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1.4 to Powell, 52.8 mph, caught at short cover! Powell went forward and reached for the ball away from his body, playing the cover drive. He couldn't keep it along the ground but hit it hard straight at Gambhir. He didn't catch it on the first attempt and the ball bounced off his hands in front of him. He didn't catch it on the second try either, but grasped it with his left hand on the third while diving forward 0/1
29.2 to Bravo, 51.1 mph, Ashwin gets Bravo again, a tactic that Harbhajan uses so well against the left-handers in Tests, tossed up from round the stumps, dragging him forward in defence, he pushes outside the line for the turn, there isn't much and he is rapped on the pad, will have to wait for the replays, looked in line with the stumps in real time, umpire Tucker thought so too, replays show that struck him in line with off, fine decision 63/5
29.6 to Samuels, 58.1 mph, the carrom ball strikes now, outstanding control he has over this ball, flighted slowly on the off stump line, again drawing another batsman forward, he pushes inside the line this time and well within the pads, the ball goes away from him, and takes out off stump, the game turns after this double-wicket maiden 63/6
45.6 to Chanderpaul, 55.7 mph, Ashwin has got the big wicket, he had been bowling over the stumps to Chanders while going round the stumps to Darren Bravo, pitched it around leg and got it to turn across Chanders who pushed at it bat and pad together, the ball found the pad and umpire Tucker sent Chanders back 124/8
51.5 to Sammy, 59.0 mph, five-for on debut for R Ashwin, he has gone through Sammy with a carrom ball that hardly got up, Sammy was on the back foot and that allowed him no time to get his bat down as it skidded and took off 157/9
57.3 to Rampaul, 48.4 mph, Ashwin has his sixth wicket, Rampaul falls on his favoured slog sweep, the ball was a touch too full, he went ahead with the shot, Ojha was placed some way in from the deep midwicket boundary and took it easily 180/10
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26.6 to KA Edwards, 87.4 mph, whoa, Kirk, who has batted so well, shows the chequered flag to a length ball that takes out off stump, what a way for Umesh to get his maiden Test wicket, it was coming in with the angle, Kirk made the late decision to shoulder arms, holding the bat in the air after initially starting to lean forward, off stump was uprooted 53/4
38.1 to Baugh, 86.1 mph, second Test wicket for Umesh, India in to the tail now, Baugh gets a thick edge through to Dhoni, went for a big drive to one that was slanted across him slightly to begin with, but then moved in 84/7
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