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England have won the toss and have opted to field

India (Playing XI):

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna


England (Playing XI):

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

The last six Tests at Headingley, dating back to 2017, were all won by the sides batting second - two by an innings margin and four by chasing down targets in excess of 250.

In reply to shivnotout

This should be a very competitive series and some great Test Cricket.

Jaiswal in a hurry

KL Rahul looking good

Down on one knee with that drive

KL 38*

India 87-0

Gives it away

In reply to LBW375
Yep

All that hard work undone by 2 quick wickets before lunch

Was hoping for a long stay from Sai

Day 1: 2nd Session

IND 128/2 (33) CRR: 3.88

Shubman Gill 27(29)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 49(91)

India is rebuilding and they are still good. Most of the batters are young.

Jaiswal exhibits a lot of patience. Just like ...

Day 1: 2nd Session
IND 159/2 (39) CRR: 4.08

Yashasvi Jaiswal 67(112)
Shubman Gill 40(44

Partnership: 67(82)

IND 165/2 (40) CRR: 4.12


Day 1: 2nd Session

40.6
Josh Tongue to Jaiswal, SIX, there's a deep point but Jaiswal doesn't mind that. He goes after this short and wide delivery outside off, reaches for it and carved it flat, was in the air but flies over the sweeper cover fence, great timing and it flies off the bat

41.1
Bashir to Shubman Gill, FOUR, fast outfield and it beats the man in pursuit! Flighted delivery full outside off, Gill prods forward and opens the face of the bat to squeeze it away through backward point, Tongue gave chase and it kept gaining on him

Partnership 91 at 5.25

Good batting

didn;t gill and arhanaze play in the same under 19 world cup

In reply to velo

WHO is that?

48.1
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, FOUR, crunched! Length delivery slanting across outside off, just a fraction short and wide and Jaiswal doesn't need second invitations to dispatch this to the point fence with a fierce cut, he's into the 90s now!

Going road to do some work

Want Jaiswal ton first

Damn

Cramp ?

In reply to velo

In reply to velo

48.5
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, FOUR, he's in a hurry now, on to 99! Pitched up full and outside off, Jaiswal presses right forward and drives it away firmly through the covers, leans right into it and gets it past Stokes at cover
48.4
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, FOUR, you can't bowl there to Jaiswal! He'll feast on them all day, cramp or not, short and wide outside off, Jaiswal slashes it away with purpose through backward point, there's a big hundred drawing ever closer

48.6
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, 1 run, there it is and boy doesn't he love it! Good length delivery on off-stump, Jaiswal hangs back and eases it towards point before setting off, he raises his arm and takes the helmet off before leaping in joy as he makes it through to the other end

Yashasvi Jaiswal *100[145

This guy is so pleasing to the eyes .....

In reply to Narper

shiv chanderpaul . ton up

Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, 1 run, there it is and boy doesn't he love it!

In reply to shivnotout

2025 and Shiv still piling up the runs in England.

Day 1: Tea Break

IND 215/2 (51) CRR: 4.22

Yashasvi Jaiswal 100(154)
Shubman Gill 58(74

Partnership: 123(154)

In reply to shivnotout

Good ton

Bat on

Ton fi Jaiswal
221/2

52.3
Stokes to Jaiswal, out Bowled!! Oh he's knocked him over! Did him in with the angle and then away movement off the pitch. Top beat the bat of a batter who's made a hundred and hit the top of off stump has to be something exceptional.

Jaiswal b Stokes 101(159) [4s-16 6s-1]

Day 1: 3rd Session
IND 221/3 (52.3) CRR: 4.21

52.5
Stokes to Pant, FOUR, if Stokes is positive, Pant is ultra aggressive. Steps out of the crease and just smashes this length ball back over the bowler's head to get off the mark in style. Brings out a big laugh from Stokes

Day 1: 3rd Session

IND 226/3 (53) CRR: 4.26

Rishabh Pant5 (3)
Shubman Gill 63(79

In reply to Narper

Good delivery. Did not know that Stokes was back to bowling high 80s.

Pommie commies fretting already
Anyone but England.
Ton up cappo.

India X1 plays in the IPL.
Are they the only team ?

Into di 90s

Day 1 - 3rd session Drinks break

IND 275/3 (69) CRR: 3.99

Rishabh Pant 24(52)
Shubman Gill 90(127)

In reply to Speed100

Ton fi Gill. - home bread baking overseas - 2nd overseas ton.
Big knock dat

74.2
Josh Tongue to Shubman Gill, FOUR, 100 on Test captaincy debut for Shubman Gill. Joins an elite list of Gavaskar, Kohli, Hazare and Vengsarkar in doing so.

In reply to Narper

Nice ton of maturity for the new cappo. Well done Gill

Partnership: 100(146)

IND 321/3 (76.5) CRR: 4.18

Day 1: 3rd Session

IND 322/3 (77) CRR: 4.18

Rishabh Pant 45(82)
Shubman Gill 112(145

Chris Woakes [16.0-2-73-0] is back into the attack

The 2nd new-ball is available. Stokes immediately takes it. England need wickets and it's Woakes who will start off.

IND 331/3 (80) CRR: 4.14

80.2
Woakes to Pant, FOUR, so ugly and it's an uglier way to get to a fifty but Pant won't care. Full on middle, Pant sinks low to slogsweep, right off the toe-end and it runs wide of the diving mid-on to his right, looks like he wants to take the new-ball head-on

Everybody making runs today, except for the debutant, Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan, who only has a big duck to display in his trophy case.

81.2
Brydon Carse to Shubman Gill, FOUR, no third man.

81.5
Brydon Carse to Pant, FOUR, just over 10 minutes for stumps but Pant doesn't care a jot. He comes down the track and takes the length delivery from the stumps

Day 1: 3rd Session

IND 350/3 (82) CRR: 4.27

Rishabh Pant 57(96)
Shubman Gill 126(163

50 fi Pant
350/3
Anyone but England

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84.1
Woakes to Pant, SIX, what a man Pant is! Last over of the day, there's a deep square-leg in place, he doesn't think about all that. He wants to hit this and smokes it for six. He comes down the track and takes the length delivery on the stumps, swings it and the ball flies over deep square-leg's head as he backtracked, Woakes can't quite believe it as does Stokes, both can only smile

Day 1: Stumps

IND 359/3 (85) CRR: 4.22

Rishabh Pant 65(102)
Shubman Gill 127(175

Partnership: 138(19

Yashasvi Jaiswal b Stokes 101 [159
KL Rahul c Root b Brydon Carse 42[78

Chris Woakes 19 2 89 0
Brydon Carse 16 5 70 1
Josh Tongue 16 0 75 0
Ben Stokes 13 1 43 2
Shoaib Bashir 21 4 66 0

Very good day for India

Shub bhai, Yash bhai and Rish bhai all played so positive

In reply to Narper

Is journeyman Woakes the best the Poms have got to replace Broad and Anderson? Why is this mediocre seamer taking the new ball?

