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- Updated: December 17, 2016
Tea England 452 for 8 (Dawson 55*, Broad 17*, Jadeja 3-101) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
A century stand for the eighth wicket between Adil Rashid and the debutant Liam Dawson set England’s innings back in order after a shaky second morning and lifted their total past 450. They came together at 321 for 7, after their side had lost three wickets for 37 runs at the start of play, and scored half-centuries that reiterated the depth of England’s batting. Umesh Yadav dismissed Rashid for 60 six overs before tea, but India were still to get past Dawson, who was batting on 55 at the break with Stuart Broad with him on 17.
The eighth-wicket pair had begun cautiously before lunch, scoring 31 in 15.2 overs. Dawson had been the dominant partner, shrugging off a nasty welcome to Test cricket – an Ishant Sharma bouncer that followed him as he tried to sway and clattered the badge of his helmet – and moving to 27 with three fours: a flick off Umesh, a square-cut off R Ashwin, and a cover drive, against the turn, off an Amit Mishra googly. Rashid, in that time, had …
