England began this summer wanting pace, bounce and carry in their Test pitches but have instead been confronted with surfaces more akin to Colombo and Kolkata than Lord’s, Headingley and Trent Bridge. The result on Wednesday was that India felt very much at home on the first day of a pivotal series for Alastair Cook. Certainly there was no home advantage in Nottingham for England on a low, slow batting paradise of a pitch that was prepared more to ensure that the first Investec Test will last into the weekend rather than produce compelling cricket. Duncan Fletcher never gives much away but the India coach would have been inwardly grinning like a Cheshire cat behind his inscrutable façade at the warm hospitality offered to his side here by his old employers at the ECB.
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India finished with 259 for 4 off 90 overs tough over for England on day one
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Vijay is on 122 not out from a hard-fought 294 balls at stumps
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The century is Vijay's first away from India
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India captain MS Dhoni finished on 50 not out
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Anderson claimed two wickets for 70 runs after going for 12 - eight from edges - in the first over of the day
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Anderson and Broad took the key wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli in the space 10 balls in a lively period after lunch
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Liam Plunkett took the day's only other wicket, Ajinkya Rahan for 32
Number one: @placeholder opener Murali Vijay celebrates his century having dominated day one at Trent Bridge