Licks like peas

In reply to shivnotout

In reply to mikesiva

Day 2: 1st Session

IND 375/3 (91) CRR: 4.12

Shubman Gill 132(196)
Rishabh Pant 75(117)

Partnership: 154(234)

93.1
Brydon Carse to Pant, FOUR, he's smacked that! Dug in short on middle-leg, Pant steps out and heaves it away towards deep square leg, Brydon Carse saw him coming and dropped it short but Pant went through with the shot anyway, fast hands

Day 2: 1st Session

IND 393/3 (95) CRR: 4.14

Shubman Gill 139(20
Rishabh Pan t84(131

95.1
Bashir to Pant, FOUR, Bashir is greeted by a Pant special! Flat and on a length on off-stump, Pant shuffles across and tumbles as he paddles it over the man at leg-side, the tumbling paddle that only he plays

95.5
Bashir to Pant, SIX, that's one way to get into the 90s! Fraction short on middle-leg, Pant goes deep in his crease before mowing it over deep mid-wicket, that went 20 rows back! He's put the spinner under pressure straightaway

404/3
Pant into di 90s. Pommie commies bawling

96.5
Stokes to Gill, FOUR, that was regal! Gill hasn't spared anything that's been loose and this was loose, pitched up full just outside off, Gill prod forward and creamed it through extra cover

98.2
Stokes to Pant, 1 run, Stokes tries the dipping slower ball yorker but this one wasn't as high as yesterday so it didn't dip enough. Pant was ready to put bat on ball and place it through point. 99 now

Ton fi Pant

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99.1
Bashir to Pant, SIX, a one-handed six to get his 7th Test hundred. He woke up against RCB late in the IPL and he's carried on here as well. Back-to-back Test hundreds in England. This is his format. Generally takes the pitch and opposition out of the equation. He has been India's crisis man for a while now

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99.3
Bashir to Pant, SIX, a teaser for the fielder but it's gone over! Tossed up full on middle, Pant stepped out and went downtown, didn't quite get hold of it and it went high off the toe end, Carse started spriting right back and it just went over his head and his outstretched arms before landing on the advertising triangle. That brings up the 200-run stand between these two

IND 426/3 (100) CRR: 4.26

Shubman Gill 144(219)
Rishabh Pant 112(150

Gill Gawn - big knock dat 147

In reply to Chrissy

out Caught by Josh Tongue at deep square leg!! He wanted to get his 150 in style but he's dragged this big hit squarer than intended and it's taken at deep square leg. Headingley rises to its feet to give a great ovation as Gill walks off with a raised bat.

147

IND 434/4 (103)

Great catch Pope
Nair gawn fi a quack quack
447/5

Pant gawn lbw fi 134
Entertaining knock dat
453;6

In reply to Chrissy

IND 454/7 (108.4) CRR: 4.18


Day 2: Lunch Break

Day 2: 2nd Session
IND 469/8 (112) CRR: 4.19

Mohammed Siraj 2(5)
Ravindra Jadeja 11(14

112.1
Josh Tongue to Jadeja, out Bowled!! Dragged back on.

Jadeja b Josh Tongue 11(15) [4s-2]

471/10

112.6
Josh Tongue to Prasidh, out Bowled!! The leg-stump has gone for a walk. Josh Tongue fist-pumps in delight. That's the end of the innings as well.

Prasidh b Josh Tongue 1(3)

Day 2: Innings Break

IND 471 (113) CRR: 4.17

471


Wanted 500 plus

Rain about? India's pacers should be difficult to face

In reply to LBW375

India 471 all out

Gill 147
Pant 134
Jaiswal 101
Rahul 42

Stokes 4-66
Tongue 4-86

India carrying a couple of passengers in Sudharsan and Nair. Sarfaraz should've been there instead.

Very good discipline by Stokes and Tongue today

India first 4 wickets: 430 runs
India last 6 wickets: 41 runs

Crawley and Duckett are at the crease.
Crawley is on strike.
Bumrah will open the attack

three slips and a gully.

0.1
Bumrah to Crawley, no run

0.4
Bumrah to Crawley, FOUR, edge goes through! Good length delivery on off-stump, pushed it a little straighter and he found the edge this time as Crawley fended from his crease,

In reply to Narper

Bumrah strikes

0.6
Bumrah to Crawley, out Caught by Karun Nair!! That is absolutely unplayable! Call it magic, call it wizardry, call it other wordly because that is simply stunning from Bumrah. Crawley can only put his head down and walk off, nothing he could've done about that, absolutely nothing. Good length delivery angling into middle-leg, hit the deck and straightened considerably, turned him into an S and brushed a bit of the outside edge, then his back thigh and went straight to first slip. Crawley goes cheaply and India have early success!

Crawley c Karun Nair b Bumrah 4(6) [4s-1]

1.3
Siraj to Pope, FOUR, Pope is off and running with a boundary! Siraj can't quite replicate what Bumrah has done at the other end, length delivery angling into middle-leg, doesn't straighten and it goes on to the pads, Pope clips it away through to the deep backward square leg ropes

In reply to Narper

Bumbrah. in them rass.

That is absolutely unplayable! Call it magic, call it wizardry, call it other wordly because that is simply stunning from Bumrah.

