England vs India - 1st Test, Day 3: England struggling at 205/7 against India at tea

Nottingham, July 11 (IANS) England were 205 for seven in their first innings against India at tea on the third day of the first cricket Test at the Trent Bridge here on Friday.

Joe Root was batting on 13 and Stuart Broad at one at the tea break as England still trailed by 252 runs. Sam Robson (59) and Gary Ballance (71) were the notable scorers of the day.

Ishant Sharma was the pick of the Indian bowlers bagging three for 64 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Shami got two wickets each.

The following is the scoreboard at tea on Day 3 of the first Test between India and England:

India (first innings) 457

England (first innings, Overnight 43/1)

Alastair Cook b Shami 5

Sam Robson lbw Sharma 59

Gary Ballance lbw Sharma 71

Ian Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 25

Joe Root batting 13

Moeen Ali c Dhawan b Shami 14

Matt Prior c Dhoni b Kumar 5

Ben Stokes c Dhoni b Kumar 0

Stuart Broad batting 1

Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 8) 12

Total (for seven wickets in 73 overs) 205

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Cook, 3.3 overs), 2-134 (Robson, 49.3), 3-154 (Ballance, 55.3), 4-172 (Bell, 59.5), 5-197 (Ali, 69.2), 6-202 (Prior, 70.3), 7-202 (Stokes, 70.5)

Bowling:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 18-7-35-2

Mohammed Shami 16-3-58-2

Ishant Sharma 19-3-64-3

Ravindra Jadeja 15-4-24-0

Stuart Binny 5-0-21-0