Cricket:England enjoyed another dominant day against India by bowling the tourists out for 224 on the first day of the third test at Edgbaston before closing on 84 without loss. Andrew Strauss, (52) and Alastair Cook (27) were in complete control by close of play after India's bowlers were unable to exact any kind of control.
Strauss raised England's 50 with a square cut for four off Shanthakumaran Sreesanth for his seventh boundary that took him to 31. He later registered his own half-century 13 balls from the close, his first test fifty of the English summer.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni raised India's spirits with an enterprising 77 from 96 balls, leading a fightback from 111 for seven after lunch. Dhoni and Praveen Kumar (26) added a run-a-ball 84 for the eighth wicket to frustrate England. Tim Bresnan (four for 62) and Stuart Broad (four for 53) shared the wickets.
India, 2-0 down in the series, started badly. They lost veteran opener Virender Sehwag to his first ball. Sehwag gloved a shortish Broad delivery that he attempted to leave only to see it seam back into him and flick his glove. Umpire Steve Davis said not out initially but England's decision review was vindicated courtesy of the hot-spot technology.
Gautam Gambhir (38), who started positively with seven boundaries, tried to drive Bresnan through the covers only to lose his leg stump off the inside edge.
Sachin Tendulkar (1), still seeking his 100th international century, received a standing ovation from a near 25,000 capacity crowd. England captain Andrew Strauss immediately replaced Bresnan with James Anderson who has dismissed Tendulkar seven times.
Although Tendulkar lived dangerously for the one over he faced from Anderson, he departed to Broad in the following over, pushing at a ball just outside off stump to find Anderson at third slip.
Bresnan bowled Rahul Dravid (22) on the stroke of lunch with a ball that just left him late to reduce India to 75 for four. Left-hander Suresh Raina (4) was bowled after the break by an Anderson delivery that swung back in, between bat and pad.
VVS Laxman (30) looked comfortable in his 41-ball stay at the crease until he flicked a pull shot off Bresnan to fine-leg and Amit Mishra (4) edged Broad to the wicketkeeper, before Dhoni and Kumar came together.
Dhoni was the ninth man out, caught at first slip by Strauss off Broad. He hit 10 fours and three sixes, including one slogged over mid-wicket off Bresnan.