Key occasions
fifteenth over: India 46-2 (Shreyas 7, Gill 9) Anderson rests his mucles after 4 overs, one for six, and it’s time for Bashir. A stifled lbw shout first ball, then Shreyas truly strikes out of his crease to drive down the pitch for a single.
14th over: India 42-2 (Shreyas 6, Gill 6) Before play, Finn, or was it Cook, was saying how Stokes might used Hartley to dam up one finish, and he’s settled in properly right here, although a much less jittery India may need tucked into the odd half volley.
thirteenth over: India 40-2 (Shreyas 5, Gill 5) India poking about like youngsters with sticks exterior a tiger’s cage. Anderson once more. Shreyas picks up a pair with a slice, Gill edges simply in need of Joe Root at slip, who bangs the tip of his fingers making an attempt to cease the ball.
twelfth over: India 36-2 (Shreyas 2, Gill 4) Hartley, tall, lengthy fingered, whisks via an over. Shreyas tentatively prods backwards and forwards to cowl him.
Brian Withington desires to se the file straight. “Can I just place myself in the insomniac rather than dirty stop out brigade; laced with a soupçon of hope struggling gamely in a dark sea of experience.” To be clear that was despatched at 358am, when hope was effervescent much less enthusiastically.
eleventh over: India 35-2 (Shreyas 1, Gill 4) KP spends the over from Anderson saying how unconvincing Gill appears. An lbw attraction off the penultimate ball, umpires says no, England prefer it, it hits excessive on the thrusting entrance pad… ooof, umpire’s name. Gill survives, simply. He’s both about to have his stumps splattered or he’ll make 175.
Finbar Anslow writes “Hi Tanya? Just woken up in hospital! Laid low by a vicious bout of Ghastlyinteritus. I’m sharing a room with 3 old guys, oh, wait, one of them is me.
Big thank you to the Italian health service, especially Tortona A & E, as they had me admitted, examined and put on pain killers on less than half an hour! Btw, how’s the cricket going?
Nothing to see here Finbar, you rest your eyes. And all best wishes to get well soon from the OBO.
REVIEW! Not out
10th over: India 34-2 (Shreyas 0, Gill 4) Hartley replaces Root and immediate danger as Gill pulls upishly to the rope and then survives being given out lbw on the field. The review shows a sniff of an edge onto the pad. Gill looks as surprised as anyone.
9th over: India 30-2 (Shreyas 0, Gill 0) Just what Ben Stokes ordered, just what Jimmy Anderson delivered. The wobble seam, and the catch scooped stylishly off the ground. Interestingly, this Test has given us 11 wickets each from spin and pace but the pace wickets have come in 51 overs at an average of 57, and the spin wickets in 125 overs at an average of 11.
WICKET! Jaiswal c Root b Anderson (India 30-2)
Number 695! Jaiswal drives, Root collects at first slip. In the dressing room Rahul Dravid stands up and walks away.
8th over: India 30-1 (Jaiswal 17, Gill 0) Jaiswal drives but picks out the lone man on the boundary, Rehan Ahmed. Root runs into Jaiswal fielding off the final ball, and falls over, and they share a laugh.
7th over: India 29-1 (Jaiswal 16, Gill 0) At the other end, Jimmy Anderson spoils the party for the fans chanting Rohit, Rohit outside. Vuvuzelas blow forlornly. Superb stuff.
WICKET! Rohit b Anderson 13 (India 29-1)
Stumps a go-go! Anderson darts one out, Rohit plays down the wrong line and Anderson nips the top of off stump.
6th over: India 28-0 (Jaiswal 15, Rohit 13) Slip, leg slip, Ben Stokes sets his field as if England are 170 ahead not behind. Pressure, pressure, pressure. A maiden.
Our man at the ground, Ali Martin, reports that it is chaos outside the stadium and the signs say sold out. If you’re in the queue, do send us your report from masses. Right, the players are out, and here comes Joe Root.
Steven Finn in the studio is singing the praises of Brendan Mccullum “I played with them under Middlesex and he [was amazing] and its no coincidence that success has followed him around.”
Tea in hand, I’m beginning to really feel a bit extra alive.
Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Kartik are out in the center trying on the pitch. “The cracks are starting to open up,” says DK. “India will be very aware that England are very good at chasing in the fourth innings.”
Time for a fast cup of tea, Ill be again in 5.
Preamble
Hello insomniacs and soiled cease outs, peoples of many and differing time zones. Thank you for logging on. Over in Visakhapatnam, England are about to begin the grind of making an attempt to bowl out India for the second time, all whereas computing the enterprise of being properly and really Bumrah’ed yesterday afternoon, executed like a kipper by the yorker king with the beguiling smile.
A lead of 143 on the finish of England’s innings had grown by 28 by stumps as Rohit and younger double centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal had a jolly previous hit in the nip of a night session. Ali Martin is there, and he didn’t sound overwhelmingly assured of England’s probabilities, however decide for your self in his glorious match report
But this England relish unhealthy odds, so get snug there on the couch, the benches of Visakhapatnam, or wherever you end up and activate, tune in and undoubtedly don’t drop out. This could possibly be a cracker.
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