LONDON, July 27: England took control of the opening Test against India at Lord’s on Saturday as the visitors collapsed to 221 all out in reply to the home side’s 487.

SCOREBOARD

ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS 487

INDIA 1ST INNINGS

Wasim Jaffer b Hoggard 1

V. Sehwag b Giles 84

R. Dravid c Vaughan b Hoggard 46

A. Nehra lbw b Flintoff 0

S. Tendulkar c Stewart b White 16

S. Ganguly c Vaughan b Flintoff 5

V. Laxman not out 43

A. Ratra c Stewart b Jones 1

A. Agarkar c Flintoff b Jones 2

A. Kumble b White 0

Zaheer Khan c Thorpe b Hoggard 3

EXTRAS (b4, lb8, nb8) 20

TOTAL (10 wkts, 81.5 overs, 378 mins) 221

BOWLING: Hoggard 16.5-4-33-3; Flintoff 19-9-22-2 (1nb); Giles 9-1-47-1; Jones 21-2-61-2 (6nb); White 16-3-46-2 (1nb)

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS

M. Butcher lbw b Kumble 18

M. Vaughan not out 81

N. Hussain c Ratra b Agarkar 12

G. Thorpe c Ganguly b Kumble 1

J. Crawley not out 56

EXTRAS (b5, lb8, nb3) 16

TOTAL (3 wkts, 45 overs, 193 mins) 184

BOWLING: Nehra 9-1-50-0 (2nb); Zaheer 9-1-32-0 (1nb); Kumble 17-1-54-2; Agarkar 7-1-20-1; Tendulkar 2-0-14-0; Sehwag 1-0-1-0.—AFP

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