PTI
London, Jul 21: Indians had another disappointing day today in the county cricket championship here as Dinesh Mongia failed with the bat while ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble struggled to leave an impression.
Mongia had a forgettable outing as the left-hander managed to score only one off 26 balls before falling to P Jones. However, his team Leicestershire gave a decent reply to Derbyshire's first innings total of 386. With the help of top-scorer H D Ackerman's 79, Leicestershire were 265 for 5 according to reports last came in.
Kumble had a drab match in his debut innings for Surrey as he returned with figures of 1 for 127 off 36 overs.
Surrey bowlers struggled a lot today as Justin Langer went on to score his triple hundred (342) to lead Somerset to 688 for 8 declared in their first innings.
At tea on the second day, Surrey were 49 for one in their first innings.
Worcestershire had a tough day on the first day of their four-day match against Gloucestershire. Captain Vikram Solanki (60) emerged as the top-scorer for Worcestershire as they were all out for 271. Zaheer Khan contributed only 2 in Worcestershire's first innings total.
On the other hand, Sourav Ganguly did not get a chance to bat on the first day of the three-day tour match today between Pakistan and Northamptonshire.
Batting first, Northamptonshire declared their innings at 269 for 3 as Ganguly did not get a chance to bat against the Pakistani bowlers. Stephen Peters hit a brilliant 142 to guide his side to a healthy score.
Pakistan suffered some early setbacks and were 28 for 2 as per the last piece of information.