Cricket

India require just 63 on final day – headed for an easy win

Scores at end of Day 4

India     10-0 (3)     Runs     Balls     4s     6s      SR
D Karthik     not out     6       13      1     0      46.15
W Jaffer     not out     3       5      0     0      60.00

Extras: 1 ( b:0 lb:1 nb:0 w:0)
Total: 10-0 (3) | Curr. RR: 3.33
FOW:
England     O     M     R     W     Nb     Wd     RPO
J Anderson     2     1     6     0     0     0     3.00
R Sidebottom     1     0     3     0     0     0     3.00

England     355-10 (104)     Runs     Balls     4s     6s      SR
A Strauss     c Dhoni b Zaheer     55       133      6     0      41.35
A Cook     lbw b Zaheer     23       50      1     0      46.00
*M Vaughan     b Zaheer     124       193      18     0      64.25
K Pietersen     lbw b RP Singh     19       35      2     0      54.29
P Collingwood     c Karthik b Zaheer     63       133      7     0      47.37
I Bell     lbw b Zaheer     0       2      0     0      0.00
M Prior     b RP Singh     7       24      1     0      29.17
C Tremlett     c RP Singh b Kumble     5       18      1     0      27.78
R Sidebottom     not out     25       26      4     0      96.15
M Panesar     c Karthik b Kumble     4       8      1     0      50.00
J Anderson     b Kumble     1       9      0     0      11.11
Extras: 29 ( b:7 lb:6 nb:7 w:9)
Total: 355-10 (104) | Curr. RR: 3.41
FOW: A Cook (49-1, 18.2), A Strauss (130-2, 44.2), K Pietersen (175-3, 54.5), *M Vaughan (287-4, 82.4), I Bell (287-5, 83), M Prior (304-6, 90.5), P Collingwood (323-7, 96.2), C Tremlett (329-8, 97.3), M Panesar (333-9, 99.5), J Anderson (355-10, 104)

India     O     M     R     W     Nb     Wd     RPO
Zaheer Khan     27     10     75     5     0     1     2.78
S Sreesanth     21     2     60     0     5     3     2.86
RP Singh     18     5     52     2     0     1     2.89
A Kumble     25     2     104     3     2     0     4.16
S Ganguly     6     0     22     0     0     0     3.67
S Tendulkar     7     0     29     0     0     0     4.14

Zaheer Khan dished out an impressive spell of fast bowling, claiming five wickets for 75 runs, to put India on the threshold of victory at close on Day 4 of the second Test against England, at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Monday.

The left-arm pacer’s brilliant bowling, which gave him nine wickets in the match, helped bowl out England out for 355 in the second innings.

India, needing 73 runs to win the match, were 10 for no loss after batting out the last three overs on the penultimate day.