Cricket: England opener Alastair Cook endured a rare failure as the historic 2,000th Test got off to a slow start at Lord's. Cook, whose batting has been in rude health since a prolific Ashes series, made just 12 before falling lbw to India seamer Zaheer Khan.
Skipper Andrew Strauss, whose battle with Zaheer had been much talked about prior to this 100th meeting between the sides, fared better, making 20 not out in a lunch score of 43 for one.
Strauss had earlier lost the toss after the start was delayed by rain for half an hour, with overhead conditions favourable to the bowling side.
England opted to retain Stuart Broad instead of the fit-again Tim Bresnan, while Suresh Raina was named ahead of Yuvraj Singh for the tourists.
There were encouraging early signs for the Indian seamers, with Zaheer's first ball moving significantly into Strauss.
Praveen Kumar found even more lateral movement from the Pavilion End, swinging his first two balls lavishly as the overcast conditions took effect.
Cook got the first runs of the day, cutting for four as Praveen dropped short at the start of his second over.
England almost lost Strauss to a needless run-out after Cook sent him back but Ishant Sharma missed the stumps.
The left-handed pair were doing a good job of nullifying the new ball in spite of the swing and had just got past the 10-over mark when Zaheer trapped Cook lbw on the crease.
Asad Rauf rightly gave the verdict and, with no DRS on leg-before decisions in this series, Cook was on his way for 12. Replays indicated the decision would have been upheld in any case.
Praveen continued to test Strauss as he moved into his seventh over, shaping the ball towards the slips and past the outside edge.
Sharma came on first change with a little extra pace but less control and soon allowed Strauss to find the boundary for the first time after 48 balls.
New man Jonathan Trott settled in typically low-key fashion and picked up a first four to fine leg as Sharma again offered up a loose delivery.
With runs hard to come by, Strauss was glad to see Gautam Gambhir's diving stop at deep mid-wicket end in failure as he picked up four more.
Harbhajan Singh was given the 19th over and almost saw off Trott with his first ball, which went straight on and took the edge. Rahul Dravid, at slip, did not get down quickly enough and the chance went begging.