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Indian colts in sight of victory

By Our Special Correspondent

KOLKATA, JAN. 29. Only a miracle can help England from losing the second under-19 Test against India at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.

At close on the third and penultimate day on Saturday, India needed four more English wickets for an innings victory.

Resuming at the overnight score of 337 for five, India added 73 runs before declaring the innings at 410 for eight.

The visitors were 12 for no loss in 13 overs before the lunch break. Between lunch and tea, England lost four top-order batsmen for 92. But skipper Steve Davies rose to the occasion and he played with great responsibility and scored 66 runs. He and Moeen Ali added 74 valuable runs for the fifth wicket.

At close, Ali was on 36 and Adam Harrison was on 2. India is leading the three-Test series 1-0.

The scores: England Under-19 — 1st innings: 147.

India Under-19 — 1st innings: R. Uthappa lbw b Harmison 22, S. Dhawan c Gifford b Ali 41, F. Fazal b Miller 94, A. Rayudu c Gifford b Stokes 86, M. Tewari c Mullaney b Harmison 25, A. Jain c Griffiths b Harmison 54; G. Dhiman c Davies b Harrison 41, P. Chawla (not out) 20; P. Shah c Miller b Harmison 5; Extras (b-1, lb-7, nb-13, w-1) 22. Total (for eight wickets, in 79.3 overs decl.) 410.

Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-83, 3-234, 4-284, 5-284, 6-380, 7-392, 8-410.

England Under-19 bowling: Harrison 10-5-71-1, Miller 13-0-79-1, Griffiths 17-1-84-0, Harmison 12.3-2-58-4, Ali 7-0-41-1, Lawson 5-0-39-0, Stokes 6-1-30-1.

England Under-19 — 2nd innings: M. O'Shea c Fazal b Dhiman 4, J. Denly b Chawla 7, W. Gifford lbw b Nabi 13, S. Davies c Shah b H. Singh 66, B. Harmison (run out) 1, M. Ali (batting) 36, M. Stokes c Fazal b Chawla 0, A. Harrison (batting) 2; Extras (lb-5, nb-6) 11. Total (for six wickets, in 73.3 overs) 140.

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, 3-47, 4-49, 5-123, 6-138.

India Under-19 bowling: Nabi 13-7-19-1, Dhiman 11-3-21-1, Chawla 23-9-34-2, Tewari 10-3-21-0, H. Singh 12.3-5-22-1, Jain 2-1-11-0, Rayudu 2-0-7-0.

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