Vaughan Puts England In Range Of India
By Ananova
August 10 2002
England are well within range of India at Trent Bridge, with wickets in hand, thanks to a career-best innings of 197 from in-form Yorkshireman Michael Vaughan. Mark Butcher also scored runs in a day that saw England fight back against India's first innings 357.
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Michael Vaughan's
career-best 197 helped England to within 16 runs of India's first innings
score of 357 in the Trent Bridge Test. Vaughan eventually fell towards the back-end of an elongated third day
after a 258-ball innings which included 23 boundaries. Having batted for six hours, he edged a drive behind to Parthiv Patel
from Ajit Agarkar as England reached 341 for five before bad light stopped
play nine overs from the end. He offered just one genuine chance throughout when Patel spilled a
chance down the leg-side off Harbhajan Singh in the over before lunch. In the 90s the Yorkshire batsman flashed desperately close to the
diving Wasim Jaffer at gully but otherwise his shot selection was
immaculate. Vaughan held things together when Harbhajan Singh struck twice in quick
succession in mid-innings to get rid of Mark Butcher (53) and Nasser
Hussain (three) within six deliveries. Butcher's wicket - caught at first slip by Rahul Dravid - ended a
second-wicket stand of 165 with Vaughan. Hussain soon followed as an attempted sweep popped up off the glove to
provide Patel with his first international victim. Vaughan was joined by John Crawley and they added 44 before Crawley
(22) was adjudged to have inside-edged onto his pad off Zaheer Khan for
Jaffer to take a straightforward chance running in from point. Alec Stewart fluently made 30 off 40 balls in a partnership of 63 with
Vaughan before play was surprisingly ended by bad light, even though none
of the lights on the scoreboard were lit.
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