Debutant Vihari helps India to 240-7 against England in 5th Test

LONDON, Sept 09 (AFP): Hanuma Vihari marked his Test debut with a fifty as India kept England's James Anderson waiting for a landmark wicket at the Oval on Sunday.

India were 240 for seven in reply to England's first innings 332, a deficit of 92 runs, at lunch on the third day of the fifth Test.

Vihari fell shortly before the interval for 56 as India, who had already lost the five-match series at 3-1 down, tried to salvage a consolation win.

But Ravindra Jadeja, playing his first match of the series, was 41 not out.

England spearhead Anderson went wicketless in the session and that meant he still needed two more wickets to equal Australia great Glenn McGrath's record of 563 Test wickets -- the most taken by any fast bowler.

But before play started on Sunday, the International Cricket Council announced that Anderson, who had overnight figures of two for 20, had been fined 15 percent of his match for "speaking in an aggressive manner" to Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena on Saturday after an lbw review against India captain Virat Kohli went the way of the star batsman.

Kohli eventually fell to Ben Stokes for 49, strengthening an England grip on the game established earlier in the day by Jos Buttler making 89 on his 28th birthday.

India resumed in trouble at 174 for six, with Vihari 25 not out and Jadeja unbeaten on eight.