Englands first innings Englands lengthy batting line-up failed to wag as Indias spinners

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The last time Michigan State lost two games in a row was in 2012, part of a disappointing year in which the Spartans barely qualified for a bowl.Its happened again over the past couple of weekends, but theres still time for Mark Dantonios team to limit the damage.If you saw the 2012 situation, it mirrored some things that are going on right now and the fact that youve got to get off the field on third down, youve got to play well in the kicking game, youve got to make third-down conversions, said Dantonio, who is in his 10th season as Michigan States coach. When you dont ... then you come up inches short.The Spartans fell out of the Top 25 after losses to Wisconsin and Indiana, and theyll host Brigham Young in a tricky nonconference matchup Saturday. Michigan State hasnt lost three in a row since early in the 2009 season.BYU (2-3) is coming off a wild 55-53 win over Toledo in which Jamaal Williams set a single-game school record with 286 yards rushing. He also ran for five touchdowns.Hes got great vision. Jamaal does a great job of setting up blocks, Cougars coach Kalani Sitake said. Going into the season, we thought hes a special one. Hes going to have to have a lot of big games like that to help us win.Williams ranks second in the nation with 703 yards rushing on the season.Weve got to play defense like we know how to play, got to tackle in space, got to cover down the field, Dantonio said. They can run the football, been productive, but other people have held them down as well. Theyve had low-scoring games as well -- two of them in the teens, one of them in the 20s, and a couple of them higher. So well see what we get.Michigan State is 12th in the Big Ten in stopping third downs. Opponents have converted 40 percent of the time.Here are a few things to watch when the Spartans (2-2) host the Cougars:QB QUESTIONSTyler OConnor threw three interceptions in Michigan States 30-6 loss to Wisconsin a couple weekends ago. He threw three TD passes last weekend against Indiana, but that was all the scoring the offense managed.BYUs Taysom Hill has thrown only five touchdown passes with six interceptions this season.PENALTY PROBLEMSMichigan State lost 24-21 at Indiana in overtime. The Hoosiers actually missed a field goal on their overtime possession, but they got another chance after a leaping penalty on the Spartans.Michigan State is averaging 74.5 yards a game in penalties, over 20 yards more than its opponents.LEADERBYUs Kai Nacua is tied for the national lead with four interceptions, and he has 12 in his career. That said, the Cougars have work to do defensively after playing such a high-scoring game against Toledo.Toledo put up too many points and we felt like we could have done better, defensive back Dayan Lake said. It was a disappointing game for us and we have a lot of improvement to do. Were going to work on that. We need to execute. 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He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat.Ravichandran Ashwin took 5-67 as India bowled England out for 255 before progressing to 98-3, a lead of 298, in their second innings by the close of day three. Click on the video above to see how the off-spinner claimed the 22nd five-wicket haul of his Test career as India pressed home their advantage in Visakhapatnam.Earlier the hosts had come close to enduring a wicket-less session in the morning as the tourists, who began the day perched precariously at 103-5 in reply to Indias 455, rallied. 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Ravichandran Ashwin ended with figures of 5-67 in Englands first innings Englands lengthy batting line-up failed to wag as Indias spinners got to worrk - Zafar Ansari wasting the last review when trapped bang in front by Ravindra Jadeja, before Ashwin removed Stuart Broad and James Anderson with successive deliveries.ddddddddddddSome tight England bowling ensured a slow start to Indias second innings and the pressure told after tea as Broad (2-6) picked up two quick wickets, both on review.Murali Vijay departed after an inside edge looped up off his pad to Joe Root, diving forward at gully before Lokesh Rahul feathered one through to Bairstow behind the stumps. Virat Kohli came to the crease and upped the run-rate immediately but he lost his fellow first innings centurion Cheteshwar Pujara when Anderson (1-16) pegged back his middle stump to leave the home side 40-3.However, an unbeaten partnership of 58 between Kohli (56no) and Ajinkya Rahane (22no) saw India through to stumps and further strengthen their position going into day four.Live coverage of the second Test between India and England continues on Sunday from 3.45am on Sky Sports 2 and across selected mobile devices, where you can follow the action on our over-by-over commentary and watch in-play clips. Also See: Scorecard Commentary Fixtures/results Live cricket on Sky Wholesale Black NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Cheap Stitched Jerseys Wholesale Black NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China NFL Jerseys White ' ' '