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India vs England, 1st Test, Day 1

At 1800 local time (2230 IST) the umpires offered the batsmen the light, which they promptly accepted and walked back to the pavilion, but only to return 25 minutes later when it brightened up a bit.

Then, in a magical moment, suddenly the sun peeped out of nowhere. Off the very next ball Vaughan was out, caught behind off R P Singh. A few minutes earlier he had walked back to the pavilion, perhaps thinking play would not restart as the light was so bad and must have relaxed a bit.

Three overs later he was walking back to the pavilion and this time permanently, at least for the first innings. He, however, played a fine innings, hitting 11 boundaries in his 201-ball knock that stretched nearly four hours.