Quick wicket

Good start

1.6
Siraj to Pope, FOUR, that's nicely played! Full and just outside off, nips away just a touch, Pope gets forward and just opens the face of the bat as he steers it towards backward point

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 13/1 (2) CRR: 6.5

England trail by 458 runs

Ollie Pope 8(4)
Ben Duckett 1(2

Zak Crawley is England's Kraigg Brathwaite

3.1
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, that'll get his juices flowing! Siraj isn't quite backing Bumrah up here, overpitched on off-stump, Duckett prods forward and creams it straight back down the ground with the full face of the bat, comfortably beat mid-off to his left

3.6
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, more runs for Duckett, four more! Length delivery slanting away outside off, Duckett hangs back and opens the face of the bat to punch it away to Jadeja's right at backward point, no stopping it once it beat him, Siraj has gone for 19 runs in two overs now

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 24/1 (4) CRR: 6

England trail by 447 runs

Ben Duckett 11(12)
Ollie Pope 8(6

4.2
Bumrah to Pope, FOUR, edged and into the gap! Not too different from the delivery that got Crawley, only Pope got a lot more bat on it. Good length delivery angling into off-stump and straightening off the deck
4.1
Bumrah to Pope, 2 runs, short of length outside off, patted past point, used the pace nicely and put it into the gap, he'll get a couple

4.5
Bumrah to Duckett, FOUR, another edge that goes into the gap! England are riding their luck!

7 runs per over

Not in control tho

6.6
Bumrah to Duckett, no run, dropped!You don't see Jadeja dropping many, not at backward point but he's put this one down! Length delivery just outside off, Duckett stayed inside the line and slashed hard, didn't keep it down and it went quickly to Jadeja's right, at a decent catch-able hieght too but down it went

8.6
Bumrah to Duckett, FOUR, Duckett will keep playing his shots! Not a bad delivery by any stretch of the imagination, good length delivery shaping away

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 47/1 (9) CRR: 5.22

England trail by 424 runs

Ben Duckett 22(30)
Ollie Pope 20(1

Jasprit Bumrah
5-2-21-1

9.5
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, signature stroke from Duckett! He's not going to let the pressure faze him

56/1

11.5
Prasidh to Pope, FOUR, to deep backward point

11.6
Prasidh to Pope, FOUR, to sweeper cover

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 65/1 (12) CRR: 5.42

England trail by 406 runs

Ollie Pope 31(25)
Ben Duckett 29(41

14.5
Siraj to Pope, no run, Pope is lucky - saved by the ump's call on hitting. This is a good delivery and nips back in to off
Big appeal for LBW and India are interested for a review. Gill takes it with one second to go. Siraj very confident. Let's see. Hit on the front pad first and then the back thigh. Wickets is ump's call.

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 72/1 (15) CRR: 4.8

England trail by 399 runs

Ollie Pope 34(36)
Ben Duckett 33(48

15.3
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, cracking shot. It's a short of length delivery just outside off, not a bad ball, but Duckett is so good with the pull, he goes on the back foot and pulls dismissively to the deep mid-wicket fence

15.6
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, and when he pitches it up - he gives width, well outside off, Duckett gets forward and drives wide of extra-cover, missed out earlier in the over but not this time

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 82/1 (16.1) CRR: 5.07

England trail by 389 runs

Ben Duckett 42(53)
Ollie Pope 35(37

9.1
Jadeja to Pope, FOUR, short and wide and four. Poor delivery even with a sweeper cover, Pope goes on the back foot and cuts hard, easily beats sweeper cover to his left

21.5
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, Stokes and Root clap the 100-run stand. Also 50 for Duckett

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 105/1 (22) CRR: 4.77

England trail by 366 runs

Ben Duckett 52(69)
Ollie Pope 47(58

ENG 107/1

Jasprit Bumrah [5.0-2-21-1] is back into the attack

22.3
Bumrah to Pope, no run, Bumrah checks with Pant if there was any bat. Gets a negative response and goes back to his mark. It's a short of length delivery down leg, Pope flicks and misses, off the thigh pad
22.5
Bumrah to Pope, no run, no short-leg or short mid-wicket and Pope was gone if there was one. Sharp nipbacker, good length on off, nips back in and Pope gets forward to push and it's a thick inside-edge on to pad, lobs from there and it stays in the air for a while, but mid-wicket is at a normal position and Pope gets away

Day 2: Tea Break

ENG 107/1 (24) CRR: 4.46

England trail by 364 runs

Ben Duckett 53(76)
Ollie Pope 48(63)

Ravindra Jadeja
4-1-14-0
Jasprit Bumrah
6-2-23-1
Mohammed Siraj
9-0-37-0
Prasidh Krishna
5-0-32-0

Day 2: 3rd Session

ENG 116/1 (26.3) CRR: 4.38

England trail by 355 runs

28.3
Bumrah to Duckett, out Bowled!! Thick inside-edge and Bumrah makes the breakthrough. He has a smile and a word or two at Duckett who walks off. Full outside off, Duckett gets forward to drive big, it's a thick inside-edge and goes back on to middle-stump. Bumrah was brought on to make the breakthrough and he does exactly that. Duckett was looking good but he has to go now.

Duckett b Bumrah 62(94) [4s-9]

Root vs Bumrah and Jadeja. All three No.1s in play now!

Day 2: 3rd Session
ENG 127/2 (30) CRR: 4.23

England trail by 344 runs

Joe Root 0(
Ollie Pope 59(73

30.6
Bumrah to Pope, no run, dropped by Jaiswal at third slip.Bumrah has his hands on his head. Gill meanwhile claps Bumrah on. This is a nothing shot from Pope, trying to steer a back of a length delivery outside off to the third man area, very low percentage shot and Pope is very lucky, Jaiswal dives to his right and gets both hands, but the ball hits the wrists and goes down. Not a difficult chance and that's the third chance off Bumrah that has been put down today

In reply to Narper

Uprooted?: Review

Missing

33.5
Siraj to Root, no run, no wonder Root reviewed immediately. The Headingley crowd love that as it comes up on the big screen. The shiny side was pointing towards third man and it came in sharply with the rough side, conventional swing, Root falls over slightly on the flick, misses, rapped on the pads but too much angle and too much movement, means the ball is missing leg-stump easily. As soon as umpire Paul Reiffel's finger went up, Root gestured for the review with a few mutterings under his breath. . Then went to Pope and made the point it was heading down leg. It was the case. Gill was so happy as he ran towards Siraj with the finger pointing towards him, KL Rahul was mobbing Siraj but all those celebrations soon turned into glum faces. A big moment in the day

Day 2: 3rd Session

ENG 181/2 (42) CRR: 4.31

England trail by 290 runs

Joe Root 22(4
Ollie Pope 86(107

Day 2: 3rd Session

ENG 200/2 (45) CRR: 4.44

England trail by 271 runs

Ollie Pope 97(120)
Joe Root 25(54

Just thinking, is this the 3rd place playoff???

