If it weren’t for Ravi Ashwin’s batting unbeaten 83, India would have fallen to an innings defeat on day four of the third Test against England in Kolkata, but the all-rounder resisted England’s bowlers in the evening to drag the game into a final day. At stumps, India sat on 239 for nine, with a [...]

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If it weren’t for Ravi Ashwin’s batting unbeaten 83, India would have fallen to an innings defeat on day four of the third Test against

England fast bowler James Anderson celebrating

England in Kolkata, but the all-rounder resisted England’s bowlers in the evening to drag the game into a final day. At stumps, India sat on 239 for nine, with a slim lead of 32 and unlikely to prevent a loss come Sunday, but Ashwin’s knock, and Pragyan Ojha’s silent partnership with the bat, ensured India were spared the humiliation of an innings loss.

At one stage, India were 122 for six and staring down the barrel, before Ashwin arrived just before tea to frustrate the daylights out of Alastair Cook’s bowlers, much to the delight of the Eden Gardens fans.

In the morning, India conceded only 14 runs for the last four wickets as England were all out for 523, with a lead of 207. The ball turned appreciably, with Ojha and Ashwin taking three of the four England scalps, though the last one of Monty Panesar was given LBW when he’d picked up an edge onto the pad.

Scoreboard

India first innings 316

England – 1st Innings

(509 for 6 cont.)
Alastair Cook run out 190
Nick Compton lbw Ojha 57
Jonathan Trott c Dhoni b Ojha 87
Kevin Pietersen lbw Ashwin 54
Ian Bell c Dhoni b Ishant 5
Samit Patel c Sehwag b Ojha 33
Matt Prior c Dhoni b Khan 41
Graeme Swann c Sehwag v Ojha 21
Steve Finn not out 4
James Anderson c Sehwag b Ashwin 9
Monty Panesar lbw b Ashwin 0
Extras (5nb 4lb 13b) 22
Total: (all out in 167.3 overs) 523
FOW: 165/1 (Compton), 338/2 (Trott), 359/3 (Cook), 395/4 (Bell), 420/5 (Pietersen), 453/6 (Patel),, 510/7 (Swann), 510/8 (Prior), 523/9 (Anderson), 523/10 (Panesar)
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 31-6-94-1, Ishant Sharma 29-8-78-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 52.3-9-183-3, Pragyan Ojha 52-10-142-4, Yuvraj Singh 3-1-9-0

India – 2nd Innings

Gautham Gambhir c Prior b Finn 40
Virender Sehwag b Swann 49
Cheteshwar Pujara run out Bell 8
Sachin Tendulkar c Trott b Swann 5
Virat Kohli c Prior b Finn 20
Yuvraj Singh b Anderson 11
MS Dhoni c Cook b Anderson 0
Ravi Ashwin not out 83
Zaheer Khan lbw b Finn 0
Ishant Sharma b Panesar 10
Pragyan Ojha not out 3
Extras (4b 1lb) 5
Total ( For 9 wickets in 83 overs) 239
FOW: 86/1 (Sehwag), 98/2 (Pujara), 103/3 (Gambhir), 107/4 (Tendulkar), 122/5 (Yuvraj), 122/6 (Dhoni), 155/7 (Kohli), 159/8 (Khan), 197/9 (Sharma)
Bowling: James Anderson 15-4-38-2, Steve Finn 17-6-37-3, Monty Panesar 22-1-75-1, Graeme Swann 28-9-70-2, Samit Patel 1-0-9-0



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