Indians draw game but see the brighter side

The four day match between Indians and Essex ended in a tame draw with the hosts reaching 186 for three in their second innings on the final...

The four day match between Indians and Essex ended in a tame draw with the hosts reaching 186 for three in their second innings on the final day today.

Faced with a near impossible target of 565 in 60 possible overs, Essex were helped by opener Richard Clinton (53) in their effort to save the match.

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India (1st innings): 516 Essex (1st innings): 279 India (2nd innings): (Overnight 231/2) S Bangar lbw Ilott 74, P Patel c Phillips b Ilott 1, V Sehwag c&b Bopara 142, VVS Laxman c&b Phillips 42, W Jaffer lbw Ilott 4, A Ratra not out 17, S Ganguly c&b Ilott 6, H Singh not out 29; Extras: (lb-7, w-3, nb-2) 12; Total: (For 6 wkts decl) 327 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-217, 3-237, 4-241, 5-280, 6-296 Bowling: Grant 20-8-46-0, Ilott 17-3-67-4, Dakin 16-3-54-0, Bopara 8-0-43-1, Phillips 18-3-62-1, Middlebrook 9-1-48-0 Essex (2nd innings): R Clinton c Jaffer b Sehwag 53, J Middlebrook c Das b Harbhajan 24, A Flower (retd hurt) 23, R Bopara not out 47, J Dakin c Ratra b Sehwag 6, B Hyam not out 16; Extras: (b-5, lb-5, w-1, nb-6) 17 Total: (For 3 wkts) 186 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-97, 3-137 Bowling: Yohannan 12-3-41-0, Bangar 9-3-27-0, Harbhajan Singh 8-2-23-1, Sehwag 18-6-52-2, Jaffer 4-0-14-0, Das 2-0-8-0, Patel 3-0-9-0 Story continues below this ad

At stumps R Bopara (47) and B Hyam (16) were the unbeaten batsmen after Andy Flower retired hurt on 23. Indians declared their second innings at 327 for six at lunch. Essex had made 279 in their first innings replying to Indians 516.

Clinton batted sensibly and faced 104 balls hitting six fours before he was the second batsman out with the total on 97, caught off the bowling of part-time spinner Virender Sehwag.

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