England face another long day in the field as they battle to level the series with India resuming on Friday at 316-4 VVS Laxman takes evasive action but India continue to make steady progress early on and Sachin Tendulkar reaches his 50 England miss a chance when Matt Prior drops his second catch of the game, spilling Laxman on 41 off Ryan Sidebottom But Prior finally gets one to stick off Chris Tremlett and Laxman is on his way for 51 with India at 354-5 MS Dhoni comes out swinging - in marked contrast to Tendulkar who grinds away patiently at the other end Tendulkar finally starts to cut loose and rushes to 82 but then edges James Anderson to slip, leaving India 429-6 at lunch Dhoni rockets to his 50 after lunch and combines with Anil Kumble to power India onwards towards 500 Dhoni takes India past 500 with consecutive sixes off Kevin Pietersen but holes out next ball to Alastair Cook for 92 England's frustration keeps growing as Kumble notches up his 50 and steers India into the tea interval at 559-7 Michael Vaughan feels the strain as India press on and raise the prospect of the England captain's first home series defeat Panesar finally earns some reward for all his toil when James Anderson catches Zaheer Khan for 11, leaving India 570-8 RP Singh also departs for 11 but Kumble soldiers on and compounds England's misery by reaching his first Test century Sree Santh pitches in with a brisk 35 and when he finally falls to Panesar, India have accumulated a massive 664 all out Andrew Strauss is caught after a rash hook off Zaheer Khan and England reach stumps at 24-1 - a thumping 640 runs behind
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