The Overview: Day 3

It couldn't have got much worse for England.

Inevitably, India enforced the follow-on after dismantling England for 191, prompting Beefy to suggest the tourists' tactics left a lot to be desired... Sir Ian Botham: "I seem to remember that in Dubai they went from block to slog and neither worked, as the results showed. It's no surprise that India enforced the follow-on and we will see more spin and they are going to have men around the bat. England have got to come up with a solution and from what I've seen so far, we are well short of that." Athers: "On the face of it, it looks a pretty hopeless situation but you've always got things to play for in a Test match. It's a matter of improvement. You wouldn't have thought that it could get any worse after that first innings and they need to show India that they can play spin in these conditions. Athers: "Dhoni has had a good day, with one proviso to that: when you've got 521 on the board, when the pitch starts to break up at the ends, when you've got two spinners in your attack, it's easy to look good as a captain. We've all been there - me and you [David Gower] especially - when you are up against it and you look a less good captain than your opposition. But Dhoni has been quite proactive and he hasn't let England's batsmen settle; he's not let things drift." Dhoni mixed up his bowlers second time around but this time Cook and Compton proved inseparable, posting a hundred-stand off 204 balls... Nass: "This innings, so far, gives a lot of hope to England - not only in this Test match, but in this series. It shows that they can bat - Cook and Compton will show to the rest of the dressing room that you can get runs against spin, that you can survive. There is a lot of cricket left in this series." Beefy: "It was a good fight-back from England. Cook and Compton will regard that as a job well done after being made to follow-on. They'll sleep a little easier but there's a lot of work to do tomorrow, though. England still trail by 219 runs; not only do they have to get up to parity, they've then got to get something like another 200 ahead. It's a long, long way ahead." Nass: "It's very good from those two - it's mentally tough more than anything else, following on with everyone writing you off. They've gone out second time around and given the England fans a little bit of hope." Don't miss day four of the first Test - live on Sky Sports 1 HD on Sunday from 3.55am.