In reply to Narper

Pope gets a ton

46.2
Bumrah to Pope, 1 run, ohh inside edge onto to the on-side and that will give his 9th Test hundred. Back-to-back tons for Ollie Pope. He is ecstatic

In reply to Narper

Root gawn

46.3
Bumrah to Root, out Caught by Karun Nair!! Poke and an outside edge straight to first slip. That is the 10th time Bumrah has got Root in Tests. Poor shot from Root and he will be livid with himself. Just a back of a length delivery outside off stump, but it's not just another ball because of Bumrah's unique angle. This one seamed away off the pitch with some bounce and forced the edge as Root looked to dab past the cordon. All three wickets to Bumrah

Root c Karun Nair b Bumrah 28(5 [4s-2]

ENG 206/3 (46.3)

Ollie Pope 100(125)

Ton fi Pope.

Bumrah gets Root for tge 10th time

In reply to Narper

Brook caught off a noball

48.4
Bumrah to Brook, no ball, oh Jasprit Bumrah! Siraj took a great catch but Bumrah has bowled another front foot no-ball, the third of the over. He surprised Brook with a short ball because the batter was expecting yorkers and trying to protect his stumps. Bumrah was so smart to dig it in and rush Brook on the surprised pull shot. Siraj ran back from short mid-wicket, dived full length and caught it clean but all in vain now

48.6
Bumrah to Brook, no run, ohh almost got him there! Ends the day with an absolute snorter and Brook survives the day. Steamy bouncer. Brook was aware of the length but he was caught by surprise because of how it kept coming back at him. That's what Bumrah can do to you with his angles.

Day 2: Stumps

IND 471
ENG 209/3 (49) CRR: 4.27

England trail by 262 runs

Harry Brook 0(12)
Ollie Pope 100(131)

Jasprit Bumrah
13-2-48-3

Di Pope gawn early - Deading wid laff

Ollie Pope c Pant b Krishna 106
225/4

Stokes gawn fi 20
276/5

Finally Siraj gets a wicket.

Gawn lbw - dat is out

Not out on review

In reply to Chrissy

India lengthened the batting. Should've gone with an additional bowler. Out and out spinner.

This is where R Ashwin would've come in and dismissed the tail

Lunch
327/5
Pommies trail by 144

In reply to LBW375
Agree but Poms have to bat here last

India is usually a lot mord clinical than this they should have batted england out of this mstch in their first innings at least gotten 550 -600 from their start.and their bowling attack outside of bumrah looks real ordinary plus the dropped catches

In reply to velo

Yes they did not. And the old saying catches...

Great Combo catch dat
Smith gawn

349/6

New ball being wasted

Lines on leg stump

Too easy for England

In reply to LBW375

Brook dash it weh

I like watching Harry Brook bat, but India needed that wicket

Time to wrap the tail quickly

Brook gives it away

Gawn fi 99

In reply to FanAttick
Yep

Brook 99
Siraj 100

In reply to Chrissy

You don't get out at 99 from a shot like that. You wait to get a single and then
celebrate with an attempted 6 after that. Brook having batted so well will kick himself
for that mad moment . Get your hundred then do the stupid if needs be.
Young ones watching should learn from this..but how many WI upcoming players
are watching to gain some nuance of the game. ?

In reply to hubert

He did try to keep it down, which brought about his downfall.

In reply to natty_forever

Once you play a shot like that in the air you have made an error. Wait for the next ball if anything and play for
your hundred which is what all batters bat for in the first place. A single would do.
That's how we we taught as youth playing the game. Shot selection at 99 does not have to be expansive. Its a
sucker's dismissal.
The first tent of batting as a batter is know how to get off the mark. Usually with a single too.
When you watch cricket you can see the best batters know this.
You get out on 99 by being defeated by the bowler, bowled or lbw or caught from wonderful deliveries.
But then again I learned the game in a different era where certain things were stressed.
The late great Atlas Headley would be very angry if one of his charges,especially one he coached
get out this way. ' So you don't like to bat ,son' would always be his comment for outs like this and
other questionable shot execution.
Mass George liked making 100s and was dismissed only once in the 90s during his Test career of
10 tons from some 22 matches.
Boys growing up with the intent to play and have wonderful careers at the highest level,should inculcate
certain qualities of sound thinking in their game.
That is a certified lack in Today's West Indies players.One uses a bat and ball but you play with your brain.

Woakes is a better batsman than WI top 5

Siraj bowling sweet, sweet , sweet . Reminiscent of Jason Holder.

SOS for Mohammed Shami

Simple

Batsman all over the place, spear in a yorker

453/8
Second innings match.

Clataaax
460/9

Rain coming

In reply to Chrissy

Tongue wagging

Day 3: 2nd Session

ENG 464/9 (100) CRR: 4.64

England trail by 7 runs

Josh Tongue 11(17)
Shoaib Bashir 0(1)

In reply to Chrissy

Tongue tied

What an absorbing match so far

India had 3 1/2 men who batted whereas, other than the opener, everybody is pulling their weight for the English as Bumrah bags another 5 to give India a 6 run lead

WI women also keeping SA women in check

100.4
Bumrah to Josh Tongue, out Bowled!! Fifer for the incomparable Bumrah. He waves his finger at the heavens as he seems to thank someone.

Josh Tongue b Bumrah 11(1 [4s-2]

What an absorbing match so far

India had 3 1/2 men who batted whereas, other than the opener, everybody is pulling their weight for the English as Bumrah bags another 5 to give India a 6 run lead

WI women also keeping SA women in check

Day 3: Innings Break

IND 471
ENG 465 (100.4) CRR: 4.62

England trail by 6 runs

Jaiswal and Rahul are at the crease.
Jaiswal is on strike.
Woakes will open the attack

0.1
Woakes to Jaiswal, no run, this dies on the way to Jamie Smith. On a length outside off, angling away, left alone

Day 3: 3rd Session

IND 1/0 (1) CRR: 1

India lead by 7 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal 0(7)
KL Rahul 0(0

1.5
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, FOUR, short at Jaiswal and he pulls nicely, got inside the line and pulls to the deep backward square-leg fence, fine-leg is very square but it was well wide of him, was in the air but in the gap

In reply to Narper


Bumrah 24.4-5-83-5


B-52 Bumrah.

