By Paul Newman Follow @@Paul_NewmanDM Alastair Cook was left clinging to the England captaincy by his fingertips on Friday as a leading member of the emerging group beginning to blossom under him dragged his team back into a second Test they are doing their best to throw away. It is not without irony that the latest failure of a captain who is now close to his tipping point should come on a second day at Lord’s when Gary Ballance demonstrated again there is considerable potential in England’s ‘new era’. The big question is whether Cook will decide that promise would be better fulfilled without him at the helm - there is no chance of him being sacked - if India turn their position of superiority here into their first win in 16 overseas Tests.
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England is 219 for 6 at stumps after day two of the second Test at Lord's
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The hosts trail India by 76 after bowled out for 295 earlier in the day
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England's Gary Ballance scored 110 before falling late in the day
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Moeen Ali was England's only other significant contributor with 32
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Alastair Cook's poor run of form continued as he fell cheaply again for 10
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