A day of tumbling wickets

Jul 20, 2007

At the start of the day it was doubtful there would be any play at all after a thunderstorm struck London last night•Getty Images

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Not for long though... from the first ball of his next over Zaheer had Pietersen caught behind again.. this time cleanly•Getty Images

Tennis great, Boris Becker, was among those spotted at Lord's on day two•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Sachin Tendulkar joined Wasim Jaffer at the crease in the 12th over. Their 50-run partnership came in the 31st over•Getty Images

Sourav Ganguly joined him at the fall of Tendulkar•Getty Images

But an impressive drainage system, helped to some extent by the Super Sopper, got the ground ready for a 1.15 local time start•Getty Images

Then Zaheer Khan had Kevin Pietersen caught behind but replays indicated the ball hit the turf before Dhoni snapped it up. lndia appealed and Simon Taufel raised the finger •Getty Images

Sreesanth took 3 for 67 •Getty Images

Indian openers failed to give their side a solid start as Dinesh Karthik fell for five in the ninth over to Ryan Sidebottom•Getty Images

But Tendulkar fell on 37 - his highest score at Lord's - trapped leg before by James Anderson•Getty Images

Jaffer's patient knock was brought to an end by Chris Tremlett who took a diving catch off his own bowling and removed the Indian opener for 58•Getty Images

Pietersen walked and was called back from near the ropes. The third umpire was referred he was declared NOT OUT•Getty Images

England were bowled out for 298, having added only 30 runs to their overnight total•Getty Images

Yet another blow to India when captain Rahul Dravid was dismissed for two by James Anderson•Getty Images

Jaffer got to his seventh Test fifty off 100 balls•Getty Images

Jaffer became Tremlett's first Test wicket•Getty Images