In reply to Narper

Jaiswal carsed

2.2
Woakes to Rahul, FOUR, good cut shot. A short of length delivery just outside off, Rahul leans back, makes room and cuts wide of backward point, got on top of the bounce and put it away, technically so correct
2.5
Woakes to Rahul, FOUR, wide of the crease and bowls a half-volley outside off, Rahul with a lovely drive, classical shot. Again technically so correct. Leans forward and caresses it into the gap. High elbow and all that jazz

3.1
Brydon Carse to Jaiswal, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! Lovely delivery and that's the edge. The round the wicket angle helps. It's a short of length delivery that is angling into fourth-stump, then seams away, opens Jaiswal up, on the back foot defence, he can't handle that and he edges it behind. Brydon Carse and England knew Jaiswal had edged it and were celebrating. That's the early wicket England wanted. A hundred and a low score in the 2nd innings. Similar to the opening Test at the Gabba in Australia

Jaiswal c Jamie Smith b Brydon Carse 4(11) [4s-1]

IND 16/1 (3.1) CRR: 5.05

3.2
Brydon Carse to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to third man

India 33/1 (9.1) CRR: 3.6



Day 3: 3rd Session - India lead by 39 runs

In reply to shivnotout

19.3
Josh Tongue to Rahul, FOUR, frame this shot on your wall and keep it in your house, KL! Unreal cover-drive. It was a half-volley outside off, but Rahul leant into it and eased it with a bent back knee through cover which is open. A shot dripping in class and beauty, no-one moved a muscle on the field

Day 3: 3rd Session

IND 76/1 (20.1) CRR: 3.77

India lead by 82 runs

KL Rahul 46(67)
Sai Sudharsan 24(43)

20.4
Stokes to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, this is where he is so good. Anything on the pads and angling in, he doesn't miss out. Neatly tucks the inswinger on the pads to the deep backward square-leg fence

20.5
Stokes to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Crawley!! Stokes does it for England. A grimace from Sai Sudharsan as he walks off. he was loking good but has fallen to the trap on the flick. Stokes points at Crawley as if this was a well-set plan. The inswinger and full on the stumps, Sudharsan flicks and doesn't keep it down, straight and low to Crawley at mid-wicket. That drop by Duckett at backward point doesn't cost England much. And how many times does Stokes keep doing this - producing wickets out of nowhere!

Sai Sudharsan c Crawley b Stokes 30(4 [4s-4]

20.6
four to Gill to start off. A rising short of length delivery outside off, no third man and it's such a safe shot, Gill cuts up and over the slip cordon. Stokes is not happy with himself at all, kicks the turf in disgust

Day 3: 3rd Session

IND 86/2 (21) CRR: 4.1

India lead by 92 run

Shubman Gill 4(1)
KL Rahul 46(67)

Ben Stokes
4-0-18-1

18:04 Local Time, 17:04 GMT, 22:34 IST:
Rain has got steadier and they are going off. Stokes is not happy. On comes the hover-cover too. It's stumps too as we are past 6pm local. KL hides the bat inside the shirt and walks off

Day 3: Stumps

ENG 465
IND 471 & 90/2 (23.5) CRR: 3.78

Shubman Gill 6(10)
KL Rahul 47(75)

India lead by 96 runs

Clataaax Gill gawn fi 8
93/3

50* fi Rahul

116/3
Lead 122

Lead 142
136/3

Lead 150
144/3

Lunch
Rahul 72*
Pant 31*
153/3
Lead 159

50.2
Josh Tongue to Pant, FOUR, Pant on the charge. He comes down the track and then loses his bottom-hand, but still flays the length ball wide of cover, there's no sweeper cover and it races away
50.1
Josh Tongue to Pant, FOUR, no first slip and England are made to pay for that. Regulation outside-edge as Pant gets forward to drive and it was going straight to first slip had there been one, full and wide outside off, Pant drives well away from the body and the edge is too far wide of Jamie Smith for him to go for it. Stokes just grimaces

Day 4: 2nd Session

IND 166/3 (51) CRR: 3.25

India lead by 172 runs

Rishabh Pant 40(71)
KL Rahul 76(163

50* fi Pant
Lead 194

56.3
Josh Tongue to Pant, FOUR, Stokes can only shake his head. A thick outside-edge and it flies to where a 2nd slip would have been. A length delivery outside off, Pant hangs the bat out and that would have gone straight to hand, Pant again gets lucky, racesa way to the third man fence, luck with Pant and India at the moment

56.4
Josh Tongue to Pant, 2 runs, 50 for Pant. What a game for him. Hundred in the first innings, now a 50 and batting. Gets there with a tuck off the middle and leg-stumps, it is angled in and Pant closes the face of the bat and tucks it wide of fine-leg

56.5
Josh Tongue to Pant, FOUR, square of the wicket

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57.2
Bashir to Pant, SIX, now Pant is in the mood. This is in the slot and he smashes it way back over long-on. It's tossed up full on middle, Pant gets forward and absolutely leathers it, right off the meat of the bat

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57.4
Bashir to Pant, SIX, to long-on, It's tossed up just outside off, Pant gets forward and lofts, it's in his zone again and Pant won't take that lying down. A flat hit and anyway mid-on was in, so a safe shot

Lead 211
Lash dem Pant

Brydon Carse [11.0-2-39-2] is back into the attack
58.1
Brydon Carse to Pant, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket. Pant has switched gears now. It's back of a length and does not rise that high, Pant has absolutely mowed the pull hard to the deep mid-wicket fence

Di Pommies commie whining start.

Who will ton up first here - Pant or Rahul?

59.1
Bashir to Rahul, FOUR, poor delivery and put away, dragged down and just outside the leg-stump, deep backward square-leg was there, Rahul goes on the back foot and pulls hard and just wide of the square-leg umpire, that was a bad delivery and got punished

Last 10 overs, run rate 6.30

59.5
Bashir to Pant, 1 run, Stokes on the dive to his left at extra-cover gets a hand on it but you would have to be cruel to call that a dropped chance. Great effort in the end by the England skipper. It's full outside off, Pant smashes it so hard and it flies off the bat, Stokes went acrobatically to his left and stuck out a hand, the ball hits the hand hard and deflects to long-off

Dropped

60.5
Brydon Carse to Rahul, FOUR, beautiful late-cut. Between the third slip and gully. A length delivery outside off, just the hint of width, Rahul cuts so late and bisects the two fielders to perfection. Superb stuff

Day 4: 2nd Session

IND 225/3 (61) CRR: 3.69

India lead by 231 runs

KL Rahul 97(199)
Rishabh Pant 76(96

Pant gonna go for his shots

Need quick runs to set England a decent total

61.3
Bashir to Pant, FOUR, the luck is with India and Pant. It's tossed up full outside off, just a hint of turn away, Pant gets forward to drive and it's a thick outside-edge and it flies wide of slip and well wide of backward point, runs away for four. Another grimace from Stokes

Ton fi Rahul.
Big knock dat.

