Over-by-over updates of the action from HyderabadEmail James with your thoughts on the match
78th over: England 318-6 (Pope 149, Ahmed 17) The karate bandana clad Jadeja darts one wide of the stumps to get the day started. Rehan watches it fizz on by. A single off the next ball to point brings Pope on strike. Pea roller! Jadeja gives it a rip and the ball spits off the surface at metatarsal height! England won’t mind seeing a bit of that. Pope leans on a single into the covers to make it two runs off the first over.
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