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    "excerpt": "Southampton, July 30 (IANS) Aggressive batting by England helped them reach 205 for four declared in the second innings at tea, setting India a 445-run target on the fourth day of the third Test at The Rose Bowl here Wednesday.",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Southampton, July 30 (IANS)&nbsp;Aggressive batting by England helped them reach 205 for four declared in the second innings at tea, setting India a 445-run target on the fourth day of the third Test at The Rose Bowl here Wednesday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEngland, who were 80 for two at lunch, smashed 125 runs in the second session, losing two wickets.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAlastair Cook (70 not out) held one end up for England while the rest of the batsmen went gung-ho.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nGary Ballance (38 off 48) did the damage before tea, hitting five fours and a six but after lunch Ian Bell (23 off 21) and Joe Root (56 off 41) were the aggressors.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn fairness, the English captain wasn&rsquo;t sluggish either scoring his runs at a strike rate of 61.40.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBarring debutant Pankaj Singh, who is yet to pick up his maiden wicket, all the other frontline Indian bowlers went for more than four runs per over.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe English batsmen were especially severe on Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5.90), Mohammed Shami (6.00) and Rohit Sharma (6.40).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJadeja, though, did manage to take three wickets while Bhuvneshwar chipped in with one.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEarlier, England bowled out India for 330 runs and chose not to apply the follow-on. The hosts then sped to 80 for two in their second outing to extend their lead over the visitors to 319 runs at lunch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nMahendra Singh Dhoni (50) failed to add to his overnight score and was dismissed by an Anderson bouncer.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nShami (5) tried his level best to delay the inevitable but had no answer to the English pacer&#39;s guile and swing.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJames Anderson recorded his 16th five-wicket haul after taking India&#39;s final two wickets in the morning session.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia managed to add just seven more runs to their overnight total before captain Dhoni and Shami were sent packing without much fuss.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEngland came out all guns blazing in the second innings and smashed the Indian bowlers all over the park to continue their dominance.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSam Robson (13) was the first English casualty in an otherwise near-perfect day.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCook and Ballance, who had combined so well in the first innings, once again forged a 58-run stand for the second wicket.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBallance, who scored 156 in the first innings, was in a punishing mood smashing five fours and a six in his 48-ball stay.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJadeja dismissed Ballance in the last action to take place before lunch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nReplays, though, showed that the English batsman was once again unlucky to be given out, like in the first innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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