Great ton from KL

Exceptional batsman

4th ton v England

Run off for a # 2

KL Rahul 100(202)

61.6
Bashir to Rahul, 2 runs, 100 for Rahul. Big smiles from Gill, Sai Sudharsan and the others in the Indian dressing room. Rahul kisses the crest on his India helmet and then hugs Pant. A smile and a chat follows. It's full outside off, he gets forward and drives wide of sweeper cover, comes back for the 2nd. Fine innings and one of his best in this format. Has looked so so good from the time he came to the crease has hardly put a foot wrong

234/3
Lead 240

In reply to LBW375
Yep- if they add another 160:or more before COP, only rain will save di Pommies.

In reply to Chrissy

Last 10 overs, run rate 7.20

253/3

64.1
Brydon Carse to Rahul, FOUR, expertly played! Banged in short on middle-leg, Rahul played a controlled pull, kept it down and put it into the gap between fine-leg and deep square leg, 250 up for India

Day 4: 2nd Session

IND 254/3 (66) CRR: 3.85

India lead by 260 runs

KL Rahul 106(211)
Rishabh Pant 96(114)

Partnership: 162(249)

Rishabh Pant becomes the first Indian wicket keeper to become an immortal.
Big up.

Lead 270

Centuries in both innings from Rish bhai!

69.4
Bashir to Pant, 1 run, he'll get there with a single but that's a special moment! Twin-centuries for India's entertainer-supreme!Length delivery wide outside off, Pant reaches out and cuts it away towards deep point. He scurries across and this time the celebrations are a lot more measured. Everybody rises in applause, Sunil Gavaskar gestures him to celebrate with another somersault but Pant says next time.

Rishabh Pant 100(130)

Andy Flower is the only other keeper to achieve dis

Watch licks now

Pant

Second ton in the match

Damn.....

70.3
Root to Pant, SIX, Pant in his element! Tossed up full and wide outside off, Pant reached out and carved it away over deep extra cover, gave it everything and one-hand came off but it cleared the ropes anyway!
70.2
Root to Pant, FOUR, now he's going to cut loose! Tossed up full outside off, he leans forward and smacks it straight back over the bowler's head, didn't get all of it so it goes for one-bounce four
70.1
Root to Pant, byes, FOUR, freebies! Very full and just outside off, Pant brings out the reverse-sweep and it dips under the bat, Jamie Smith rises too early and can't get his gloves down in time again, it trickles down for four byes

In reply to Chrissy

4,6,4 lol

In reply to LBW375

71.4
Bashir to Pant, out Caught by Crawley!! And the fun is over! Trap was set and laid bare, Stokes was just hoping and praying Pant falls into it and he has but not before he's made another scintillating century! Tossed up full on off-stump, Pant takes it on with a slog-sweep but can't quite get under it, doesn't time it or get the elevation and he holes out to Crawley at wide long-on. He walks off to a standing ovation. A century in each innings, take a bow Rishabh Pant!

Pant c Crawley b Bashir 118(140) [4s-15 6s-3]

Day 4: 2nd Session

IND 287/4 (72) CRR: 3.99

India lead by 293 runs

Karun Nair 0(2)
KL Rahul 113(219

72.1
Stokes to Rahul, FOUR, that's a top shot! Length delivery outside off, width on offer and Rahul crunches it away with a sublime back-foot punch, into the gap and it races away

Big knock dat Pant
Now 297/4

Lead 303

Tea
Rahul 120*
Nair 4*
298/4
Lead 304

Slow poke Rahul is ensuring this ends in a draw ......

Now Nair is joining him in the slow poke ritual

Day 4: 3rd Session

IND 314/4 (80) CRR: 3.92

India lead by 320 runs

KL Rahul 133(240)
Karun Nair 7(29

80.3
Brydon Carse to Karun Nair, FOUR, brilliant off-drive!

321/4
Lead 327

82.2
Brydon Carse to Karun Nair, FOUR, edgeddd and over gully. Full and swinging away, Karun went for the square drive, couldn't control the swing, hung his bat out and a thick edge cleared the leaping Duckett

Rahul gawn fi a great 137
332/5
Lead 328

Nair gawn fi 20
335/6
Lead 341

Lead 350

Gawn
349/7

Mel dem bowl yuh out Gill - no declaration - aim fi a 400 lead
Lead 355

Siraj hit on the hand and out first ball

Tongue takes 3 wickets in 4 balls
349/9

India have lost their last 6 wickets for 16 runs.

Last pair at the crease. Just like the 1st innings, lots of dead weights in the batting department

In reply to Chrissy

Tail not wagging, but tongue wagging!

In reply to culpepperboy
Dropped

Pommies need 371

Hmmmmm!

I don't know how Zak Crawley will be able to survive 1/2 hour of batting tonight. When he gets out, if they send in a night watchman, England will be 2 down by stumps

OK Pommies, time for some BazzBall!

In reply to Drapsey
Wonder about that knock on Siraj’s hand

About 4 an over will do it for ABE ......

If pommies hit 80 ish today...should be interesting

In reply to Chrissy

That's not his bowling arm, so he'll get by.

Stumps
21/0
Poms need 350 on day 5

In reply to Chrissy

This test match shows when teams in the top tier play each other, there is excitement, drama and intrigue. And this from the neutrals. I say this to say, this is why they nuh waan play tier 2 teams, no such value!

Leh we go India- anyone but England

Sparse 'crowd'.

Surprising for a final day with all 4 possible outcomes.

In reply to natty_forever

You are right...as usual

Buy a wicket India
Drinks 63/0

50* fi Duckett
82/0

Bumrah drops it

This Duckett guy is characteristic to the name.

If it walks like ...

