India vs England, 1st Test at Nagpur, Mar 01 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary

and Harmison strikes back! yorker on the stumps, Harbhajan plays all over it and the ball crashes into the woodwork, India six down

and it seems they are still going for a win, good length delivery outside the off stump, Harbhajan swings across and connects well and the ball flies away to the midwicket fence

good length delivery on the middle and off stump line, watchfully played down to mid-on, is the chase over?

on the pads, Harbhajan stays back and chips it away to deep midwicket

good length delivery outside the off stump, Tendulkar opens the face of the bat and drives it through cover point

another probing delivery, played straight to the fielder at midwicket, probably came off the inner half of the bat

good length delivery, tight delivery, defended on the back-foot

short of a good length delivery, coming in with the angle, punched down to long-on, easy single

good length delivery outside the off stump, driven away well wide of the cover fielder, easy single to end the over

pitched up and Harbhajan drives it straight back, Harmison kicks it up with his boot and threatens to throw it back

defended outside the off stump

short of a good length delivery outside the off stump and Dhoni flat bats it straight to Strauss at long-off, hit it too well and the ball carried all the way to the fielder in the deep, Harmison with the much needed breakthrough

another short delivery outside the off stump, cut away behind point, Collingwood moves across quickly and cuts off the single, excellent piece of fielding that

short of a good length delivery, close to the off stump line, Dhoni swings hard but makes no contact

take that! tossed up outside the leg stump, turning across the right-hander, Tendulkar dances down the track, gets well inside the line and plunders it over the cover fielder, can't set a field for that! 250 comes up for India

full and drifting down the leg side, Dhoni stays back and dabs it down to short fine leg, quick single taken

drifting down the leg side, Dhoni makes no contact, ball clips the pad and rolls away fine, two more added to the total

makes room, gets well inside the line and turns it away through square leg for a single

on the middle and leg stump line, Tendulkar goes low down and slogs it away to the square leg fence, good clean hit, back-to-back fours and the pressure is on the bowler now.

tossed up and turning across from outside the leg stump, Tendulkar leans well forward, changes his grips quickly and dabs it away behind the stumps on the off side, desperate dive in the deep ends in vain