Haryana vs England XI, Practice match, Day 3: As it Happened

Live updates from the third day of the practice match between Haryana and England XI.

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ENGLAND (2nd innings) Overs: 38 II Score: 118/0 Jonathan Trott and Nick Compton took England XI’s score past 100 runs without any hiccups with each completing his half-century. At stumps on Day 3, Trott was unbeaten on 61 (117b, 10X4) while Compton was batting on 54 (111b, 7X4) ==================================================================================== ENGLAND (2nd innings) Overs: 22 II Score: 58/0 England were trudging along nicely with Jonathan Trott (23*) and Nick Compton (32*) in the middle. ==================================================================================== ENGLAND (2nd innings) Overs: 11 II Score: 31/0 ==================================================================================== Captain Alastair Cook sent Jonathan Trott in his place to open the England innings in their second dig against Haryana. The pair has added 31 runs so far. England XI have a lead of 219 runs with 10 wickets still in hand. ==================================================================================== TEA REPORT Rahul Dewan stood tall with an unbeaten hundred before Haryana folded for 333 against England XI at tea on the third day. Pacers Tim Bresnan and Stuart Meaker picked up three wickets apiece as Haryana ended 188 runs behind the visiting side. Rahul's 320-ball 144 stood out in the Haryana scorecard, in which the only other knock of relevance came from number three Sunny Singh (55). Reduced to 256 for seven at lunch, Haryana managed to cross 300 after Chanderpal Saini contributed 35 runs, which included seven boundaries. He shared an important 60-run partnership with Rahul, frustrating the visiting bowlers for quite some time. In the pre-lunch session, responding to the visitors' first innings total of 521, Haryana were done in by a middle-order collapse despite the strong start they made on Friday. Resuming at overnight 172 for four, the fall of wickets started pretty early for Haryana as Sandeep Singh departed after a 35-ball five, including a four. Amit Mishra (17) and Jayant Yadav (17) provided brief company to Rahul before falling to Stuart Meaker, who is in the team as cover for the injured Steven Finn. The regular fall of wickets, however, did little to affect Rahul's morale as he held one end. ==================================================================================== HARYANA Overs: 113.4 II Score: 333/10 Chanderpal Saini and Sanjay Budhwar were the final two wickets to fall on the third day of the practice game between Haryana and England XI. Saini was trapped in front by Meaker after he had scored 35 while Budhwar was caught by Cook off Pietersen for duck. Haryana fell short of the visitor's first innings total by 188 runs. ==================================================================================== HARYANA Overs: 97 II Score: 280/8 Samit Patel gave Haryana another blow by picking up his second wicket of the match in Amit Vashisht. He scored 16 (33b, 4X2) before being given out lbw. ==================================================================================== LUNCH REPORT Opener Rahul Dewan completed a patient hundred but found little support from the rest of the Haryana line-up as the team crawled to 256 for seven in their first innings against England XI at lunch on the third day of their practice match on Saturday. Responding to the visitors' first innings total of 521, Haryana were done in by a middle-order collapse despite the strong start they made yesterday. At the break, Rahul was unbeaten on 112 with Amit Vashisht (8) giving him company at the other end. Resuming at overnight 172 for four, the fall of wickets started pretty early for Haryana as Sandeep Singh departed after a 35-ball five, including a four. Amit Mishra (17) and Jayant Yadav (17) provided brief company to Rahul before falling to Stuart Meaker, who is in the team as cover for the injured Steven Finn. The regular fall of wickets, however, did little to affect Rahul's morale as he held one end. The opener has so far faced 267 deliveries in his 250-minute stay and has struck 14 boundaries. For England, pacers Tim Bresnan and Meaker did most of the damage by sharing five wickets between them -- three of them going in the former's kitty. ==================================================================================== HARYANA Overs: 90 II Score: 256/7 Haryana lost their seventh wicket in Jayant Yadav who was bowled by Stuart Meaker. He scored 17 (19b, 4X4). ==================================================================================== HARYANA Overs: 77 II Score: 218/6 Stuart Meaker snared Haryana skipper Amit Mishra for his first wicket of the match. Mishra was caught by keeper Matt Prior. He scored 17 (37b, 4X3) before departing. Haryana are still trailing England XI’s first innings’ total by 303 runs with four wickets in hand. ==================================================================================== HARYANA Over: 69.5 II Score: 199/5 Haryana lost the wicket of Sandeep Singh early on Day 3 of their practice game against England XI on Saturday. He fell to Tim Bresnan after being caught by Alastair Cook. He scored 5 (39b, 4X1). ==================================================================================== DAY 2: REVIEW Opener Rahul Dewan hit a fighting unbeaten half-century after bowlers shot out England in the morning session as Haryana put up an improved show against the visitors on the second day of the warm-up game in Ahmedabad on Friday. HARYANA Over: 61 II Score: 172/4 Haryana were trailing England XI’s first innings total by 249 runs with six wickets in hand. Rahul Dewan (77*) and Sandeep Singh (2*) were still in the middle. ==================================================================================== DAY 2 REPORT Haryana spinners took five of the six wickets that fell in the day although England scored at a brisk pace, adding 113 runs in 28.2 overs after resuming at 408 for three. FULL REPORT Speaking at the end of day`s play, Bresnan, who is vying for the third seamer`s slot, said, "The key to taking wickets on Indian pitches is to bowl straight. Or, (in a lighter vein) be a spinner." The track, Bresnan quipped, offered no bounce, seam or spin for bowlers to trouble the batsman. The Yorkshire pacer said it would be difficult to get 20 wickets on these pitches, adding that the wickets for the Tests would be no different. WITH PTI