England took a lead of 28 runs as they went into lunch on Day 4 while batting at 485/9 in the first Test against India at Trent Bridge here Saturday.
Resuming the day at 352/9, the hosts piled on 133 runs in 34 overs in the morning session to go well past India’s first innings total of 457.
Joe Root is unbeaten on 143 while No.11 James Anderson is batting on 81 not out.
The following is the scoreboard at lunch on Day 4 of the first Test between India and England being played at Trent Bridge here Saturday:
India (first innings) 457
England (first innings, overnight 352/9)
Alastair Cook b Shami 5
Sam Robson lbw Sharma 59
Gary Ballance lbw Sharma 71
Ian Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 25
Joe Root batting 143
Moeen Ali c Dhawan b Shami 14
Matt Prior c Dhoni b Kumar 5
Ben Stokes c Dhoni b Kumar 0
Stuart Broad lbw Kumar 47
Liam Plunkett b Kumar 7
James Anderson batting 81
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 13) 28
Total (nine wickets in 140 overs) 485
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Cook, 3.3 overs), 2-134 (Robson, 49.3), 3-154 (Ballance, 55.3), 4-172 (Bell, 59.5), 5-197 (Ali, 69.2), 6-202 (Prior, 70.3), 7-202 (Stokes, 70.5), 8-280 (Broad, 84.4), 9-298 (Plunkett, 91.3)
Bowling
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 28-8-77-4
Mohammed Shami 29-3-128-2
Ishant Sharma 36-3-144-3
Ravindra Jadeja 35-5-80-0
Stuart Binny 10-0-37-0
Murali Vijay 2-0-8-0
(IANS)