England-Mumbai A game heading for a tame draw

England thus grabbed a 59-run first innings lead over Mumbai A after bowling out the hosts for 286 in their first essay.

Joe Root and Nick Compton, both vying for the vacant opening spot after Andrew Strauss retirement, played sedately before the former got out to Shardul Thakur for 24.

The duo gave the best opening start for the tourists in three innings so far, 38, before the 21-year-old Root was dismissed when he shouldered arms and was trapped in front by Thakur.

At tea, Compton (33 in 136 minutes), grandson of former England great Denis, was unbeaten along with Jonathan Trott (26 in 78 minutes).

With just one session left in the match, draw is the inevitable result in the game for the visitors ahead of their travel to Ahmedabad for the third warm-up match against Haryana.

Compton and Root, who played four overs before lunch, were content to play the waiting game against the Mumbai A medium pacers to get some much-needed batting practice.

Root was slightly more aggressive and hit Javed Khan for three and two fours off successive balls before succumbing to Thakur in his first over of the innings. MORE