India take 308 runs lead at tea

Nottingham – India took a massive lead of 308 runs as they reached 347 for eight in their second innings at tea on the fifth day of the first cricket Test against England at the Trent Bridge here Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was batting on 31 and Ishant Sharma on five at the break. Stuart Binny struck a fine 78, his debut half-century.

India (first innings) 457

England (first innings) 496

India (second innings, overnight 167/3)

Murali Vijay c Prior b Ali 52

Shikhar Dhawan c & b Ali 29

Cheteshwar Pujara c Stokes b Plunkett 55

Virat Kohli lbw b Broad 8

Ajinkya Rahane c Prior b Broad 24

Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Plunkett 11

Ravindra Jadeja c Prior b Anderson 31

Stuart Binny lbw Ali 78

Bhuvneshwar Kumar batting 31

Ishant Sharma batting 5

Extras (b 9, lb 7, nb 7) 23

Total (for eight wickets in 107 overs) 347

Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Dhawan, 11.4 overs), 2-140 (Vijay, 40.6), 3-140 (Pujara, 41.1), 4-168 (Kohli, 49.3), 5-173 (Rahane, 51.1), 6-184 (Dhoni, 61.1), 7-249 (Jadeja, 82.1), 8-340 (Binny, 101.6)

Bowling:

James Anderson 21-8-47-1

Stuart Broad 21-7-50-2

Liam Plunkett 20-1-85-2

Moeen Ali 21-2-86-3

Ben Stokes 18-3-60-0

Joe Root 6-3-3-0