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Turning Points

India v England - turning points

Turning points from day one of the third Test match between India and England being played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata

ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Dec-2012
Toss MS Dhoni and Alastair Cook walk out in their blazers. How Cook will he hoping he wins his first toss of the series. He calls "heads" and it lands "tails". That's three tosses out of three for Dhoni, and India are going to bat first. Dhoni feels the grass on the pitch will keep the pitch together, and will help quick bowlers in the first hour everyday. India have got Ishant Sharma in for Harbhajan Singh
10.1 Anderson to Sehwag, 2 runs, OUT, Sehwag unfurls those wrists. Oh my word. What has Gambhir done here? Run-outs and Eden. Always a story. This is whipped away to deep midwicket. Patel runs from deep square, puts the dive in, keeps the ball in. Finn chases with Patel to support him, and id there to collect the ball and throws it, but Gambhir doesn't want the third. He is ball-watching, Sehwag is almost a handshake away when he realises, he better run back to save his wicket. The throw, though, is accurate, and Sehwag is gone. Gambhir stands there emotionless. Sehwag trudges back. Early Christmas gift for England. Replays show Gambhir saying "no, no, no", but this was always three
V Sehwag run out 23 (26b 3x4 0x6) SR: 88.46
25.4 Panesar to Pujara, OUT, Monty, you beauty. Another ripper. On a flat wicket, against a batsman in form. He has done him in with an arm ball. That's superb bowling. People need to wake up to the new Monty. He is not as one-dimensional as he is made out to be. He has bowled three full and slow deliveries, drawing Pujara forward, before he bowls this arm ball, which almost seams back in, past the inside edge, and into the stumps. And what a jig he breaks into. Whistling, dancing, almost a Bhangra. Got to love Monty
CA Pujara b Panesar 16 (48b 2x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
58.1 Finn to Tendulkar, FOUR, and there goes the ball, and up goes the bat and the crowd - that's fifty for Tendulkar, a stray ball down the leg side flicked to long leg, runs for four and brings a first Test half-century since January 3, in Sydney
74.1 Anderson to Tendulkar, OUT, edged and what a catch! What a take down low with one hand and straight after drinks Tendulkar falls. It was a length ball that just shaped away from off stump, Tendulkar only came half-forward and got a healthy edge which flew down low to Prior's right, he got down quickly and claimed a beauty
SR Tendulkar c †Prior b Anderson 76 (155b 13x4 0x6) SR: 49.03

72.4 Anderson to Dhoni, FOUR, now this time he does connect, immense power through the wrists as he windmills his hands through a cut-cum-back-foot drive that rattles past cover to the boundary
88.3 Anderson to Ashwin, OUT, through him and bowled! Ashwin loses middle and off stumps, late on the delivery that shaped back a little into the pads. Trying to play from the crease again, Ashwin plopped forward and the new ball skidded onto him and hurried through his defence, he was playing a little across it
R Ashwin b Anderson 21 (43b 2x4 0x6) SR: 48.83