Broad, Swannlift England

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP):

India reached 24-1 at stumps on day one of the second Test against England at Trent Bridge yesterday after a superb counterattacking 64 from Stuart Broad helped the home side recover from 124-8 at tea to 221 all out.

India trailed by 197 runs at the close, with VVS Laxman unbeaten on 13 and Rahul Dravid on 7 not out after Abhinav Mukund had been caught by Kevin Pietersen off the first ball of the innings from James Anderson (1-10).

Broad, whose innings took 66 balls and included nine fours, put on 73 for the ninth wicket with Graeme Swann.

"At tea, it was 100 per cent India's day, so we're delighted to have wrestled our way back into the game," Broad said. "You can't blame too many of our batsmen for throwing away their wickets, I thought there were some good deliveries in there. We had a little chat at tea and thought we needed to get the momentum back, and we did that by playing our natural game."

Sreesanth, who took three wickets on his return to the side, said Broad's innings hadn't deflated India.

"That's how test cricket goes," he said. "There was always going to be one partnership and all credit to them for taking their chances."

Swann made 28 from 35 balls with three fours, after England had collapsed from 69-2 at lunch, losing six wickets in a frantic afternoon session.

Praveen Kumar was India's best bowler with 3-45, while Ishant Sharma claimed 3-66 and Sreesanth 3-77.

Sreesanth was booed by a section of the fans after claiming a catch that had clearly bounced, but he said that merely encouraged him.

"It's a typical English wicket and honestly I had fun," he said. "Most of the time it happens, and it's better than being left alone. I ended up giving my very best so thanks to them for cheering me up!"

Sreesanth also enlivened the news conference by giving an enigmatic quote reminscent of former French footballer Eric Cantona. When asked why he didn't say much on his twitter feed, he replied: "Silence is the speech of a spiritual seagull."

The tourists won the toss and chose to bowl, with the ball expected to swing in the overcast conditions.

The controversy over India's refusal to allow the Decision Review System to be used for lbw calls in this series was also reignited.

In the fifth over Praveen Kumar was denied the wicket of Alastair Cook when he hit him on the pad, but an over later Cook was given lbw to Sharma for two.

Replays suggested that both decisions were marginally incorrect, although there was no argument over Trott's departure, in Sreesanth's first over.

Trott made just four runs before he edged Sreesanth to Laxman at third slip.

• SCOREBOARD

England first innings

A. Strauss c Raina b Kumar

32A. Cook lbw Sharma 2J. Trott c Laxman b Sreesanth 4K. Pietersen c Raina b Sreesanth 29I. Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 31E. Morgan lbw Kumar 0M. Prior c Dravid b Sreesanth 1T. Bresnan c Dravid b Sharma 11S. Broad c Tendulkar b Harbhajan 64G. Swann c Mukund b Kumar 28J. Anderson not out 6Extras: (2b, 8lb, 3w) 13Total: 221Overs: 68.4.

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-23, 3-73, 4-85, 5-85, 6-88, 7-117, 8-124, 9-197.

Bowling: Kumar 22-8-45-3 (1w), Sharma 22-4-66-3 (2w), Sreesanth 19-1-77-3, Harbhajan Singh 4.4-0-22-1, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-1-0.

India first innings

A. Mukund c Pietersen b Anderson

0R. Dravid not out 7V.V.S Laxman not out 13Extras: (2lb, 1w, 1nb) 4Total: (for 1 wicket) 24Overs: 15.

Fall of wicket: 1-0.

Bowling: Anderson 5-2-10-1, Broad 7-3-5-0 (1w), Bresnan 3-0-7-0 (1nb).

Toss: won by India.

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan), and Marais Erasmus (South Africa).