England vs India 2014 - 5th Test, Day 1: England's fast bowlers destroy Indian batting again

MS Dhoni hits a six on the first day of the 5^th Test between England and India at The Oval

London, Aug 15 (IANS) Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the fightback with a gritty 82 before India were bowled out for 148 by England shortly after tea on the first day of the fifth and the final cricket Test at The Oval here on Friday.

England were 62 for no loss in the first innings and trailed India by 86 runs at stumps. Alastair Cook was batting on 24 and Sam Robson on 33 when the stumps were drawn.

Earlier, Indian batsmen cut a sorry figure again after they were put in by England captain Alastair Cook.

England pacers -- Chris Jordan (3/32) and Chris Woakes (3/30) were the chief destructors while James Anderson (2/51) and a fit-again Broad (2/27) put on a spirited performance to blow away the top Indian batting order.

Indian batsmen were done in by swing the England bowlers got under overcast conditions.

Besides Dhoni, only Murali Vijay (18) and Ravichandran Ashwin (13) could get to double figures.

Put in, after a delayed start due to a heavy outfield, India found themselves at the receiving end of the fury of English pacers as half the side was back in the pavilion for 36 runs in the 19th over and struggling at 43 for five at lunch.

Dhoni waged a lone battle and his valiant 82 was studded with 15 fours and a six. The India captain got support from No.11 Ishant Sharma (7 not out) as they added 58 runs for the last wicket.

Anderson removed Gautam Gambhir in the first over of the day for a duck. Gambhir decided against playing the delivery at the last moment but the ball kissed the hanging, open face and sailed through to wicket-keeper Jos Butler.

Broad, who appeared in no discomfort playing with a broken nose, struck in the next over to get rid of Cheteshwar Pujara (4) as the ball sneaked through the gap between bat and pad and clipped the top flap of his pad and kissed his arm before rattling the timber.

Chris Jordan struck in his successive overs to remove Virat Kohli (6) and Ajinkya Rahane to leave India at 28 for four.

Murali Vijay finally ran out of patience in the 19th over and fell to Chris Woakes after Joe Root took a good juggling catch at gully.

Stuart Binny (5) fell soon after the lunch break as he edged Broad to Cook in first slip.

Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5) departed in quick succession before Varun Aaron (1) became Waokes' third victim of the day.

India first innings

Murali Vijay c Root b Woakes 18

Gautam Gambhir c Buttler b Anderson 0

Cheteshwar Pujara b Broad 4

Virat Kohli lbw Jordan 6

Ajinkya Rahane c&b Jordan 0

Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Woakes b Broad 82

Stuart Binny c Cook b Anderson 5

Ravichandran Ashwin c Root b Woakes 13

Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Buttler b Jordan 5

Varun Aaron c&b Woakes 1

Ishant Sharma not out 7

Extras (b 6, lb 1) 7

Total (all out in 61.1 overs) 148

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Gambhir, 0.4 overs), 2-10 (Pujara, 5.6), 3-26 (Kohli, 13.4), 4-28 (Rahane, 15.6), 5-36 (Vijay, 18.5), 6-44 (Binny, 30.3), 7-68 (Ashwin, 36.4), 8-79 (Kumar, 39.1), 9-90 (Aaron, 44.5)

Bowling

James Anderson 17-4-51-2

Stuart Broad 15.1-4-27-2

Chris Jordan 14-7-32-3

Chris Woakes 14-7-30-3

Moeen Ali 1-0-10

England first innings

Alastair Cook batting 24

Sam Robson batting 33

Extras (b 4, w 1) 5

Total (for no loss in 19 overs) 62

Bowling

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7-1-25-0

Ishant Sharma 7-2-12-0

Varun Aaron 3-0-14-0

Stuart Binny 2-0-7-0