England v India, 3rd Test: Back in form Alastair Cook takes England to 183/1 at tea

Southampton, July 27 (IANS): England made 183 for one in their first innings at tea on the first day of the third cricket Test against India at The Rose Bowl here on Sunday.

Skipper Alastair Cook was batting on 82 and Garry Ballance 72 when tea was called.

Scorecard:

England 1st innings:

Alastair Cook batting 82

Sam Robson c Jadeja b Shami 26

Gary Ballance batting 72

Extras (b 1, lb 5) 6

Total (for one wicket in 63 overs) 186

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Robson, 20.5 overs)

Bowling:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 18-5-50-0

Mohammed Shami 12-2-41-1

Pankaj Singh 13-2-41-0

Rohit Sharma 6-0-21-0

Ravindra Jadeja 13-2-24-0

Shikhar Dhawan 1-0-3-0

Toss: England, who chose to bat

Test debuts: Jos Buttler (England), Pankaj Singh (India)

Umpires: Marias Erasmus (South Africa) and Rod Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire: Rob Bailey

Match referee: David Boon (Australia)