da betway： Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the fourth day in Mohali
Cricinfo staff22-Dec-2008
Ian Bell does a Jonty to dismiss the dangerous Virender Sehwag © Getty Images
Classical leave
If England were to get anywhere near India’s totalin the morning, much was needed from Stuart Broad, whose batting has beennearly as impressive on occasion as his new-ball bursts. But whenHarbhajan Singh came round the wicket and flighted one in at the stumps,Broad shouldered arms. Someone should have told him that Harbhajan hasn’tturned his off break properly in ages. This was a straight ball and ittook out off stump.Reverse it one way, reverse the other
Zaheer Khan set up GraemeSwann beautifully. Coming round the wicket, he tempted him with a deliverythat angled away from the bat before producing one that angled in, nippedback off the seam and made a mess of the stumps. Far too good for No. 10.The Jonty route to success
Ian Bell’s contribution with the bat inthis series has been negligible but at least he can point to a moment ofincredible fielding. Virender Sehwag had given India’s second innings atypically brisk start when he decided to chance a single despite Broad,the bowler, having got his hands to a straight drive. Bell was in like awhippet from the covers and with ball in hand, he just flew into thestumps. Sehwag just kept on walking.Keep a man down
It’s funny how often you see one bowler creatingthe pressure and the other being rewarded with the wicket. Jimmy Andersonkept Rahul Dravid scoreless for 18 balls and when he finally got a chanceto face Broad, the delivery cannoned into the stumps off the bottom offthe bat. First-innings century to second-innings zero.Know who you’re running with
Gautam Gambhir did little wrong on anafternoon when he played the sheet-anchor role, but he did forget who hewas running with. VVS Laxman, with his dodgy knees, isn’t built for quicksingles, and he had no chance once Andrew Flintoff was unerringly accuratewith his pick-up and throw.This pie-chucker can bat
Kevin Pietersen stood at leg slipwhile Yuvraj Singh was batting, and a couple of pleasantries must surelyhave been exchanged by these best of friends. But if England expectedYuvraj to be a soft touch, they were in for a rude shock. A wonderfulheave for six over midwicket off Monty Panesar was the highlight of his40-ball 39, and in the space of an hour, the match had been left with onlytwo possible results – a draw or an Indian win.