gently getaccustomed to the conditions rather than fire on all cylinders. SteveHarmison got steep bounce as usual but was nowhere near the hostility he’scapable of. Matthew Hoggard didn’t find the swing that is so vital to hissuccess and Simon Jones jogged in gingerly from a short run up and letloose at a little more than half his usual speed. Only Andrew Flintoffrevved up the pace and conceded just four runs in his four-over spell.Though President’s XI were 162 for 6, Samant didn’t hesitate to pullanything he felt was within his reach and his first attempt off Jones wastop-edged over Geraint Jones for four. Thereafter he handled the shortstuff from Harmison with ease, hooking a four behind square and reachinghis half-century with a pull to midwicket. He played all three spinnerscomfortably and was out to a soft dismissal when he missed a sweep off IanBlackwell. Redkar, who hit Blackwell for a six and a four just before tea,was later lucky when his edge offJones fell short of first slip.The openers, Sahil Kukreja and Robin Uthappa, played and missed a fewtimes at the start but by and large they were content with leavinganything wide or too high from Hoggard or Harmison. Kukreja survived acouple of leg before appeals and struck the first boundary of the inningsoff Hamrison – a cut through point. Uthappa looked edgy early on andwafted at a few wide ones before he cut Harmison with a Sehwag-esque shotover slips. He followed up with a punched four to long-on and he had donewell to see off the new ball when all the good work was undone in thespace of three balls.In the 17th over, Uthappa called for a sharp single to cover but KevinPietersen was quick to throw the stumps down, with Kukreja well short atthe striker’s end. Two balls later, he drove firmly to Michael Vaughan,whose direct-hit had Vinit Indulkar dismissed and the President’s XI were41 for 2.Harmison returned for a second spell and bowled much quicker. He inducedan edge from Uthappa off the second ball of his new spell and rapped AmolMuzumdar, on 15, painfully on the gloves. An x-ray revealed a fracturedthumb and, in his place, Hiken Shah resumed the innings with HrishikeshShende after lunch.Shende was soon snapped up by Flintoff at second slip but Shah and WilkinMota staged a recovery of sorts with a 55-run stand for the fifth wicket.They milked the spinner operating at one end while blocking the fastbowler at the other. Shah hit a streaky four through slips off Flintoffbut compensated with a well-timed clip off his legs soon after. Both Motaand Shah helped themselves to a boundary each off Shaun Udal’s first overand Ian Blackwell also looked innocuous as the batsmen cut and pulled himwith ease. A moment’s indiscretion from Mota, when he stepped down toBlackwell, cost him his wicket and another running blunder, a mid-pitchcollision while attempting the third run, ended Shah’s innings on 30.Though Blackwell was the most successful bowler, taking 4 for 57, MontyPanesar, whose left-arm potential has been discussed since Ashley Gileswas ruled out of the tour, bowled a tight spell and conceded just 41 runsin 16 overs. He capped his efforts by taking the penultimate wicket,bowling Redkar round his legs. Blackwell wrapped up the innings with thewickets of Abid Nabi, holing out to mid-off, and picked up his fourthwicket when Shaun Udal pouched Kshemal Waingankar’s lofted hit.Two England players, Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior, didn’t take the field today. Collingwood experienced a stiffness in the back while Prior stayed back in the hotel as he was unwell.How they were outEngland
Andrew Strauss c Vinit Indulkar b Abid Nabi 0 (3 for 1)
CCI President’s XI
Sahil Kukreja run out Kevin Pietersen 18 (40 for 1)
Vinit Indulkar run out Michael Vaughan 1 (41 for 2)
Robin Uthappa c Geraint Jones b Steve Harmison 19 (42 for 3)
Hrishikesh Shende c Andrew Flintoff b Matthew Hoggard 22 (81 for4)
Wilkin Mota st Geraint Jones b Ian Blackwell 28 (136 for 5)
Hiken Shah run out Andrew Flintoff 30 (162 for 6)
Vinayank Samant lbw Ian Blackwell 53 (226 for 7)
Abid Nabi c Matthew Hoggard b Ian Blackwell 0 (226 for 8)
Aniket Redkar b Monty Panesar 36 (245 for 9)
Kshemal Waingankar c Shaun Udal b Ian Blackwell 10 (251)
Amol Muzumdar retired out 15
