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India v England third Test: Alastair Cook allowed one slip-up - Nasser Hussain

The third day of a Test is about setting things up and England were excellent again at Eden Gardens. Since losing the toss they have barely put a foot wrong.

You know in India that, barring the completely unexpected, you will get five full days, so there really was no rush for England on Friday morning. Runs need to be made in the first innings on the subcontinent, while you wait for the pitch to deteriorate, and that’s what England have done.

If they had made a quick 400 before being bowled out, England would have let India back into the game, so it was important that they managed to bat on into day four, which again they managed to do expertly.

Rare mistake: Cook was run out on day three

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Virtually everything has gone to plan for England but the running out of Alastair Cook wasn’t exactly in the script. He took evasive action but hadn’t put his bat down; however, I think we can excuse the boy his one mistake. After all the hours Cook has batted, he is allowed to have an aberration.

It was the first time Cook has ever been run out in a first-class match which, of course, led to a lot of comments about how lucky he was not to have played too much cricket with me. It’s certainly a surprising statistic and one that perhaps shows that Cook’s meticulous approach extends to his running too.

It was a shame Cook could not reach a double hundred but he will not be too worried about that after single-handedly turning this series around for England.

What started with his second-innings hundred in Ahmedabad, in a losing cause, has now extended to the point where he has been on the field for around 90 per cent of the series. No wonder his brain was a little scrambled when he jumped out of the way of that ball.

I am a massive fan of Jonathan Trott and it was important for him that he too scored runs. He is the glue at No 3 that England had been looking for and it was ridiculous that some were saying he might be under pressure.

Back in the runs: Trott fell for 87 runs on day three

India continued to look sloppy in the field but their spinners, Ravi Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha, were a bit better. You could see that they were trying to vary their pace and learn from the success of Monty Panesar.

If two Indian spinners are trying to copy an English one on Indian pitches then that is some compliment to Panesar and England.

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