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Obdurate Dravid gives India the edge over England

India 288 all out :

NOTTINGHAM, England, July 30 (AFP) - India's Rahul Dravid was closing in on his second century in as many matches in the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Saturday after England again denied Sachin Tendulkar his 100th international hundred.

Dravid's 83 not out led India, 1-0 down in this four-match series, to 215 for four at tea on the second day -- just six runs behind England's first innings 221.

Yuvraj Singh made England pay for dropping him on four by advancing to 43 not out and adding an unbroken 76 for the fifth wicket with Dravid.

Dravid, second behind Tendulkar in Test cricket's list of all-time run-scorers, made 103 not out during England's 196-run series-opening victory at Lord's.

Tendulkar, who came in and walked out to a standing ovation, fell for 16 to his sixth ball after lunch when he edged a cut off Stuart Broad, bowling on his Nottinghamshire home ground, to England captain Andrew Strauss at first slip.

In all the 38-year-old 'Little Master', hampered by a virus while making 34 and 12 at Lord's, batted for 34 minutes and faced 34 balls with three fours.

The departure of Tendulkar, whose 51 Test hundreds and 48 in one-day internationals are both world records, left India 119 for three.

England suffered a setback when batsman Jonathan Trott fell awkwardly on his left shoulder after diving at mid-off in an attempt to stop a run and had to leave the field.

Dravid, opening the face in typically elegant style, guided seamer Broad down to third man for four to complete a 131-ball fifty with 10 boundaries. By tea he had faced 195 deliveries and hit 11 fours.

But England had another wicket when left-hander Suresh Raina, trying to force the ball through the offside, was caught at backward point by Eoin Morgan off James Anderson.

Lancashire swing bowler Anderson then greeted new batsman Yuvraj Singh with two excellent lifting deliveries outside off-stump. However Yuvraj, in for injured fellow left-hander Gautam Gambhir, got off the mark with a boundary when he cut a short delivery from Broad.

But he should have been out next ball when he steered Broad into the gully only for Kevin Pietersen to drop the seemingly routine two-handed catch.

 

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