Owais Shah patiently builds up England's lead over India on day four of the third Test in Mumbai After the fall of nightwatchman Shaun Udal, Kevin Pietersen comes to the crease, but he makes only seven runs Shah is run out shortly afterwards for 38 leaving England on 85-5, a lead of 206 over their hosts Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood come to the crease and help to stabilise England's innings Both batsman find quick runs hard to come by, but Flintoff strikes a rare blow towards the boundary But their promising partnership is ended when Harbhajan Singh dismisses Collingwood to leave the tourists on 157-6 And it gets worse for England as their bid for runs is hit when Singh snares Geraint Jones for just three runs Captain Flintoff passes his half-century before he is stumped by Mahendra Dhoni with the lead on 309 James Anderson is the last man out for England as they are dismissed for 191, setting the home side 313 to win India are given ten tricky overs to negotiate before the close and they lose Irfan Pathan before stumps to finish on 18-1
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