England were bowled out for 521 at lunch after Samit Patel struck a fluent half-century on day two of their third and final warm-up match against Haryana, here today.
There was a much-improved performance from Haryana bowlers who, after toiling hard for three wickets yesterday, picked up seven in one session today, with skipper Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav sharing four each.
Patel scored 67 off 105 balls and found the fence 13 times at the Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Motera.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior had earlier scored a quick-fire 41 off 36 balls — his knock contained five boundaries.
Resuming at overnight 408 for three, England lost Ian Bell for addition of 20 runs, before the duo of Patel and Prior pushed the hosts on the backfoot with a partnership of 69 runs for fifth wicket.
Bell scored 62 off 99 balls and his knock was studded with seven fours and three sixes.
Prior’s dismissal by Yadav, however, triggered a collapse that saw five wickets going down for just 14 runs.
Patel tried to frustrate the host bowlers till Yadav had him caught.
Star batsman Kevin Pietersen had yesterday prepared himself for the upcoming four-match Test series against India, starting November 15, with a strokeful 110 even as skipper Alastair Cook missed out on his second consecutive ton.
Pietersen smashed a 94-ball 110 before retiring hurt to let his colleagues get some batting practice as England finished day one of the game on a commanding note.
Left-handed Cook, who did not play against Mumbai ‘A’ in the visiting side’s last practice game, yet again batted splendidly but missed out on his century by three runs after electing to bat.
Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the four-day practice match between Haryana and England XI.
England XI 1st innings
Alastair Cook c Sandeep b Yadav 97
Nick Compton lbw b Mishra 74
Jonathan Trott lbw b Mishra 46
Kevin Pietersen retired hurt 110
Ian Bell c N Saini b Rana 62
Samit Patel c C Saini b Yadav 67
Matt Prior st Sandeep b Yadav 41
Tim Bresnan c Dewan b Yadav 3
S Meaker c & b Mishra 0
Graham Onions b Mishra 2
Monty Panesar not out 0
Extras (B-11, LB-1, W-4, NB-3) 19
Total (all out; 118.2 overs) 521
Fall of wickets: 1-166, 2-211, 3-247, 4-438, 5-507, 6-517, 7-518, 8-520, 9-521
Bowling: S Budhwar 17-3-73-0, A Vashisht 26-2-129-0, S Rana 25-8-66-1, C Saini 10-2-64-0, J Yadav 23-3-110-4, A Mishra 17.2-1-67-4.
PTI