Length delivery outside off, Ballance leaves it alone.
Ishant Sharma will continue.
Full on off, nips back in. Root mistimes his drive to short cover.
Just short! Short outside off, Root looks to cut but gets a bottom edge which falls short of the first slip fielder. They take a single on the misfield.
FOUR RUNNING RUNS! Full on the pads, Ballance clips it through mid-wicket, Binny chases it, slides and pulls it back. But some good running ensures, they run all four.
Ballance pushes it to covers for a single.
Bhuvneshwar will continue. This is a marathon spell from him.
Full outside off, Root drives it crisply, the fielder at short cover dives and makes a good stop.
Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now.
Root goes back and defends it to short leg.
Root clips it to square leg for a single.
Binny into his 5th over now.
Short outside off, Root pulls it to mid-wicket where the fielder dives and makes a good stop.
Root punches it to cover-point and takes a single.
OUT! Jadeja finally gets the breakthrough, traps Root(13) LBW. ENG-113/4 Quicker from Jadeja, Root is pushed back as he looks to defend but misses. They all go up in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. But Root might be unlucky here as there was an inside edge!
JE Root lbw b Jadeja 13 (50b, 0x4, 0x6)
Moeen Ali is the new batsman.
FOUR! Moeen start off in style, He gets down and heaves it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
Good length delivery outside off, Moeen leaves it alone.
Just one run off the Binny over.
Play and a miss! Goes straight on after landing outside off, Moeen goes for a slog sweep but misses.
Full outside off, Ballance drives it straight to covers.
Ballance drives it to deep point for a single.
Ahh...This one spins back in sharply. Ballance gets an inside edge behind square leg on his defense for a single.
Murali Vijay into the attack now.
Flatter outside off, Moeen punches it to cover.
Moeen turns it to mid-wicket for a single.
Gary Ballance brings up his 3rd Test fifty. It's been a really patient innings from him so far. ENG-124/4
Just one run off the over. That's tea on day 2!
Back after tea, Vijay will continue.
FOUR! Poor delivery, Vijay drifts down the leg side, Ballance trickles it to fine leg for a boundary.
Ballance cuts it to deep point for a single.
Ishant Sharma will bowl from the other end.
Length delivery outside off, Ballance shoulders his arms to it.
FOUR! Nicely done. Ballance stays in his crease and guides it wide of gully for a boundary.
Moeen leans forward and defends it into the ground.
Ian Bell leaving a straight Paul Harris delivery that destroyed middle stump at Centurion is still the greatest leave in cricket history.by Sport_Dimension via twitter 7/18/2014 1:22:45 PM
