Ind vs Eng: Suresh Raina scores fighting fifty

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="float: left;"><div id="sshow"><div class="cnt" style="display: inline; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 3px; width: 310px;"><div id="bellyad" style="padding-left: 3px;"><div class="mainimg1"><div style="float: left; position: relative;"><b><a href=""><img alt="James Anderson" border="0" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=9359945&width=300&resizemode=4" style="border: 4px solid rgb(225, 225, 225);" title="James Anderson" vspace="0" width="300" /></a><a href="" style="bottom: 7px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 11px; left: 275px; position: absolute;"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/5766056.cms" /></a></b></div><div class="zoomimg1" style="width: 300px;"><div style="color: #757575; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; padding-right: 5px; text-align: left;"><b>England's James Anderson celebrates with teammates after dismissing India's Rahul Dravid during the final day of the first Test match at Lord's. (Reuters Photo)</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96pogYKoSjbPmq3MU_UyqKzh4mYQuH5nhKdl6k8VcLzkQpAHJmpQo8KV6WflUPIvfbbQl0vRWuLNH3SVV1FAqkG3kAgZ4JVH71wOdmqcwNwHKC9NpYWrxmhV5hew4mYKA2LQgZRDwUdc/s1600/India+Vs.+England+Test+Series++TOLLYANDHRA+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96pogYKoSjbPmq3MU_UyqKzh4mYQuH5nhKdl6k8VcLzkQpAHJmpQo8KV6WflUPIvfbbQl0vRWuLNH3SVV1FAqkG3kAgZ4JVH71wOdmqcwNwHKC9NpYWrxmhV5hew4mYKA2LQgZRDwUdc/s320/India+Vs.+England+Test+Series++TOLLYANDHRA+2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="Normal"><b> NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar fell to England pacer <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/James-Anderson">James Anderson</a> leaving <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/India">India</a> depleted at 165/5 on Day 5 of the first Test match at <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lord%27s">Lord's</a> on Monday. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://card.cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/England-vs-India/flashsc/matchid-1337.cms"> Scorecard </a></b> <b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> | </span><a href="http://card.cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/England-vs-India/hawkeye/matchid-1337.cms"> Hawk-eye </a></b> <b><br /> <br /> It was a perfect set-up by Anderson, got the in-swinger going and catching Tendulkar half forward, it dipped back to him sharply, moved past the defence and caught him plumb in-front of the wicket. </b> <b><br /> <br /> England produced a dominating bowling performance to reduce India to 142/4 at lunch. </b> <b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/VVS-Laxman">VVS Laxman</a></b> <b> and Gautam Gambhir fell in quick succession as India's star-studded top order stutter in pursuit of 458 runs. <br /> <br /> The first session on the last day belonged firmly to England. They have managed to pries out three important wickets. The three dismissed were arguably the best players for India in the fourth innings and two of them, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid, perished to poor shots. </b> <b><br /> <br /> Swann bowled a beauty of a delivery, it was sliding on from round the wicket, Gambhir was hit on the pad first and that looked pretty plumb to the naked eye. </b> <b><br /> <br /> Anderson strike once again after taking the wicket of Rahul Dravid. It was a short ball and Laxman went for the pull, did not bother to keep it down though and it went straight to Bell at mid-wicket, he took it just over his head and Laxman perished after getting a good start. </b> <b><br /> <br /> James Anderson won the duel when </b> <b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Rahul-Dravid">Rahul Dravid</a> chased an away going ball to hand a catch to <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Matt-Prior">Matt Prior</a>. <br /> <br /> There was just a lapse of concentration on the part of Dravid, as he fished at a ball going away from him to give a simple catch to England's wicketkeeper. </b> <b><br /> <br /> India, at the close of the fourth day, were 80 for one in their second innings. They need a further 378 in a minimum of 98 overs on Monday's final day to reach their victory target - a run-rate of 3.85 an over. </b> <b><br /> <br /> This is the 2,000th Test of all-time and no side has ever scored more in the fourth innings to win a match than the West Indies' 418 for seven against Australia in Antigua in 2002/03. </b> <b><br /> <br /> Dravid, who made 103 not out in India's first innings, was unbeaten on 34 having opened in place of Gautam Gambhir who was injured fielding at short leg earlier in the day, at stumps. </b> <b><br /> <br /> Laxman was 32 not out, with the experienced duo's stand so far worth 61. </b> <b><br /> <br /> Prior, who came in with England having collapsed to 62 for five, said: "I think we're probably just ahead." </b> <b><br /> <br /> It was Prior's sixth century in 44 Tests and second in as many at Lord's following his 126 against </b> <b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Sri-Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> last month. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Stuart-Broad">Stuart Broad</a></b> <b>, who'd led England's attack with four for 37 in India's first innings, gave Prior excellent support in an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 162 at nearly a run-a-ball as India's depleted attack toiled on a sunny day. <br /> <br /> Broad, who bats left-handed but bowls right, demonstrated his all-round ability with a fluent 74 not out off 90 balls including nine fours. </b> </div></div>

Ind vs Eng: Suresh Raina scores fighting fifty

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