India v England: fourth Test, day one – live | England in India 2024

73rd over: England 240-6 (Root 82, Hartley 8) Hartley out of the blue provides Ashwin the cost and lofts him over mid-on for six. Then he’s pinned on the pad by the arm ball and given out on the sector, however England assessment and there appears to be an inside edge. It may need been lacking leg as nicely.

72nd over: England 233-6 (Root 81, Hartley 2) The wicket has inspired Rohit to assault a bit extra. For Siraj bowling to Hartley, he has two slips, a brief mid-off, and no superb leg. Hartley survives for now, doing nicely to smother a yorker.

71st over: England 230-6 (Root 79, Hartley 1) Root sees that reverse swing and brings out the reverse sweep. It’s off Ashwin, performed calmly sufficient, and it brings two. He provides a fast single, trusting Hartley to deal with the final three balls.

seventieth over: England 227-6 (Root 76, Hartley 1) Siraj has out of the blue gone from a non-speaking position to centre stage. He finds much more reverse swing now, in truth an excessive amount of: Hartley, wafting outdoors off, will not be practically ok to get a nick.

69th over: England 227-6 (Root 76, Hartley 1) England are right down to the tail now, nicely although Tom Hartley has performed in his first few Tests. He and Root received’t have batted collectively earlier than and it exhibits as they virtually concoct a run-out.

68th over: England 225-6 (Root 75, Hartley 0) That’s the tip of a superb innings from Foakes, who made 31 off his first 117 balls and 16 off his final 9. Some of the credit score goes to Rohit for bringing again Mohammed Siraj and changing spin with reverse swing.

And now he perishes! Not enjoying an enormous shot however clipping a contact loosely to midwicket, the place Jadeja takes a pointy low catch. That is an enormous second.

67th over: England 224-5 (Root 74, Foakes 47) We have a plot twist. Ben Foakes has gone bananas! Out of nowhere he assaults Ashwin, enjoying a slog-sweep for six, a daily sweep for 4, one other slog-sweep for 4 and a dab for 2. The six introduced up the hundred partnership, solely England’s second one of the collection – and the primary, with Crawley, additionally concerned Foakes. He’s so good at enjoying second fiddle, and in this over he’s proven that he may also take over on lead guitar.

66th over: England 208-5 (Root 74, Foakes 31) Jadeja retains Root quiet and rattles by means of a maiden.

“Top of the morning Tim!” says Kim Thonnger. “It’s a beautiful sunny day here in waterlogged Northamptionshire, and I awake to the dulcet tones of Dr John Cooper Clarke on the Radio 4 Today programme. Isn’t it a shame he did not become a cricket commentator? He has the finest voice since John Arlott and his descriptive powers would be second to none, with the added bonus he’s funny.” I’m certain we are able to discover room for him on the OBO.

sixty fifth over: England 208-5 (Root 74, Foakes 31) Two extra singles off Ashwin.

sixty fourth over: England 206-5 (Root 73, Foakes 30) A single to every batter off Jadeja, who persuades the final ball to maintain low. Root, totally himself now after three powerful Tests, is ready to preserve it out.

63rd over: England 204-5 (Root 72, Foakes 29) One of the commentators, Sanjay Manjrekar I feel, is saying that Root is transferring his toes not in response to the size however the line – going again if the ball begins outdoors off, ahead if it’s on the stumps. In this over it really works a deal with as Ashwin, for as soon as, will get milked – three singles and a two.

62nd over: England 199-5 (Root 68, Foakes 28) Jadeja continues, not firing the ball in at middle-and-leg as he usually does, however giving it some flight and aiming extra at off. Root picks up a single with a glide behind sq..

The Indians take the sector and go right into a huddle. The TV director finds Joe Root and places up a caption exhibiting that he has confronted 154 balls, 113 of them dots.

“I think this is really clever play from England,” says Stephen Nichols. “As Ecclesiastes says, and the Byrds sang, everything has its season. A time to sweep, and a time not to sweep; a time to bowl in the corridor, and a time to bang it in short. This morning on a tricky pitch was time for Crawley and Bairstow to attack, which meant we were 112-5 not 50-7 at lunch. This afternoon is a time for quiet accumulation. And I’m hoping when we bowl, it’s time for Turn, Turn, Turn.”

61st over: England 198-5 (Root 67, Foakes 28) Just a single off Ashwin’s over, and England have a brand new landmark in this rollercoaster of a collection: two batters have made it by means of an entire session. It was 112-5 at lunch, so Root and Foakes have added 86 off 36 overs, 51 of them to Root, who has been masterly. The over fee has been 18, the run fee 2.33. Old faculty!

sixtieth over: England 197-5 (Root 66, