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One of the defining images of Indias last home series against England is from the last over of the second day of the Mumbai Test: Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen have forged a solid reply to what had initially seemed a match-winning 327 from India on a pitch that looked likely to turn square. England are 176 for 2, India are looking for a moment of inspiration to leave them feeling good about the next days play. They turn to Harbhajan Singh, who is looking to revive his Test career. He comes in for the last over, draws Cooks edge off a short ball, but what have we got here? Virender Sehwag is upright at slip. The ball hits his boot, his hands are up around his waist. The moment is gone. Cook and Pietersen come back the next day to trample Indias challenge.Four years on, India have still been dropping catches at slip but in the dying moments of sessions they have been switched on.When a new batting pair arrests a collapse in the last half hour, or tired bowlers prise out a set batsman, their team usually grows a leg upon resumption. A lot of Test cricket is about physical and mental endurance, about concentrating when it is easy for the mind to wander, and, this time around, India have met these requirements for longer than their opponents in taking a 2-0 lead.Two prime examples of India outlasting England over a days play were seen on days one and two of the Mohali Test. On day one England had recovered from 92 for 4 at lunch, losing just two wickets over the next three and a half hours. Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes looked at ease going into the last half hour. If England could end the day six down, they would have done enough after winning the toss on a pitch likely to assist spin. India delayed taking the new ball, but rookie offspinner Jayant Yadav produced the inspiration they needed in the 84th over. First, a flat delivery took the outside edge as it ran across Bairstow from around the wicket. The next one drifted and dipped before turning in to trap him lbw. The new ball was duly asked for. Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami, who had bowled 14 and 18 overs until then, bounded in for a final burst. Umesh kept beating Woakes outside edge, but also kept adjusting his line to move it closer to off stump until he pegged back the stump itself. A probable, respectable 280 for 6 turned into 268 for 8. Of course, Shami struck with his first ball next morning. England finished with 283.By the last hour on the second day, through one lucky break - Cheteshwar Pujaras dismissal to a long hop - some sensational fielding, and disciplined bowling to Virat Kohli, England had willed themselves back into the contest. India had gone from 148 for 2 to 204 for 6; four more wickets for 50-odd runs could have proved disastrous for them, given they had to bat last on a dry surface. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, though, saw off the threat in that last hour. Jadeja, shepherded along by Ashwin, played his most restrained Test innings. England would have probably given an arm for two more wickets on the day, but they didnt have enough left in them to bowl disconcertingly to the lower order - as Indias quicks would do to theirs in the second innings.Before that, in the Visakhapatnam Test, Jadeja broke through Cooks stubborn 188-ball resistance with something special off what turned out to be the last ball of the fourth day. In Englands second innings in Mohali, Ashwin came back for the last over to dismiss Ben Stokes with an inspired review. That wicket was crucial as England went on to write off the deficit and ask India to chase over 100.Over the first three Tests of the series, not counting a teams natural progression to being bowled out or the wickets lost when pushing for a declaration, India have taken 13 wickets in the last half-hour of sessions to Englands five. In a series in which England have lost 53 wickets to Indias 48, those last half-hours have proved to be the difference.For long India have had the reputation of being a side whose concentration and fitness wavers as sessions and days wear on. Here they have shown the skill, the alertness and the resilience to keep coming back when it can be easy to start thinking of lunch, tea or that massage at the end of the day. China NFL Jerseys . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. 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Every cloud has a silver lining, and every NFL team does something well. Even the worst team has certain plays and tendencies in which the players are productive.Weve gone through Football Outsiders extensive stat databases to point out one specific strength of each offense in 2015. Some of these splits are significant for illuminating the strengths and weaknesses of each teams personnel. Other splits tend to oscillate wildly from year to year, and a great performance in 2015 may not indicate that a team will be equally strong in the same ways in 2016. Either way, the numbers provide an interesting window into what each teams offense did right last season. (We did the same thing for every defense here.)Football Outsiders advanced metrics are explained here. The most important is DVOA, which measures success on each play compared to the league average adjusted for situation and opponent. Because it is measured on a per-play basis, it can easily be separated to measure specific splits. 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