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Last Updated: Feb 18th, 2008 - 14:39:01 |
MOHALI, India (Reuters) - England captain Andrew Flintoff claimed four wickets to restrict India to a 38-run first innings lead on the fourth day of the rain-hit second test on Sunday.
India were all out for 338 in reply to England's first innings 300 all out when early tea was called.
Anil Kumble (32) and Harbhajan Singh (36) added 53 runs for the eighth wicket after going into lunch on 269-7.
Indian skipper Rahul Dravid was out for 95 and Irfan Pathan scored 52, adding 76 runs for the sixth wicket, in the morning.
Flintoff broke up their dangerous partnership by removing them both in the space of three overs of consistent pace and then removed Harbhajan to end the late order resistance.
He forced Dravid to play a sharp darting delivery onto the stumps when he was five runs short of his 23rd test hundred and then dismissed the well-set Pathan for 52.
His double strike capped a splendid display by the England fast bowlers on a good Mohali pitch, although a result looked doubtful after the first two days were marred by poor weather.
The Indian innings ended when young seamer Liam Plunkett yorked Kumble.
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Flintoff returned four for 96 after top-scoring with 70 in the England innings, to further boost his injury-depleted side.
Dravid, 33, played a typically patient knock to anchor the Indian innings after they had resumed on 149 for four.
The 33-year-old Karnataka batsman dug in for almost five-and-half-hours and struck 10 fours, including three in one over off seamer Liam Plunkett.
Flintoff and Steve Harmison used the short ball to shock the home batsmen. Harmison and Matthew Hoggard took two wickets apiece.
Harmison struck in the second over of the day, forcing the aggressive Mahendra Dhoni (12) to glove a lifting delivery to wicketkeeper Geraint Jones.
Harmison seemed unlucky not to strike again after he shook new batsman Pathan, on nine, with another rising ball.
His confident appeal for caught behind was turned down by umpire Simon Taufel, but television replays suggested the ball had grazed the face of the bat.
The left-handed batsman struck five fours and lofted left-arm spinner Monty Panesar over long-off for six to reach his sixth test fifty.
About 20 minutes of play was lost in the morning due to bad light.
The first test in Nagpur ended in a draw. The third and final test starts in Mumbai on Saturday.
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