India v England, third Test, day four, Kolkata as it happened

Finn shares the new ball, with Ashwin consulting umpire Tucker on how much longer he has to bat tonight. I can only assume that Rod has made Our Ashwin angry, as the number eight rocks back to play the most glorious pull for four. He moves to 81, the last-wicket stand to 40. "We're coming back tomorrow," thinks Vic Marks on TMS. Ojha has one ball to survive, which he plays like a man batting with a mop handle. Maybe only one over remaining.

The floodlights beam down on Eden Gardens as Ojha plays Swann as easily as a Sunday knock-up in the garden. A maiden. Steven Finn gets loose, the new ball is due.

Now then, England have a sniff when Ashwin takes a single from the first ball of Panesar's over. Five deliveries to remove Ojha, but the left-hander is able to guide the third to third man for one. Can Ashwin pinch the strike again? He belts down the ground for four, then misses with a sweep. Ojha to be on strike to Swann. It's very dark in Kolkata. Four overs remain in the day, plus the extra half hour.

Ooooohhhhhhh. Ashwin is playing with us as he dances at Swann. Big inside edge into the pad, followed by a reverse sweep for a couple. Inexplicably, Cook leaves mid-on open for the last ball of the over and Ashwin takes one. The lead is 15.

Ashwin, who I'm sensing is not a lover of lie-ins or Saturday nights in the pub, is now going through his repertoire, reverse-sweeping Swann for a single. Three balls for Ojha to push back. Beaten, block, block. Agony.

Ravi Ashwin, what kind of misery are you inflicting here? First he skips down the track to hit Monty through extra cover for four, then he goes back to play a with to the mid-wicket fence. A single leaves Ojha one ball to survive. No problem. What was all the fuss about?

Ojha looks keen to get on with it, smashing his first ball over mid off for a couple. Eight needed for England to have to strap the mums and dads on again.

This ninth-wicket pair have now eaten up over 100 deliveries for their stand of 37. Swann crowds Sharma with two short legs, but an inside edge evades Ian Bell. Paul Collingwood and Faf du Plessis would be proud of this blocking.

Turn for Monty, but it's slow turn, easily dealt with. Ashwin has 41, Sharma 10. They are showing their top order how it's done. If it sounds like little is happening, that would be correct. England are waiting, waiting for that breakthrough.

Swann, his half of the wicket in shadows, persuades Ashwin to drive uppishly, but the cover region is vacant. This ninth-wicket stand is now more than annoying for the tourists. India need 15 more to make England bat again.

England are straining for this wicket now, with Monty looking for a magic turner - pitching leg and hitting off. It's not there, though, and Sharma and Ashwin can take three singles. Would the extra half an hour be available? The light fades very quickly in Kolkata.

Number 11 Pragyan Ojha sits and waits, already with his helmet on. Why do batsmen wait with their helmets on? Surely they can put it on while walking to the wicket? Twice Ashwin sweeps Swann, earning a two and a single. India 19 behind.

Now it's Monty switching ends, wheeling away as the light starts to fade in Kolkata. Sharma, who looked like he was batting in the dark in the first innings, looks very comfortable. Lovers of Saturday nights in the pub pray that England can find a way to remove him.

Just one over for Monty, with Graeme Swann into the attack after drinks. Running in with his tongue sticking over his top lip, Swann gives it plenty of air. Sharma swipes, but it goes nowhere. A maiden.

It is, in fact, Anderson that gives way to spin, as Angry Monty comes back into the attack with a slip, gully, silly point and short leg crowding Sharma. Sharma's response is to slash a cut through gully, nearly taking Anderson's head off. India 29 behind. Will England have to bat again?

Ravi Ashwin might have had little success with the ball since Ahmedabad, but he looks a very decent batsman, leaning on the sweetest of on drives for four off Finn. That could well be the end of Finn now, I think we might be in for some spin.

Sharma, his black mullet poking out the back of his helmet, is actually looking pretty solid. Even as Anderson finds some reverse swing into the right-hander, Sharma flays through point for four. Get this lad up the order.

Despite Sharma looking quite good in that last Anderson over, Ashwin is still turning down the singles, even when he gets a huge slice of luck to inside-edge Finn past the stumps. As the shadows lengthen, Finn scuttles one through, but it's too wide to trouble Are Ashwin.

England decide that more pace is needed to remove the tail, recalling James Anderson to the attack under the cloudless Kolkata sky. Jimmy A is getting some reverse swing - in and out - but Sharma shuffles across his stumps to cover up.

Finn literally bowls himself off his feet, with Ashwin pulling for four. As the theme from the Great Escape comes form the trumpeter, Ashwin flays at a fuller one. Excitement from behind the stumps, but Ravi A only made contact with the ground. India still need 41 to make England bat again.

Finn has the field set back for Are Ashwin, but the northerner's little brother refuses a single. With the Barmy Army serenading Nick Compton, Finn, with one delivery called dead because of a stump splatter, sends down a maiden.

After that poor lbw decision he got when he was batting, Monty's anger grows. This time, Ashwin runs down the track and misses by miles. Matt Prior should be dealing with a regulation stumping, but he gets the ball caught in his elbow then loses it completely. Monty, livid, throws the ball to the ground in annoyance. There's something a little comic about angry Monty.