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 138/0 (35) CRR: 3.94

England need 233 runs

Zak Crawley 49(110)
Ben Duckett 76(102

35.2
Siraj to Crawley, 1 run, 50 for Crawley. Trescothick watching on claps in appreciation. Fullish on middle, Crawley gets forward to drive in front of mid-on and takes an easy single, a raise of the bat to mark the landmark

35.6
Siraj to Duckett, FOUR, luck with Duckett and England. Siraj is near Duckett's face and they have a chat. A friendly one by the looks of it froim the England opener, not too sure about Siraj, he is ticking here. This is a thick outside-edge and it wouldn't have carried to a 1st slip even if there was one, the slip was very wide, almost at at third slip, short of length just outside off, Duckett goes on the back foot to defend, hint of away movement there and the edge died down

36.1
Bumrah to Crawley, FOUR, runs flowing.

37.4
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, to sweeper cover

37.2
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, woof! What a statement that is from Duckett. He switches around and belts this as a right-hander, takes it from middle-stump and absolutely thrashes it it to the deep extra-cover fence

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 465 & 165/0 (3 CRR: 4.34

England need 206 runs

Ben Duckett 95(112)
Zak Crawley 57(11

Ravindra Jadeja
5-0-18-0

Another dropped catch

38.5
Siraj to Duckett, 1 run, dropped by Jaiswal running in from deep backward square-leg. Siraj is livid. He makes his frustrations known. Gambhir with a stoic expression. Good short ball at Duckett, he is not in control of the pull, a fat top-edge, Jaiswal runs in and gets two hands on the dive forward, but drops it, should have taken that, replays show he was a bit slow in getting off the blocks and that might have cost him

Ton fi Duckett

39.4
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, a century for Ben Duckett! His sixth in Test cricket and isn't he delighted! Tossed up full and just outside off, Duckett leans in and brings out the reverse-sweep again, puts it into the gap at backward point and it screams to the ropes

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 177/0 (40) CRR: 4.43

England need 194 runs

Ben Duckett 103(123)
Zak Crawley 57(119)

Well done Little Shiv!

Mukesh said check the accounts when ya reach home

In the meantime, Crawley is crawling towards his ton.

40.3
Siraj to Duckett, no run, big shot goes awry! Pitched up full and just outside off, Duckett cleared his front-leg looking to mow it down the ground and missed it completely, it nipped away sharply and beat the bat. Siraj goes all the way down to the batter and they continue their 'friendly' conversation, a smile on Siraj's face this time

Wonder who is guilty of doing the rain-dance.

Rain

In reply to Halliwell

Day 5: Rain stops play

ENG 181/0 (40.5) CRR: 4.43

England need 190 runs

Ovs Left: 55.1

42.2
Prasidh to Crawley, out Caught by Rahul!! That's what happens when you pitch it up, Prasidh is not a pitch it up bowler but he does so this time, full and outside off, lovely outswinger, shapes away late, Crawley gets forward to drive and the late swing takes the thick outside-edge and it flies at an awkward height to KL at a wide slip, he adjusts late and grabs it well to his right. That flew to him and for a moment, KL did not pick it up early but shows good hands. That's the breakthrough India wanted and it has come right after the rain break. Will this wicket spark a revival from India?

Crawley c Rahul b Prasidh 65(126) [4s-7]

One down, nine to go!

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 188/1 (42.2) CRR: 4.44

England need 183 runs

Ben Duckett 106*(130

Ollie Pope, right handed bat, comes to the crease

43.1
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, Duckett keeps nailing the reverse-sweep and Prasidh who has just bowled an over, can't stop it on the dive. He was at deep backward point, such is the timing, that it beats him, Duckett takes the full delivery from off-stump and hits it hard

43.6
Jadeja to Pope, FOUR, flat back of a length delivery just outside off, keeps sliding on, Pope goes on the back foot and crashes the cut hard, no backward point and it races away through there

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 201/1 (44.1) CRR: 4.55

England need 170 runs

Ollie Pope 8(7)
Ben Duckett 111(133

44.2
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, that's where he is very good. A short of length delivery outside off, again does not rise

44.4
Prasidh to Pope, out Bowled!! The nipbacker gets Pope. A fist-pump from Prasidh. Sharp delivery and the shiny side was inside too, which suggests there was reverse-swing. Jags back in a long way

Pope b Prasidh 8( [4s-2]

ENG 206/2 (44.4) CRR: 4.61

England need 165 runs

Keep it going Mother Hindia.

Only eight more wickets to go!

Jasprit Bumrah [13.0-2-43-0] is back into the attack

45.1
Bumrah to Root, no run

46.4
Prasidh to Root, leg byes, 1 run, a run-out chance and Nitish the sub at mid-on with a poor throw to Pant and the chance goes. Root swivels to pull the short delivery, misses, is hit on the arm, rolls to gully who shies and misses

47.2
Bumrah to Root, FOUR, one of his strengths. A back of a length delivery outside off, Root goes on the back foot and punches it with an open-face, down into the ground and wide of backward point, runs away

220/2

47.5
Bumrah to Duckett, FOUR, good pull and beats the two men at fine-leg and deep backward square-leg respectively. Right into the gap.

ENG 224/2 (4 CRR: 4.67

England need 147 runs

"Starting to rain again in Leeds" is the call from Nasser Hussain on air. For now they are continuing.

More rain

50.5
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, another four. It's short on the stumps, good bouncer

50.3
Prasidh to Duckett, FOUR, smashed wide of the diving cover. Full and in the slot outside off, Duckett gets forward and bends his back knee, crashes it and it's into the gap

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 238/2 (51) CRR: 4.67

England need 133 runs

Ben Duckett 136(153)
Joe Root 10(21

45 overs remaining

51.6
Jadeja to Duckett, SIX, unreal! A switch-hit for six. And boy-o-boy is this a shot or what. This is sliding into leg-stump, fairly full, Duckett turns around and leathers the switch-hit

53.5
Jadeja to Duckett, FOUR, he's played this shot to great effect today! Tossed up full outside off, Duckett leans in and brings out the reverse-sweep, gets it fine and it beats the man at third man to his right

In reply to Chrissy

Only rain can save India !

Day 5: 2nd Session

ENG 253/2 (54) CRR: 4.69

England need 118 runs

Ben Duckett149(167)
Joe Root11(25

Duckett gawn fi 149
253/3


Bowl dem out

54.3
Thakur to Duckett, out Caught by (sub)Nitish Reddy!! Duckett departs for 149! They've finally held on to a catch offered by Duckett and it's Shardul with the breakthrough. Pitched up full and outside off, drive-ball and Duckett obliged, Shardul's pace meant he was through it just a fraction early and he couldn't keep the drive down.

Duckett c (sub)Nitish Reddy b Thakur 149(170) [4s-21 6s-1

In reply to cricketmad
Watch di proceedings

By di way yuh see di polls last night?

Just seven to go now Mother Hindia. Keep it going!

