Hello again, cricket friends and fiends. What is this? Its the game that goes for five days. The highs, the lows, the rain, the tea. And were only up to day four. Two full days of entertainment to come.
Yesterday was all that and more. Joe Root has made 180 at Lords and he did it again. Hes also done a 180 in 2021 on his somewhat indifferent returns in Test cricket over the last few years. This year hes gone past 1200 runs already and its only August. He has six more matches to go. He carried England, all the way up to Indias first-innings score and just beyond.
Then there was the bowling: excellence from Ishant Sharma, enthusiasm from Mohammed Siraj, and the bizarre bouncer barrage strewn with no-balls from Jasprit Bumrah. A wicket from the sixth ball of the final over of the day happened to be the tenth to fall for England.
So we will start today with the first ball of Indias third innings, 27 runs behind England and looking to set a lead.
Game. On.read more
England v India: second Test, day four – live!
