Batsmen come to the party Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Kaarthick gave the Indian innings a solid foundation with an opening-wicket alliance worth 147.
CRICKET / He is more mature now, says Laxman
Resurgent Zaheer in sparkling form Zaheer Khan has underlined his comeback as the spearhead of Indian pace attack with a largely consistent show in the on-going series against England, grabbing 10 wickets from three innings so far.
TOUR DE FRANCE
Contador on course Spaniard Alberto Contador was poised to win the Tour de France after holding off his rivals for the overall lead in Saturday's time trial won by his Discovery Channel team mate Levi Leipheimer.
ATHLETICS / Anju grabs silver at Asian meet
Chitra surges to gold Chitra K Soman gave India their first gold medal at the 17th Asian Athletics Championships, winning the womens 400M on the third day here on Saturday while Anju George narrowly failed to book a World Championships berth in long jump.
CRICKET / Leggie Chawla stars in nine-wicket win
India A have it easy Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla spun a web around Zimbabwe Select with a match haul of eight for 70 to propel India A to a nine-wicket victory on the final day of the first four-day match at Harare Sports Club here.
Openers Dinesh Kaarthick (left) and Wasim Jaffer put on 147, their third century stand, to help India make an excellent start in reply to
England’s 198 on the second day of the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday. AFP
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