Tendulkar's timing was magnificent

He was a little lucky when an inside edge off Andrew Caddick just missed leg stump.

The best shot of the morning came as Tendulkar went past 50 with a compact pull off Tudor for four.

In the middle session, Ashley Giles claimed England's first success of the day as Dravid was lured down the track only to be stumped as the ball turned and bounced.

Sourav Ganguly came in and motored along with some crunching shots to the off-side fence, and Tendulkar overtook Bradman in the all-time Test century list.

The shot that took him to the mark was a perfectly-executed on-drive off Giles, and though England then adopted some containing tactics before tea it was largely irrelevant.

In the final session, the run rate remained sluggish with Tendulkar reluctant to come down the track to Giles.

But when Nasser Hussain took the third new ball, carnage ensued.

With new ball bowlers Matthew Hoggard and Andy Caddick quickly pummelled out of the attack, Hussian was again forced to return to Giles, who was carted for 23 runs in one over.

Ganguly reached his century in that over and was finally bowled on the last ball of the day by Tudor. For his part, Tendulkar finished unbeaten on 185.