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    "title": "4th Test: Moeen, Sam carry England to 139\/6 at tea",
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    "excerpt": "Southampton, Aug 30 (CRICKETNMORE): Indian pacers continued their domination, taking two more wickets in the second session to reduce England to 139-6 at tea on the opening day of the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground here on",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Southampton, Aug 30 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>Indian pacers continued their domination, taking two more wickets in the second session to reduce England to 139-6 at tea on the opening day of the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Moeen Ali (30 batting) and Sam Curran 27 (batting) stabilised the innings with a 53-run unbeaten seventh wicket stand after pacer Mohammed Shami joined the party by removing Ben Stokes (23) and Jos Buttler (21) in short succession.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Resuming the post-lunch session at 57\/4, Stokes and Buttler played out the initial few overs cautiously before Buttler started opening up and that brought his downfall, caught by Virat Kohli off Shami.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shami struck again by trapping Stokes in front when the southpaw started to flourish with back-to-back boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Reduced to 86\/6, the left-handed pair of Moeen and Sam steered the ship to safety, as they played the Indian pacers with extreme caution and did not allow premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to dominate them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss on a pitch assisting the seamers, the hosts were reduced to 57\/4, thanks to a fiery spell of pace bowling by the Indians led by Jasprit Bumrah (2\/35) and comprising Ishant Sharma (1\/11) and Hardik Pandya (1\/37).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England&#39;s top order failed to click once again with the openers Keaton Jennings out for a duck while Alastair Cook, was packed back after scoring a 55-ball 17. Skipper Joe Root (4) and Jonny Bairstow (6) also failed to get going and were soon back in the hut.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: England 139\/6 (Moeen Ali 30 batting, Sam Curran 27; Jasprit Bumrah 2\/35, Mohammed Shami 2\/43) vs India.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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