Ishant Sharma is the new man - the Barmy Army tell him that he bowls to the left and right. Finn is really getting the ball to hoop around, a little too much for the number 10, who guides to third man to get off the mark.

So how should Ashwin play now? Give it some long handle? At first he's circumspect to Panesar, but has to deal with a horrible waist-high full toss, bunting through mid-wicket for four.

No fireworks in that first over after tea, just more India progress as Ashwin flashes a cut through where gully would have been for four.

The Barmy Army sings the song that reminds the world who they are, clapping and bouncing as Swann comes around the wicket to the right-handed Ashwin, who pushes through the off side for a couple. An India fan in the crowd holds a sign telling Dhoni that he will be "supported all the way".

England's spinners are rattling through the overs now, trying to keep the pressure on this India pair. Number eight Ashwin - who has a Test ton to his name, remember - is doing well, though, even if he does need a slice of luck when a thick edge off Panesar goes for four.

Virat Kohli's cover drive is a thing of supreme beauty, like a cold pint at the end of a hot day. He's text-book perfect to stroke Swann through the off side for four.

England spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed sits with chin and beard resting in his hand. Cheer up Mushy, your boys are doing good. Monty arrows in from around the wicket, with just a Kohli single coming from the over. 10 minutes until tea.

Swann continues to wheel away, tempting Ashwin with some air on off stump. Ashwin, though, like a man detoxing in January, is having none of that, resolutely hiding behind bat and pad. India need 76 more to make England bat again.

Indeed it is Monty, replacing Anderson rather than Swann. Panesar rips one past Ashwin, with Matt Prior whipping the bails off and screaming for a stumping. Ashwin's foot was indeed raised for a split second, but replays show he had it grounded before the bails were dislodged.

We've entered a more sedate period now, with Ashwin and Kohli looking to dig in. Swann to Ashwin, a maiden. I wonder if Monty might be getting loose?

Sebastian (below), that's brilliant. As a man who is very, very excited about Christmas, I love the idea of festive cricket songs. Amid the carnage, Kohli is actually looking in decent touch, clipping Anderson through mid-wicket for a grass-scorching boundary.

I wonder what Captain Cook said to England at lunch? Is he the sort of man to deliver a verbal rocket? I doubt it. Besides, England had only had one bad session. Kohli takes a single off Swann, who then drifts one past Ashwin's edge.

England are right on top of their game now, even the giraffe-like Steven Finn can pull out a full-length dive at mid-on to stop a screaming Kohli drive. A single each to Kohli and Ashwin.

Virat Kohli has been watching most of this carnage unfold from the other end. He hasn't done much in this series, but all of India's hopes seem to rest on him now. The right-hander is careful to play back a Swann maiden.

Ravi Ashwin takes a deep breath as he manages to play back the rest of Anderson's wicket maiden. India need 85 to make England bat again.

England will feel that they are right on the brink now - one more wicket and into the tail. Swann to Kohli, a maiden. Five wickets have fallen for 36 runs since lunch.

Nice from Swann, but Yuvraj is up to the task. Forward, defending, defending, defending, then punching down the ground for a single.

James Anderson replaces Finn after the drinks break, with the Lancashire man getting a hint of reverse swing. He keeps Kohli honest on off stump for a lively maiden.

"Come on" screamed Finn as Matt Prior took a good diving catch to his left. In all the Gambhir fuss, the entrance of Sachin Tendulkar was somewhat overlooked. The great man has now been joined by Virat Kohli. And, to draw a line under DRSgate, the umpires got it spot on. Explanation coming right up...

Now then, is this controversy? Swann gets one to turn across Gambhir, with Jonathan Trott appearing to take a good low catch diving to his left at slip. Everything stops as Rod Tucker radios to the third umpire, presumably to ask if the ball has carried. Gambhir stands open-mouthed like a fish, presumably because he thinks he hasn't hit it. He's right too, with the replays confirming as much. However, the replay also confirms that the ball carried to Trott. Now, there is no DRS in this game, so the only reason this would have been looked at by the third umpire is to see if the ball carried. If Tucker thought the Gambhir hit it, can the third umpire advise otherwise? Either way, Gambhir remains.

Finally a run off the bat, Gambhir working Swann through the on side. Pujara and Swann resume battle, with the bowler apparently having the batsman of a piece of string as Che tries to get to the pitch. A bit like that game Test Match, with the green material pitch and static fielders - remember that?

Pujara is forward in defence, sniffing the ball, then back, then down the track. It's all the same result, though, a Swann maiden.

Finn tries his luck around the wicket to Gambhir as the cameras pick up a Kim Barnett-lookalike sat with India team. Who is that man with the outstanding moustache? Finn angles in a maiden.

Every ball an event here. Twice Swann finds Gambhir's inside edge, with Pujara then charging and lucky not to find the diving Alastair Cook at short mid-wicket. It looks like a definite India plan to get after England's spinners, as Che drives through cover for four. Great contest.

