2nd Test : England set 350 runs to Win

108 - 5

51.4

Eranga to Ali, FOUR, short outside leg stump, a well-controlled pull which beats leg gully to fine leg !

108 - 5 after 53 overs

Current partnership  51 runs, 26.4 overs, RR: 1.91 (Ali 30, Root 12)

Root 18*

Ali 30*

Day 5 - Session 2

115 - 5 after 55

54.3
Pradeep to Root, FOUR, drifts into the pads,flicked away to beat long leg...his first boundary of the day
 

Current partnership 67 runs, 30.1 overs, RR: 2.22 (Ali 32, Root 25)

56.1
Pradeep to Root, FOUR, well played, full and too leg side, Root the whips it through midwicket

55.3
Herath to Root, FOUR, nicely played, just offered a hint of width this time and he eases forward into a square drive

56.5

Pradeep to Root, OUT, breakthrough! That's the one they desperately wanted.

And it's a full length which has worked. Was angled into the pads, but there was a hint of late

movement which took a think outside edge as Root aimed to play through the leg side.

Carried low to gully

Root c Thirimanne b Pradeep 31

125 - 6 after 59 overs

Moeen 33*

Current partnership  21 runs, 4.0 overs, RR: 5.25 (Prior 6, Ali 12)

60.3
Pradeep to Ali, FOUR, runs off a thick outside edge along the ground through backward point.

150 up !!  ;D

62.3
Herath to Ali, FOUR, down the pitch, a lovely languid lofted shot over midwicket with the spin. Nice footwork, confident stroke
 

Congrats to Moeen Ali ..... maiden half century*

64.6

Herath to Ali, clipped past midwicket and a single [size=1.35em]takes Moeen to fifty  [img alt=8)]http://www.westindiesforum.com/Smileys/forum/cool-very.png[/img] [/size]

an excellent innings but time is of the essence today,

can he eat up some more of it ?