Ind vs Eng: England 646/6 at tea on Day 3

atsman Eoin Morgan fell after a gritty century against India on Day 3 of the third Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.

Series: India in England, 4 Test Series, 2011 Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham Date: Jul 21 - Aug 22 , 2011

England Batting innings BATSMAN RUNS BALLS 4's 6's SR Andrew Strauss (C) b Amit Mishra 87 176 13 0 49 Alastair Cook Batting 290 537 33 0 54 Ian Bell b Praveen Kumar 34 43 6 0 79 Kevin Pietersen lbw b Praveen Kumar 63 78 9 1 81 Eoin Morgan c Virender Sehwag b Suresh Raina 104 199 11 0 52 Ravi Bopara lbw b Amit Mishra 7 15 1 0 47 Matt Prior (W) c Sachin Tendulkar b Amit Mishra 5 11 0 0 45 Tim Bresnan Batting 44 66 6 0 67 Stuart Broad Graeme Swann James Anderson Extras(b 11, lb 34, w 1, nb 15) Run Rate:3.75 Total:(695/6 in 185.2 overs) Fall of wickets1-186 (Andrew Strauss, 56), 2-252 (Ian Bell, 70.2), 3-374 (Kevin Pietersen, 93), 4-596 (Eoin Morgan, 160.5), 5-605 (Ravi Bopara, 163.4), 6-613 (Matt Prior, 166) India Bowling innings BOWLER OVER MAIDEN RUNS WICKET NO BALL WIDE ECO Praveen Kumar 39 13 92 2 2 Sreesanth 35.2 4 157 0 4 4 Ishant Sharma 36 7 151 0 1 4 Amit Mishra 43 2 150 3 9 3 Suresh Raina 28 1 83 1 3 Sachin Tendulkar 4 0 17 0 4

It was some respite for India as Raina claimed the wicket Morgan. Raina delivered a tossed up and outside off ball, Morgan leaned forward and played hard, did not bother to keep it on the ground, it went straight to Sehwag at cover who pouched it neatly.

Immediately after Morgan's fall Amit Mishra foxed Ravi Bopara with a quicker and going straight on delivery. Bopara stretched forward to defend but misses and the ball rapped on the pads.

Eoin Morgan slammed a splendid century complementing Cook's double ton as both of them pile on runs to extend England's lead past 350 mark against the tourists.

Earlier, Alastair Cook duly completed a double century as England went into an early lunch on third day at the massive score of 503 for three against the visitors.

The overnight pair of Cook (206 batting) and Eoin Morgan (66 batting) were unseparated till lunch as the hosts look determined to bat the visitors out of this match.

The two have so far added 129 runs for the fourth wicket and their first innings lead has swelled to 279 runs.

Resuming at the overnight score of 456 for 3, England still couldn't bat briskly in the curtailed morning session as they added 47 runs from 18-odd overs this morning.

A slight drizzle in the first hour held up the play for 27 minutes. Later, it began to rain with 20 minutes still left for the break.

England's slow progress has a lot to do with the spirited first spells from Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma who operated from the two ends. Praveen bowled seven overs for 17 runs while Sharma bowled his five overs for 11 runs.

At one stretch, England had made only 22 runs from the first 10 overs of the morning session.

Cook, batting on 182, completed his double century with a flick for two off Sreesanth. His hard grind took him 538 minutes and 378 balls and contained 27 fours.

Following his unbeaten 235 against Australia last winter, this is the second double century in 71 Test matches.

Morgan's 50 took him 73 balls and was studded with seven fours. With 20 minutes left for the lunch interval, a quick spell of showers once again forced the players indoors but the Indians truly were not complaining.