First ball quack quack fi Brook.
Deading wid laff.
253/4

54.4
Thakur to Brook, out Caught by Pant!! Two in two for Shardul! Barely had a part to play in this game so far and he's suddenly turning the game on its head here! Brook is strangled down leg for a golden duck. He wears a wry smile as he walks off. Good length delivery sliding down leg, Brook shuffled across and down the wicket, ended up reaching around and could only manage a fine tickle through to Pant who dived to his left to hold on to this. 99 in the first innings and 0 in this one for Brook.

Brook c Pant b Thakur 0(1)

In reply to Drapsey
Siiix

Just six to go, Mother Hindia!

Shardul is on a hat-trick now. Catching mid-on in place

Ben Stokes, left handed bat, comes to the crease
54.5
Thakur to Stokes, 3 runs, to deep mid-wicket

Review allyuh

Not out

India review. Sai Sudharsan is claiming a catch at short leg, he's adamant there's some bat on this and Gill, almost reluctantly, goes upstairs
55.2
Jadeja to Stokes, no run, review lost! Poor review from India, Gill wasn't sure about this, Sai Sudharsan was the only man convinced and Gill went by the former's insticts. Loud cheer from the crowd as soon as the first replays come up, came right off his forearm. Good length delivery outside off, exploded off the deck again as Stokes leant across attempting a reverse-sweep, lobbed off his forearm and went straight to Sai at short leg. UltraEdge confirms that there's no bat although it was quite close to the toe end. India have just one review left

More rain

Tea

In reply to Chrissy

Maybe that is for the better. Can't believe the Poms looking set to win.

Match delayed - wet outfield

Pommies need 96 or more rain
Mindia need 6 wickets or more rain

Not out and India has no reviews left

61.2
Jadeja to Root, no run, wow! Phew. Gill is shocked at the ball-tracking. India now have no reviews left. This is how Root used to get out to Jadeja in India. Misses the slider, rapped on the pads in front of middle and leg, ball-tracking shows it to be missing the stumps, going over. Was that bouncing so much? Gill and the Indians can't quite believe their eyes as they watch it on the big screen. Umpire Gaffaney shook his head even as Jadeja kept appealing, he convinced Gill to go for it. With the impact around the kneeroll, hard to see that bouncing so high - especially from a good length area, but that's what ball-tracking shows
Turned down by umpire Chris Gaffaney. India review. No bat. Missing

61.4
Jadeja to Root, 3 runs, Jadeja is livid with Shardul at mid-on. And rightly so. Flicked to his right and he overruns the ball and slips, the ball slips away to his left and he takes his own time to get up, that's what angers Jadeja, who screams at Shardul, Root is aware and they pinch three

Day 5: 3rd Session

ENG 283/4 (62) CRR: 4.56

England need 88 runs

Ben Stokes 19(29)
Joe Root 22(40

ENG 286/4 (65) CRR: 4.4

England need 85 runs

65.1
Jadeja to Stokes, no run, Pant had no idea where the ball was! Off the glove and on to the right arm, it lobs up in the air and KL is late to pick it as well, watches it fall tantalisingly short. Was a golden chance to get Stokes, he goes for the reverse-sweep and it's off the glove and then off the arm

65.5
Jadeja to Root, FOUR, bad bounce for Karun at backward point and that won't please Jadeja at all. Tossed up full outside off, Root gets forward and opens the face of the bat, it seemed to be a fairly straightforward stop until it hit a part of the turf and bounced awkwardly, slips away and goes for four. Karun shakes his head

66.2
Prasidh to Stokes, FOUR, Stokes on the charge. He comes down the track and then sees the full delivery outside off, he belts it through cover and it races away to the fence, did not hold back at all

66.3
Prasidh to Stokes, FOUR, luck with Stokes now. His mouth goes into an O shape. On a length outside off, Stokes opens the face of the bat and guides it

Stokes gawn
302/5

67.3
Jadeja to Stokes, out Caught by Gill!! Stokes falls to the reverse-sweep. He wanted to play only one way against Jadeja, perishes. It's slower and fuller outside off, into the footholes, Stokes goes for the reverse-sweep and it's a top-edge and a simple catch to short third. Gill is elated after taking that. Another twist in this game? The field was strengthened before this ball for that reverse-sweep and Stokes gets out immediately

Stokes c Gill b Jadeja 33(51) [4s-4]

Stokes playing the reverse-sweep vs Jadeja in this innings: 8 off 16 and the dismissal.

Unnecessary shot..

Day 5: 3rd Session

ENG 302/5 (67.3) CRR: 4.47

England need 69 runs

ENG 319/5 (73) CRR: 4.37

England need 52 runs

In reply to Narper

As long as Root is there Poms will win ouch ////

73.6
Jadeja to Jamie Smith, FOUR, between extra cover and long-off

England need 47 runs

In reply to hubert
Eng got dis in de bag now
Smith will continue hit a boundary every over

ENG 328/5 (75) CRR: 4.37
- England need 43 runs

Day 5: 3rd Session

ENG 341/5 (7 CRR: 4.37

England need 30 runs

Jamie Smith 20(3
Joe Root 45(77)

Dis done - big flop India

Looks like Siraj was trying to do a Dinas there with that 'fake' leg injury.

Way too late for that.

In reply to Chrissy

I haven't seen the poll , I will check it later.

80.6
Siraj to Root, FOUR, thick outside-edge and flies wide of the diving outstretched right hand of the gully fielder. 50 for Root and the crowd go Rooottttttttttttttttt in celebration. Full outswinger outside off, Root walks forward and is on the move even as he drives, the swing away takes the thick outside-edge and it absolutely flies

ENG 355/5 (81) CRR: 4.38

England need 16 runs

Joe Root 53(84)
Jamie Smith 26(49

81.3
Jadeja to Jamie Smith, SIX, Jamie Smith wants to finish it off now. This is on a length outside the leg-stump, turns in, Jamie Smith with a massive sweep, hit aerially and it flies over deep square-leg, did not bother to keep it down. Flies into the crowd
81.2
Jadeja to Jamie Smith, FOUR, Jamie Smith takes the aggressive option. Full on off, Jamie Smith gets forward and sinks low on his back knee, cleared his front leg and slogsweeps to the vacant deep mid-wicket area, along the ground

81.6
Jadeja to Jamie Smith, SIX, England have Bazballed India into giving up! England win

Day 5: 3rd Session

IND 471 & 364
ENG 465 & 373/5 (82) CRR: 4.55

England won by 5 wkts

Jamie Smith 44(55)
Joe Root 53(84