India v England: Alastair Cook's off stump shattered as he is bowled by Mohammed Shami
Friday 18 November 2016 10:59, UK
England captain Alastair Cook was comprehensively bowled by Mohammed Shami with the ball not only knocking back off stump but breaking it in two!
With India having made 455 in their first innings in Vizag, England would have been keen to make a steady start to their reply on a pitch that was already beginning to break up on day two.
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However, they lost the captain early on and in a rather dramatic fashion as Shami, having set Cook up with a couple of out-swingers before getting one to nip back between bat and pad that thumped into off stump with such force that it snapped the top third clean off.
It was a brilliant delivery from the Indian seamer with Cook doing very little wrong but unable to keep it out, heading back to the pavilion having made just two.
"That was an absolute beauty to Cook - one of the balls of the series so far, of the year," Nasser Hussain told Sky Sports.
It is hard to argue with that and it certainly led to one of the most eye-catching dismissals of the year.
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