Kevin Pietersen is at the crease for England alongside Michael Vaughan as they resume at Lord's on 77-2 England lose Vaughan, who is bowled by RP Singh off the inside edge for 30 as he attempts a cover drive Singh then surprises Collingwood with a superb bouncer the England batsman can only glove to VVS Laxman at slip And the impressive Singh strikes again when he bowls Ian Bell, leaving England on 132-5 Pietersen keeps his composure to reach his 11th Test half century before England break for lunch on 161-5 Pietersen dominates after the interval and reaches his century to push England's lead past the 300 mark Zaheer Khan removes Matt Prior before bowling Chris Tremlett first ball to complete a debut "pair" Pietersen's sparkling innings eventually ends when he is bowled by Singh for 134, leaving England on 275-9 England are all out for 282 after Singh claims his fifth wicket by removing Monty Panesar India, chasing a target of 380, suffer a setback when Jimmy Anderson removes Wasim Jaffer for eight Captain Rahul Dravid manages just nine before being trapped lbw by Tremlett, leaving India on 55-2 And when Panesar traps Sachin Tendulkar leg before for 16, India are struggling on 84-3 But Dinesh Karthik reaches 56 not out and Sourav Ganguly is unbeaten on 36 as India close on 137-3 needing 243 to win
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