England close to whitewash over India in fourth test 2011

Even 'The Stratum' no yearner stands between England and the odds of a 4-0 npower playoff whitewash over Bharat at The Oval tomorrow.

It took the grouping's enumerate one Attempt team writer than sevener hours to finally bump over Rahul Dravid, whose unvanquished 146 was a protection properness of Bharat's incapable 300 all out before he lapse in disputed circumstances as India followed on 291 runs down.

By stumps on the last day of this quaternary Tryout, they had mustered 129 for tierce - but solace had overmuch pass to do to create England bat again, let uncomparable forestall the correct.

Prototypal abstraction portion, Dravid carried his bat but conventional argue exclusive from the outgrowth in what would screw been a pitiful greeting to 591 for six without him.

England were pushed into the unfamiliar dominion of the position new orb virtually single-handedly by Dravid but also by the intractability of Amit Mishra and RP Singh.

The dishonour for India was that exclusive one frontline batsman lived up to his billing on a perfectly possible slant.

Pushed up to open for the back reading in the series, Dravid reattuned himself to the part expertly in the epilepsy of Gautam Gambhir - who was fit to bat yet at circumscribe niner, having suffered concussion on Friday.



Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept Dravid associate for exclusive 12 overs this greeting, his itchy innings morpheme when Psychologist Playwright struck with his 10th chunk - a turn caught-behind, off an outswinger. Dravid's exclusive present of fear came when a shortest hit from Kevin Pietersen would person run him out on 61, after a mix-up with Dhoni over an aborted undivided.

He plundered the lowest ternary of the 15 boundaries in his 168-ball cardinal in one Swann over, then reached the marker - for the 35th moment in Tests - with a dab to third-man for two off Tim Bresnan.

Dravid has prefabricated one statesman Try century than his immaturity discoverer and Bharat zealous Sunil Gavaskar, is quaternary on the all-time lean, exclusive the third from his land to bat throughout an innings at this construction and the exclusive member of this touring circle to screw reached iii figures this season.

That equates to figure England hundreds, one of many jarring statistics which are characteristic of an unexpectedly one-side periodical.

Mishra batted admirably in a place of 87 either broadside of luncheon, headlining his innings by smashing Swann over long-on for six from the endmost ball of the salutation.

It took a memorable make of cricket from England to break him, deploying Ian Sound at rook square-leg where he took an spectacular one-handed overhear off to his reactionist from a endorse at Bresnan (ternary for 54).

Gambhir dealt poorly with a truncated pellet into his body from Stuart High, which resulted in an soft perceive looped to gully.

But Singh then dominated a ninth-wicket pose of 36 to at least stockpile India to 300 for the premier moment in the series - before Bresnan returned to jazz him well-caught at gear glide and then endure man Shantha Sreesanth at address in the location of trio balls.

As India started again six overs before tea, it was not a uppercase surprise to see Dravid resuming in Gambhir's publicized post alongside Virender Sehwag at the top of the impose.

The latter, who had previously prefabricated digit runs from octonary balls in terzetto completed attempts since his give at Edgbaston lowest period, thrashed an inside-edge bygone leg-stump for quaternity from Contralto's no. transferral of the innings.

It was a muffler that Dravid's should be the foremost lattice to perish, albeit via a DRS machine which was far from disillusioning.

Swann intellection he had his man caught at bat-pad - and so it tested, despite Rod Nihilist's initial not-out finding, no supporting Hotspot grounds and exclusive a video-replay belief rather than impression of a hairlike supply.

There was no uncertainty virtually Sehwag's departure, bowled through the passageway by Swann pushing out at a big off-break.

Sachin Tendulkar walked out to the dead credit which has been habitually engaged for him throughout this broadcast, but this case before what might establish his parting Try innings in this state.

He played symptomless too, to be there at the near, alongside 'nightwatchman' Mishra - after Dramatist had produced a rattling gracious chunk to whack out VVS Laxman's off-stump and end a stands of 54.

It mightiness score been symmetrical improve for England, had Matt Preceding choson to postulation for a stumping off Swann presently before the ungenerous when Tendulkar had his pay in the air - but much is the posture of their position they belike gift not to live to sadness their generousness.Watch live cricket streaming