Cricket: Young Lions impressive.AN England Lions failure for Andrew Strauss Andrew John Strauss MBE, (born 2 March 1977 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and Test matches and One-Day Internationals for England. was offset by the promise of centurion Tim Bresnan and Joe Denly against India at Chelmsford yesterday. Bresnan hit 116no and Denly 83 as both served notice of major careers to come. Their combined efforts helped the Lions to 379-8, Bresnan's eighth-wicket stand of 129 in 31 overs with Stuart Broad (50) dominating a final session in which the India attack lacked bite. The 22-year-old chose his shots wisely, clubbing the old ball when it was misdirected and greeting the second new ball with a flurry of handsomely-timed boundaries. Denly's near run-a-ball innings had earlier contained some superlative front-foot shots among the 21-year-old Kent batsman's 16 fours on an easy-paced pitch. Captain Strauss, however, could make only a laboured single from 17 deliveries before he missed an attempted drive at Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan pronunciation (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra), is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. (3-99) who knocked off-stump out of the ground. While the established England opener was enduring his miserable time, his first-wicket partner Denly became the Lions' driving force. And Jonathan Trott Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April, 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African born English cricketer who has played domestic cricket in South Africa, England and New Zealand. He has represented South Africa at U19 level. joined Denly for a third-wicket stand of 80, which ended when the latter tried to hit over long-on from the bowling of off-spinner Ramesh Powar, but failed to get to the pitch and was stumped. Broad stood tall to produce some resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. drives until he was caught at point off Shantha Sreesanth. SUMMARIES: Third Test Match Bangladesh 131 v Sri Lanka 500-4 (Sangakkara 222no) LV County Championship DivOne Durham 209 v Sussex 134-3, DivTwo Northants 221 v Somerset 77-0 Tour Match England Lions 379-8 (Bresnan 116no, Denly 83, Broad 50) v India TODAY: (11.00 unless stated) Third Test Match Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (6.00) LV County Championship Div One Sussex v Durham, Warwickshire v Yorkshire Div Two Notts v Gloucs, Somerset v Northants Quadrangular quadrangular having four angles. Tournament (1 day) Ireland v West Indies (10.45) NatWest Pro40 Div Two Leics Foxes v Kent Spitfires (13.00) Tour Match Worcs v Sri Lanka A (10.30) Tour Match England A v Indial TOMORROW: (11.00 unless stated) Third Test Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (6.00) LV County Championship Div One Sussex v Durham, Warwickshire v Yorkshire Div Two Notts v Gloucs, Somerset v Northants NatWest Pro40 Div One Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles (13.00) Quad Tournament Ireland v Scotland (10.45) Tour Match England A v India |
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