England Lions crumble in haste as India A bowlers come good

02/15/2019

England Lions had a miserable first innings as they were bundled out for 144 and were forced to follow-on against the formidable India A bowling attack. Despite bowling out the India A batsmen for 392 early on Day 2, England Lions failed to capitalize and paid the price for playing in a haste.

India A were rattled in the early hours of Day 2 as the England Lions bowled with agility and bowled out their opposition for 392 from their overnight score of 282-3. Pacer Zak Chappell stood out with figures of 4 for 60 grabbing three crucial wickets in the first session.

Karun Nair had played a ball going outside leg stump, as Ollie Pope took a simple catch behind the stumps to give the Lions their first breakthrough for the day. Thereafter, the middle order and the tail fell like a pack of cards to the pace of Chappell and the spin of Danny Briggs ( 3 for 71 ) despite poor fielding efforts and dropped chances.

However, the England Lions were in no position to take control of the game as their batting collapse lead to a follow on. India A bowlers held their heads high, bowled in tandem and great rhythm to cruise through the England Lions line up. Ollie Pope top scored with 25 without any other major contributions from the other batsmen.

The opponents had no answers for the questions posed by the India A pacers Varun Aaron (2 for 47 ) and Navdeep Saini ( 3 for 30 ), who rattled through the Lions’ top order, reported The Hindu. Spinners Shahbaz Nadeem ( 3 for 32 ) and Jalaj Saxena ( 2 for 10 ) completed the formalities as the opposition managed to score only 140. India A enforced the follow-on, giving away 24 runs in 6 overs in the second innings at the end of the day’s play.

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