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- Updated: November 18, 2016
India 415 for 7 (Ashwin 47*, Jayant 26*) v England Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Moeen Ali revived England’s fortunes in the second Test at Visakhapatnam – but at the same time served as a harbinger of the challenge to come – by claiming three quick wickets in the second hour of the morning to undermine India’s dominant position.
By lunch on the second day, India had slipped from their overnight 317 for 4 to 415 for 7, with R Ashwin marshalling the lower order with 47 not out, albeit he was lucky to survive a drop at slip by Ben Stokes when he had made 17.
However, that reprieve, while coming as something of a surprise – Stokes has one of the safest pairs of hands in the world game – soon turned out to be an opportune error from England’s point of view.
The chance, which had flown sharply to Stokes’ right as Ashwin slashed at a big turner from Moeen, ricocheted off his knee and allowed the batsmen to cross for a single. One ball …