Jul 17, 2014
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(After a draw at Trent Bridge, India will be up against England on a much livelier wicket at Lord’s. Catch live cricket score and live updates of the match here)
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A fine day for India. On a lush green wicket, India were always going to be in trouble. But this is a top-class innings from Ajinkya Rahane scoring his second ton to get his name on the Lord’s Honours Board. India were 145 for seven at one stage. Bhuvneshwar Kumar yet again starred for India.
India’s balcony rise to applaud Rahane as he makes his way from the field after hitting a century https://t.co/wQX68Z3moi #EngvInd #IndvsEng
— Indian Cricket Team (@IndianCricNews) July 17, 2014
Super knock by Rahane: the Mumbai tradition of batting not over yet! Gnight, shubhratri.
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 17, 2014
This kid Bhuvn is luvly uncomplicated Crktr both w/bat & ball!Nothing seems 2 disturb his simple attitude of doing his best simply….!!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) July 17, 2014
The last Indian before Ajinkya Rahane to score a 50+ on first appearance at Lord’s: Virender Sehwag 84 in 2002 #EngvInd
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 17, 2014
.@StuartBroad8 & @jimmy9 have a joint Test wicket-taking record that stands alongside the giants of the game #engvind pic.twitter.com/xSZxHC7X7m
— Indian Cricket Team (@IndCricketTeam) July 17, 2014
WICKET! Seven down for India but hawkeye shows it was going over the top. 145-7. http://t.co/wciM3yGYuL #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/kzk98xKDYo
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 17, 2014
Stuart Broad becomes second England player after Ian Botham to aggregate 2000 runs & 250 wickets in Test cricket. #EngvInd
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 17, 2014
Stat: Stuart broad has completed 250 Test wickets
Stat: James Anderson with 16 wickets has the most number of scalps at Lord’s against India going past Alec Bedser
It’s a rare sight to see a bowler getting through Pujara’s defence cleanly. This is one of those.
WICKET! Stokes takes out Pujara’s middle stump for 28! India 113-4. http://t.co/wciM3yGYuL #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/7DZY8FOppf
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 17, 2014
you often hear the expression “nipped in the bud”. that was kohli’s innings. nipped in the bud. promised so much!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 17, 2014
Read the Lunch Report from Day One here
Stat: None since 1993 Ashes have stitched a century stand for the opening wicket against England at Lord’s
No matter how bowling friendly the pitch is,there ain’t any substitute fr common Crkt sense!Eng line/length nt complimenting curator’s job!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) July 17, 2014
The last bowler to start an inns with 5 consecutive maidens for England was P Martin v SA at Port Elizabeth 1995.
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) July 17, 2014
The pitch is sure to take the honours on Day One!
The greenest wicket I’ve ever seen at Lords! Should be a fun game after a while.
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 17, 2014
Most Test wkts in Eng Anderson 230 Aus Warne 319 Ind Kumble 350 NZ Hadlee 201 Pak Qadir 168 SA Ntini 249 SL Murali 493 WI Walsh 229 #EngvInd
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 17, 2014
Well. the track is green enough to attract the eyeballs from around the world… As an opener, this is the last wicket you want’s to bat on. Seems that’s the tone of Warner’s tweet!
Looks like a belter of a wicket at lords Baha!!
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 17, 2014
Stat: Anderson has equaled Ian Botham with 69 wickets at Lord’s. He has picked the most wickets in England with 230 wickets moving past Fred Trueman (229)
As scheduled, Rahul Dravid rings the five-minute bell to mark the beginning of the match…
India legend Rahul Dravid gets the game underway #EngvInd https://t.co/jDO1rcAKYc
— Lord’s Ground (@HomeOfCricket) July 17, 2014
Toss: England have won the toss and have elected to bowl on this green surface. Both sides are unchanged.
Playing XI
India: M Vijay, S Dhawan, C Pujara, V Kohli, A Rahane, MS Dhoni (c&wk), S Binny, R Jadeja, M Shami, B Kumar, Ishant.
England: S Robson, A Cook (c), G Ballance, I Bell, J Root, M Ali, B Stokes, M Prior (wk), S Broad, J Anderson, L Plunkett.
Both captains keeping aside the Anderson-Jadeja row. But the pressure is on India. It’s a green wicket and for the first time in the series England will feel at home. On an average teams have managed 70-odd runs in the first session losing two wickets. India will be happy to reach there looking at the wicket.
Here is a picture of English team train at the Nursery Ground.
The pitch seem to be getting less greener each and every minute!
Here it is. The Lord’s pitch. What do you think? #EngvInd https://t.co/wEbYAH5NVv
— Lord’s Ground (@HomeOfCricket) July 17, 2014
Former England cricketer Isa Guha tweeted a picture of the Lord’s pitch and it looks to be a good news for bowlers!
It’s green!!! ‘Bowlers breath a sigh if relief’ #engvind pic.twitter.com/5Fe0xluctb
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) July 17, 2014
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the India vs England second Test at Lord’s. I am Abhijit Banare and I will be bringing the live updates of the match. It was an interesting clash at Trent Bridge which ended in a tame draw. But there were many ups and downs as both teams grabbed the momentum thanks to the respective 10th-wicket partnerships. The pitch at Nottingham was a dull affair and the curator received a lot of flak. However, things will be different at Lord’s as the wicket as some green tinge and the batsmen will certainly be tested.
There were many positives for India from the first Test. The bowlers were on the mark, Murali Vijay soothed the nerves of the team management over the opening conundrum and of course the all-round show of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. For England though, Joe Root’s form and the use of reverse swing by James Anderson and Stuart Broad were impressive.
However, there will be some tensions between both teams at the back of the Anderson-Jadeja row. Both teams have shot criticism and lodged official complaints against each other. With none willing to let go off the argument, it will be interesting to see how they manage to keep aside the controversy and focus on the game. But there will be no love lost between Anderson and the Indian team.
It’s unlikely that the Indian team is going to make any changes in the playing XI. According to the correspondent on ground, Gaurav Joshi, Ashwin was not an active participant during India’s net session. However, it will be interesting to see if England are forced to include left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan thinking about the absence of a specialist spinner. Catch the Preview of the match here
Squads:
India: MS Dhoni (c&wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Varun Aaron, Pankaj Singh, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishwar Pandey, Stuart Binny, Mohammed Shami.
England: Alastair Cook (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Matt Prior (wk), Sam Robson, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Simon Kerrigan.
Catch live score and ball-by-ball commentary of the second Test here