Friday, November 9, 2012

Haryana vs England XI, Practice match, Day 2, As it Happened


Over: 61 II Score: 172/4

Haryana were trailing England XI’s first innings total by 249 runs with six wickets in hand. Rahul Dewan (77*) and Sandeep Singh (2*) were still in the middle.
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Over: 57 II Score: 167/4

Haryana were four wickets down in their first innings after losing the wickets of Abhimanyu Khod and Sachin Rana. Khod (3) fell to Bresnan after being caught by Trott while Rana (7) was trapped in front by Monty Panesar.
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HARYANA: Over: 41 II Score: 129/2

Haryana lost their second wicket in Sunny Singh who was caught by Trott off Samit Patel. He scored 55 (74b, 4X11) while adding 97 runs for the second wicket with Rahul Dewan. Abhimanyu Khod is the new batsman in the middle.
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TEA

Haryana responded strongly to England XI's mammoth first innings total of 521 by reaching 103 for one at tea on the second day.

At the break, Rahul Dewan (42) and Sunny Singh (46) were at the crease for Haryana.

Nitin Saini (13) was the lone wicket to fall in the post-lunch session. Saini was dismissed by pacer Tim Bresnan after a 26-ball stay in which he struck three boundaries.

But his departure did not hurt the team much as Rahul and Sunny put on 76 runs for the second wicket. Rahul was the more patient of the two, taking 100 deliveries for his innings which included seven boundaries.

Sunny's 46 came off 67 balls and was studded with nine hits to the fence.

Earlier, England were bowled out for 521 after Samit Patel struck a fluent half-century.

There was a much-improved performance from Haryana bowlers who, after toiling hard for three wickets yesterday, picked up seven in one session today, with skipper Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav sharing four each.

Patel scored 67 off 105 balls and found the fence 13 times at the Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Motera.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior had earlier scored a quick-fire 41 off 36 balls -- his knock contained five boundaries.

Resuming at overnight 408 for three, England lost Ian Bell for addition of 20 runs, before the duo of Patel and Prior pushed the hosts on the backfoot with a partnership of 69 runs for fifth wicket.

Bell scored 62 off 99 balls and his knock was studded with seven fours and three sixes.

Prior's dismissal by Yadav, however, triggered a collapse that saw five wickets going down for just 14 runs.

Patel tried to frustrate the host bowlers till Yadav had him caught.

HARYANA: Over: 18 II Score: 67/1

Sunny Singh and Rahul Dewan are in the middle for Haryana and have taken their team’s score to 67/1. Singh has scored 19 (21b, 4X4) while Dewan is batting on 33 (62b, 4X7).


HARYANA: Over: 10 II Score: 42/1

Tim Bresnan gave Haryana an early blow after removing opener Nitin Saini early. Saini was caught by Nick Compton after he had scored just 13.

LUNCH REPORT

England were bowled out for 521 at lunch after Samit Patel struck a fluent half-century on day two of their third and final warm-up match against Haryana.

There was a much-improved performance from Haryana bowlers who, after toiling hard for three wickets on Thursday, picked up seven in one session on Friday, with skipper Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav sharing four each.

Patel scored 67 off 105 balls and found the fence 13 times at the Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Motera.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior had earlier scored a quick-fire 41 off 36 balls -- his knock contained five boundaries.

Resuming at overnight 408 for three, England lost Ian Bell for addition of 20 runs, before the duo of Patel and Prior pushed the hosts on the backfoot with a partnership of 69 runs for fifth wicket.


Bell scored 62 off 99 balls and his knock was studded with seven fours and three sixes.

Prior's dismissal by Yadav, however, triggered a collapse that saw five wickets going down for just 14 runs.

Patel tried to frustrate the host bowlers till Yadav had him caught.

Star batsman Kevin Pietersen had on Thursday prepared himself for the upcoming four-match Test series against India, starting November 15, with a strokeful 110 even as skipper Alastair Cook missed out on his second consecutive ton.

Pietersen smashed a 94-ball 110 before retiring hurt to let his colleagues get some batting practice as England finished day one of the game on a commanding note.

Left-handed Cook, who did not play against Mumbai 'A' in the visiting side's last practice game, yet again batted splendidly but missed out on his century by three runs after electing to bat.


ENGLAND: Over: 118.2 II Score: 521/10

Tweakers Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav took four wickets apiece as England XI registered 521/10 in their first innings against Haryana. The visitors lost their last five batsmen in a space of just five overs while adding just four runs to the total.


ENGLAND: Over: 114 II Score: 517/6

England lost the wicket of Matt Prior and Tim Bresnan in quick succession. Both the wickets went to Jayant Yadav - the former being stumped off while the latter caught by Rahul Dewan. Prior scored a quick 41 (36b, 4X5, 6X2) while Bresnan could only score 3 (15b).

ENGLAND: Over: 106 II Score: 484/4

Samit Patel continued his good run with the bat as he completed his fifty against Haryana in the practice match being played in Ahmedabad. Along with Matt Prior, he has so far added 46 runs for the fifth wicket. He was batting on 55 (80b, 4X11) while his partner was on 22 (24b, 4X3, 6X1).


ENGLAND: Over: 100 II Score: 444/4

England lost the wicket of Ian Bell who was caught by wicketkeeper Nitin Saini off Sachin Rana. Bell scored 62 (99b, 4X7, 3X6). Matt Prior is the new man

ENGLAND: Over: 90 II Score: 408/3

Star England batsman Kevin Pietersen prepared himself for the upcoming Test series with a strokeful 110 against Haryana in visitors` final warm up game even as skipper Alastair Cook missed out on his second consecutive ton, here on Thursday.

Pietersen smashed a 94-ball 110 before retiring hurt to let his colleagues get some batting practice as England reached a strong 408 for three on day one of the game.

Left-handed Cook, who did not play against Mumbai A, yet again batted splendidly but missed out on his century by three runs after electing to bat.

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