Published: Dec 17, 2012, 02:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 17, 2012, 02:14 PM (IST)
Jonathan Trott faced 310 delilveries to score 143 © Getty Images
Nagpur: Dec 17, 2012
Jonathan Trott fell after scoring a solid 143 before Tea on the final day of the Nagpur Test, ensuring that England seal a historic series win over India in the four-match Test series.
England were 310 for four, with an overall lead of 314 against a hapless Indian side, all set to win the Test series with one more session’s play remaining.
England inched closer to securing their first Test series victory on Indian soil in 28 years by reaching 240/3 in their second essay before lunch as the fourth and final Test dragged towards a tame draw in west India on Monday.
At lunch, the visitors had advanced from their overnight second innings score of 161 for 3 to take an overall lead of 244 over the home side. The English lead India 2-1.
Jonathan Trott was unconquered on 106, his eighth 100 in 38 Tests and first of the current series, after commencing the day at 66 while Ian Bell was not out on a fluent 61, his second half century in India.
Trott has played for five hours, faced 248 balls and hit 14 fours, while Bell has batted for 213 minutes, struck 10 fours in 160 balls and the duo has added 146 runs for the unfinished fourth wicket off 329 balls.
Brief Scores: England 330 & 310 for 4 (Jonathan Trott 143, Ian Bell 87*; R Ashwin 2 for 69) lead India 326 for 9 dec. (Virat Kohli 103, MS Dhoni 99; James Anderson 4 for 81, Graeme Swann 3 for 76) by 314 runs.
