Somerset seamer Thomas then struck immediately when he had Pettini caught at mid off off his first ball.
But then, playing one attacking shot too many, Bravo (43) skied an attempted lofted drive off Panesar to mid-off where Ryan Sidebottom took the catch.
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Solanki was dropped at gully off Joginder Sharma and by the latter at square-leg off Sree Santh before eventually being snaffled at mid-off.
Some of the strokes were as good as ever, one exemplary punch off the back foot against Tremlett rocketing through mid-off to the boundary.
He bludgeoned the Scotland attack and took a particular liking to the off-spin of Majid Haq - whom he dispatched over the mid-off boundary for all five of his sixes.
Another steepling six followed before Gayle lofted a catch off Lee to Watson and Xavier Marshall chipped Johnson to James Hopes at mid-off.
Gambhir's partnership with night-watchman Mishra had reached 98 when Mishra was caught off the bowling of Mohammad Mahmudullah, trying to loft a ball over mid-off.
Blackwell made no mistake in the field, moving from mid-off to pouch a skied miscue from RP Singh and safely taking Vikram Singh at mid-on to end the innings two overs prematurely.
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On 87, he cut the first ball of a Bresnan over for four, drove the next past mid-off for another boundary, worked a couple off the next ball, and still had time in the same over to drive the Yorkshire bowler over mid-on to reach a century that was warmly applauded.
Appropriately O'Brien had the honour of striking the winning hit, with a well-struck drive over mid-off.
And he cut loose after being dropped by sub fielder Michael Mason at mid-off moments later.
In the same over Makhaya Ntini hoiked wildly and got a top-edge which reached Vaughan at mid-off.
Hopkinson goes for a single, doesn't shift fast enough, and is run-out by the bristling Cork at mid-off.
Clarke's dismissal then followed in the next over when he lobbed spinner Paul Harris to Smith at mid-off.
Bosman smashed a huge six over square-leg but succumbed to spinner Andul Razzak's second ball, top-edging to mid-off.
This is the perfect length to get on the front foot and ease the ball through the covers or mid-off.
In the Glamorgan bowler's next over, first Test centurion Devon Smith lofted a drive to mid-off to depart for 17.
Worcestershire old boy Davies was caught at mid-off and then Hamilton-Brown was well taken by James Cameron at deep extra cover.
England lost all hope of victory when Paul Collingwood miscued a Nathan Astle delivery to mid-off to leave the score on 35-5.
New Zealand suffered their early setback when Horne (2) popped up a delivery from leg-spinner Kumble to Rahul Dravid at silly mid-off.
One ball after depositing Chris Martin on to a grassy back with a terrific pull shot, he drilled a catch to mid-off.
When Ponting was superbly caught in the 47th over by Vincent diving forward at deep mid-off, 25 were still needed for victory.
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Adams then pushes the ball to mid-off and attempts a suicidal run.
Chanderpaul added 87 in 11 overs with Sylvester Joseph before hitting a full toss from Gough to mid-off in the penultimate over.
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Bell looked particularly nervous against the spin of Harbhajan but a sumptuous drive past mid-off to the rope would have given him confidence.
Robin Martin-Jenkins was also back in the dressing room in the next over after pulling Richardson to Jamie Spires at mid-off for 33.
In fact, India had two spinners on by the seventh over, with Gilchrist fortunate when he sliced slow left-armer Kartik over Zaheer at mid-off.
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Kumble began to play shots more associated with Tendulkar or Dhoni, driving Tremlett's first ball of a new spell expansively through mid-off for four.
Peter Trego followed in the next over, caught by Batty at mid-off, before play came to an end with Langer tantalisingly close to making history.
Mustaq eventually had Cork caught at mid-off by Luke Wright and Sajid Mahmood was the last man out for eight, unluckily run out backing up at the non-striker's end.
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