1st Test Day One Analysis
Toss, dropped catches and thick edges going past slips saw India struggle most part of the day one at Lord’s. England one the toss and chose to bat on a pitch tailor made for batting. Poor bowling to the left handed openers was the first thing which went wrong for the Indians. It was a lucky break when Ganguly trapped Cook plum before the wicket. But the four bowlers could not derive much advantage from it as Vaughan came in and had no problems tackling Indian attack. He and Strauss had a 142 run partnership before Strauss fell four short of a hundred. Anil Kumble once again pounced on the mistake committed by the batsman. This brought out the English superstar Kevin Pietersen to the middle. It was now becoming a tough toil for Zaheer , RP and the unilucky Sreesanth. Short stuff was tried to Peterson who put most of those waist height balls to the fence with arrogance and left the others with ease to Dhoni. It was finally RP who came around the wicket and got the priceless wicket of the England captain just when he was eyeing his sixth century at Lord’s. Kumble struck in the next over itself trapping Collingwood with his wrong one. Two wickets in two overs waked up India from day long slumber. Finally bad light stopped play on day one with just 80 overs bowled. Weather forecast for day two is really bad but lets reamin positive and in hope for a full day of lively cricket.
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