Eng-Mumbai A game ends in tame draw
6 Nov 2012 7:07 AM IST
England emerged with a few positives, ahead of the opening Test of the four-game series against India, from their three-day warm-up game against Mumbai A that ended in a draw at the D Y Patil Stadium on Monday. The visitors first shot out the home team for 286 to take a 59-run lead, with left-arm spin duo Monty Panesar and Samit Patel polishing off the lower order in style.
Later opener Nick Compton who is vying for the opener’s slot with 21-year-old Joe Root to accompany captain Alastair Cook in the first Test - got back some form in the second innings by scoring an unbeaten half century. Compton, who flopped in the first two innings that he played on the tour by scoring a duck (against India A in the opener at the Brabourne Stadium) and one (in the first innings here), started nervously before helping himself to some form. England, who made 345 for nine declared in the first innings, were 149 for two wickets in 52 overs in the second when play was called off. Compton remained unbeaten with 64.
Later opener Nick Compton who is vying for the opener’s slot with 21-year-old Joe Root to accompany captain Alastair Cook in the first Test - got back some form in the second innings by scoring an unbeaten half century. Compton, who flopped in the first two innings that he played on the tour by scoring a duck (against India A in the opener at the Brabourne Stadium) and one (in the first innings here), started nervously before helping himself to some form. England, who made 345 for nine declared in the first innings, were 149 for two wickets in 52 overs in the second when play was called off. Compton remained unbeaten with 64.
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