Alastair Cook takes time to move fielders this way and that as Steven Finn stands at the end of his run-up. It's called dead ball as Finn clips the stumps in his delivery stride, with Pujara unfurling a dreamy straight drive to a full one. Finn doesn't bother pitching it up again, the rest of the over is short, with Che ducking and weaving.

All of a sudden, it's all happening. New man Che Pujara looks like he's batting in a snake pit, with his first two balls spitting and kicking. Replays show how jubilant England were at the fall of that wicket - Alastair Cook lept right across the track in celebration.

Good again from Swann, just getting one to hold up and pass Sehwag's outside edge. Viru, though, is not going to be tied down for long, backing off to belt a back-foot drive through cover for four, then slog-sweeping another boundary to move to 49. If you thought England had this game sewn up, Sehwag should make you think again.

Gambhir is looking a little jittery as we edge towards the break and nearly chops on to his stumps off Monty. England have got a little control back in the last couple of overs, but that might be because they have starved Sehwag of the strike.

That's more like it - Swann rips one past Gambhir's outside edge from around the wicket. A real jimzooter. The trumpeter plays and the Barmies sing "Swann will tear you apart".

As suspected, Monty is on to replace Samit, who is now grazing at deep point. Sehwag, who often seems to decide which shot he will play before the ball is bowled, pushes a few back, then takes a single in Samit's direction. One more to Gambhir - believe it or not, India are running quite well. Gambhir has 21, Sehwag 38.

Indeed Samit's was only a change-over over, but it's England who are now all over the place. Swann has changed ends, but is swept for four by Sehwag, with a shooter then scuttling through Matt Prior for four byes. If Sehwag bats until tea, England will be behind.

Hello, what's this? The lesser-spotted Samit Patel is going to have a trundle. This is his first bowl since the first innings in Mumbai. Are England trying to buy a wicket? Samit's first ball is a full toss, to which Sehwag says "don't bowl that fiflth to me" and smashes down the ground for four. Various other allsorts are milked for singles, with India moving past 50. Perhaps Swann and Panesar were just changing ends.

Monty finds some extra bounce that has Matt Prior leaping to take the ball, with Gambhir then lucky to jab down on a fuller one when he mistakenly sits on the back foot.

The trumpeter is now playing Downtown - was that by Dusty Springfield? Swann, elbows jutting out, goes for two, then one to Gambhir, then has five men on the boundary for Sehwag. Just a single to Viru. India comfortable - Sehwag has 24, Gambhir 16.

England turn to Graeme Swann after a drinks break, the offie bowling around the wicket to the left-handed Gambhir. I wonder if he feels under any pressure given the stellar displays of Monty? He starts well, immediately dropping on a good length, forcing Gambhir to plod on to the front foot.

First real sign of aggression for Sehwag as he charges at Monty, just a single down the ground, though. Bar that dropped catch, India have looked quite comfortable. Ball not doing much.

As the Barmy Army trumpeter plays the theme from Only Fools And Horses (possibly in tribute to Jonathan Trott), Anderson shows his fury by giving Sehwag the hurry up with a bumper that thuds into the gloves. Steady from India, it's been their morning by a long way.

The eighth over has previously been England's default setting for a look at spin and, sure enough, dropper Cook turns to Monty Panesar. Perhaps still affected by his poor lbw decision, Monty does not start well, with Gambhir easing a full toss through the covers for four.

England now have a third man for Sehwag, who takes one in that area, gesturing as he runs about movement behind the sightscreen. Finn, arms pumping and eyes wide, keeps Gambhir honest on off stump for the rest of the over.

India, of course, have form when it comes to fightback wins at Eden Gardens - ask Australia. Monty is back on the field as more replays show his anger at his lbw decision. I think he might have even dropped an expletive in there. Sehwag takes one from Anderson's over.

Finn is mixing his length well to Sehwag - bumper, full, full, short. Viru eventually takes one to deep point, with Gambhir covering up on his first look at the lanky Middlesex man.

Fishy fishy from Gambhir, playing and missing at Anderson with a waft outside off stump. Panesar is off the field, sat on a deck chair on the boundary edge, still looking more angry than a darts player who's been told the pub is out of bitter.

Steven Finn shares the new ball, bowling to Sehwag with only two slips and a deep point. However, when it comes to finding gaps on the off side, Viru is cricket's answer to Xavi, opening the face one-day style for four through third man.

Just as Sam Sheringham to my right pulls some mince pies out of his bag, Gambhir whips the first ball of the innings through mid-wicket for four. Jimmy's response is to whizz an absolute howitzer past the outside edge. Early swing. Mince pie disintegrates, dropped on the desk.

Oh Jimmy, what loveliness are you bringing to my Saturday morning? The Burnley Lara dismisses Zaheer through the covers with the most disdainful drive you could ever see, prompting India to post a deep point for England's number 10. Not to be outfoxed, Anderson responds by working through the on side for three.

So, we now have Finn and James Anderson at the crease. Hardly noted for their strokeplay are they? Maybe I'm being harsh, as Finn gets off the mark by pushing Zaheer through mid on for four then a Jimmy single off Ojha takes the lead to 200. Panesar is sat with his pads on, can't wait to see the Monty slog sweep.

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