NOTTINGHAM - Umpiring controversies and a verbal exchange marred the third day of the second cricket test at Trent Bridge as India again dominated England on Monday (NZ time).
At the close England were 43 for no loss in their second innings, trailing by 240 runs, after India
had been dismissed for 481.
India's Sachin Tendulkar was adjudged leg before wicket for 91 to a ball which appeared set to miss his offstump while Saurav Ganguly may also have been unlucky to be given out caught behind down the legside.
Both on-field umpires Simon Taufel and Ian Howell had to intervene in the third session when India's No 9 batsman Zaheer Khan and fieldsman Kevin Pietersen exchanged words.
India are seeking their first test series win in England for 21 years while England captain Michael Vaughan, who has never lost a home series as captain or player, will be determined to preserve his record in the three-match series.
Taufel, rated the world's best umpire for the last three years, denied Tendulkar a 38th test century when medium pacer Paul Collingwood dismissed him with the sixth delivery after lunch, as the batsman played no stroke.
Replays indicated the ball struck Tendulkar outside the line and would have missed the offstump.
Tendulkar, who yesterday became only the third man to pass 11,000 test runs, stood his ground for seconds after the decision.
Taufel was at the centre of another controversy 15 minutes before tea when he sent Ganguly on his way for 79 to a catch down the legside off James Anderson.
Ganguly tried to glance Anderson to fine leg and when wicketkeeper Matt Prior took a diving catch to his right Taufel upheld England's appeal.
VVS Laxman scored 54 before edging Chris Tremlett, who finished with three for 80 from 40 overs.
Spinner Monty Panesar claimed the last two wickets to finish with four for 101, while Prior held five catches.
- REUTERS
