England 198 (Z Khan 4-59) & 355 (M P Vaughan 124, P D Collingwood 63, A J Strauss 55, Z Khan 5-75) v India 481 (S R Tendulkar 91, S C Ganguly 79, K D Karthik 77, W Jaffer 62, V V S Laxman 54, M S Panesar 4-101) 10-0 Karthik 6* , Jaffer 3*
A fine century from Michael Vaughan is not likely to save England at Trent Bridge as Zaheer Khan's five-wicket haul has left India on the brink of victory.
A fine century from Michael Vaughan is not likely to save England at Trent Bridge as Zaheer Khan's five-wicket haul has left India on the brink of victory.
Zaheer Khan bowled India to the brink of a second Test win against England with an impressive five-wicket haul at Trent Bridge here Monday.
England, at tea on the fourth day, were 221 for three - still 62 runs shy of avoiding an innings defeat. Vaughan was 91 not out and Paul Collingwood 13 not out. The England skipper on-drove left-arm quick Rudra Pratap Singh in classical style to go to 98. And the Yorkshire batsman completed his 17th hundred in 69 Tests and his fourth against India with his 15th boundary, an elegant back-foot force through the covers off leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
Vaughan, whose highest Test score of 197 came against India at Trent Bridge five years ago, saw his rearguard action end as Khan struck twice in three balls with the new ball.Trying to turn Khan legside, Vaughan saw the ball hit his thigh pad, bounce down and trickle onto the stumps as he played on for 124. He faced 193 balls with 18 fours in nearly five hours at the crease.Two balls later new batsman Ian Bell, who'd been hit on the back of the head by a net bowler before play started Monday, was out for nought falling plumb lbw to Khan - the second most succesful bowler in English first-class cricket last season when he took 78 wickets for Worcestershire.
India, set 73 to win, were 10 without loss at stumps on the fourth day needing just a further 63 runs for only their fifth win in 47 Tests in England. England, who have gone 11 Test campaigns since last losing a series, the 2001 Ashes, on home soil were now looking at going 1-0 down with just the third and final Test at The Oval to come.
Dinesh Karthik was six not out and Wasim Jaffer three not out. Left-arm quick Khan took five for 75 in 27 overs as England were bowled out for 355 in their second innings. That gave the 28-year-old pace bowler Test best match figures of nine for 134 after his first innings return of four for 59.
England captain Michael Vaughan held India up with an elegant hundred but the second new ball proved England's undoing, their last seven wickets falling for 85 runs in 22 overs. Khan, whose first over with the new ball cost 13 runs, then took two wickets in his next three overs - all of them maidens.
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