What a day. Seemingly underachieved with the bat this morning, but England’s bowlers, inspired by the debutant Graeme Swann – who took two big wickets the last over before lunch, his first in test cricket, have fought back magnificently. This is shaping up to be a magnificent contest. There is a lot of cricket to be played, but England are ahead. If they can roll over the Indian’s early tomorrow England will have a crucial first innings lead, and the opportunity to set India a daunting run chase in the last day and a half. This is cricket at its best.
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December 12, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Some excellent cricket and some pretty ordinary cricket. I thought Harmison, Swaan and Freddy bowled really well but I was disappointed by Sehwag and Yuvraj’s callous strokeplay. The game is nicely setup and it will be interesting to see whether the pitch plays as badly as everyone seems to want to believe it will late tomorrow afternoon.