England Lions were 192 for 3 in 46 overs in reply to India A's 348 at stumps on the second day of their second unofficial Test, in Northampton on Saturday.
Jordan Cox and James Rew were batting at 31 and 0 respectively as bad light forced early stumps. Just 13 overs were possible in the final session of the day.
Otherwise, run flowed easily for the Lions even as India A bowlers continued to probe their defence and discipline continuously.
Gay was, in particular, troubled by the India A bowlers even though the conditions remained conducive for batting compared to the first day when it was overcast and the pitch sported fresh grass.
Earlier, resuming at 319 for seven, Indian batters could not trouble the scorers much as the remainder of the batting folded for the first-innings total of 348.
Overnight batters Tanush Kotian fell for 15 off 37 balls with two fours while Kamboj was dismissed for a mere two.
There was success at last for Joshua Tongue who not only accounted for the overnight batters — cleaning up Kotian and dismissing Kamboj leg-before — but he also played a key role in the run-out dismissal of Tushar Deshpande (11).
Khaleel Ahmed remained unbeaten on seven.
Brief scores:
India A: 348 all out in 89.3 overs (KL Rahul 116, Karun Nair 40, Dhruv Jurel 52, Nitish Kumar Reddy 34; Chris Woakes 3/60, George Hill 2/56)
England Lions 1st innings: 192 for 3 in 46 overs:(Tom Haines 54, Emilio Gay 71; Anshul Kamboj 1/38, Tushar Deshpande 1/44, Tanush Kotian 1/21).
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