. "He mixed in a changeup a little bit more this game. Hes mixing it up and throwing everything for a strike." Relievers Kaohi Downing, Allen Caldwell and Chris Kissock kept the lead intact for closer

Indias opener, Murali Vijay, joined forces with Cheteshwar Pujara to score his sixth Test ton, on the third day, of the first Test against England being played in Rajkot on Friday.India began the day still 474 runs a drift from Englands massive 537-run first-innings total. Openers, Vijay and Gautam Gambhir, had negotiated 23 overs successfully on the second day, but they knew that their job was far from finished.England, buoyed by a huge total to defend, struck from just the seventh delivery of the day, with Gambhir being trapped lbw by Stuart Broad for 29. His dismissal brought Pujara to the fore. In the first session Chris Woakes tested the batsmen with a five-over spell of six runs and three body blows for Pujara.In the second session Broad went 5-4-1-0, targeting that bare patch just short of a driving length. In the final session Broad and Ben Stokes tested with the new ball. Pujara, known for being circumspect early in his innings, took on the challenge and played more freely than his normally more aggressive partner.Vijay, sat seemingly dormant for large parts of his innings, but targeted the spinners by resorting to the lofted shot. He attempted it six times, and smashed two sixes each off Moeen Ali and Zafar Ansari, and a four each off Zafar Ansari and Adil Rashid.While Pujara took 74 balls for his fifty, Vijay took 129. He had his share of luck on 66, when debutant Haseeb Hameed grassed him at cover. He made the most of the reprieve and raced to his ton with two impressive boundaries of Stuart Broad in the 84th over, just three overs after Pujara had scored his ninth ton.The 209-run stand between Vijay and Pujara made them the most prolific duo for India since the start of 2010, outscoring Gambhir and Virender Sehwag who had amassed 1908 runs in 44 innings they batted together.Ben Stokes finally broke the stand in the 92nd over by dismissing Pujara for a 206-ball 124. In the dying overs of the days play, Rashid got Vijay caught at short leg with a googly, for a 301-ball 126. Vijays 126 is his lowest 100-plus score. His lowest score in six previous Test centuries was 139. His strike rate of 41.86 in this innings is his second-lowest among centuries. At stumps, India had scored 319 runs and are 19 runs short of avoiding the follow-on.They bowled good lines, when the ball started reversing it was tough. I knew that if I stayed there I would get loose balls, Pujara said. 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Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early.The Winnipeg Goldeyes continue to spoil other teams home openers. The Goldeyes defeated the Lincoln Saltdogs 4-1 on Thursday for their seventh straight win to open the season, their best start in franchise history. Its the third time on this road trip Winnipeg has beaten a team in their home opener. For the fourth time this season, the Goldeyes opened the scoring with a multi-run inning. They scored twice in the second off an RBI single from Nate Samson and a sacrifice fly from Amos Ramon. They made it 4-0 in the third inning, highlighted by an RBI double off the bat of Luis Alen. The Saltdogs got on the board in their half of the third, scoring once on three consecutive singles with two outs. Winnipeg had a couple chances to get the run back in the fifth, but was thrown out twice at the plate in the inning. Ryan Scoma made the first out when he broke for home on a groundball to third and Alen ended the inning when he tried tagging on a fly out to right fielder Stephen Douglas. But the Goldeyes didnt need any more offence after getting a strong pitching performance from Mark Hardy. The Campbell River, B.C. native piicked up his second straight win on the mound, going six and a third innings, while striking out nine.dddddddddddd "Hes got a lot of confidence in his slider. He feels like he can throw that pitch in any count and he throws it over the plate in quality spots," said Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea. "He mixed in a changeup a little bit more this game. Hes mixing it up and throwing everything for a strike." Relievers Kaohi Downing, Allen Caldwell and Chris Kissock kept the lead intact for closer Patrick Keating, who pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his third save of the year. Samson and Alen each finished two-for-four with an RBI. Leonard Davis was two-for-two before exiting the game in the fourth with a groin injury. Saltdogs starting pitcher Nathan Moreau got tagged with the loss, giving up four runs on eight hits over four innings. Lincoln pitching issued 10 walks in the game. The two teams meet Friday night at 7:05 p.m. in the second game of this four game set. All the action on TSN 1290 with play-by-play voice Paul Edmonds begins with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m. ' ' '