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England consolidate lead against India

Yuvraj, unbeaten on 32 overnight, was the first to be out, caught by Jones off captain Andrew Flintoff. Yuvraj and Dravid added 66 for the fourth wicket that helped India put up a decent enough total. Dravid was also involved in another small stand with Dhoni, worth 48 for the fifth wicket.

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Day 3, Third Test, India vs. England, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, March 20
England (1st innings): 400
India (1st innings, overnight 89/3):
Wasim Jaffer c Jones b Hoggard 11
Virender Sehwag c Shah b Hoggard 6
Rahul Dravid c Jones b Anderson 52
Sachin Tendulkar c Jones b Anderson 1
Yuvraj Singh c Jones b Flintoff 37
Mahendra Singh Dhoni run out (Anderson) 64
Irfan Pathan c Hoggard b Udal 26
Anil Kumble lbw b Panesar 30
Harbhajan Singh c Jones b Anderson 2
S. Sreesanth not out 29
Munaf Patel b Anderson 7
Extras: (byes 4, leg byes 7, no balls 3) 14
Total: (all out in 104.1 overs) 279

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sehwag, 6.1 overs), 2-24 (Jaffer, 11.2), 3-28 (Tendulkar, 18.1), 4-94 (Yuvraj Singh, 38.6), 5-142 (Dravid, 54.1), 6-186 (Pathan, 76.4), 7-212 (Dhoni, 83.3), 8-217 (Harbhajan, 87.2), 9-272 (Kumble, 101.4)

Bowling:
Matthew Hoggard 22 6 54 2 (1nb)
Andrew Flintoff 21 4 68 1 (2nb)
James Anderson 19.1 8 40 4
Monty Panesar 26 7 53 1
Shaun Udal 16 2 53 1

England (2nd innings):
Andrew Strauss c Dhoni b Patel 4
Ian Bell c Dhoni b Sreesanth 8
Owais Shah batting 15
Shaun Udal batting 2
Extras: (w 1, nb 1) 2
Total: (for two wickets in 15 overs) 31

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Strauss, 5.6 overs), 2-21 (Bell, 10.3)

Bowling:
Irfan Pathan 4 1 6 0 (1nb, 1w)
Munaf Patel 4 0 12 1
S. Sreesanth 4 1 10 1
Anil Kumble 2 0 3 0
Harbhajan Singh 1 1 0 0

Toss: India
Umpires: Darrel Hair and Simon Taufel (both Australia)
Third umpire: K. Hariharan (India)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

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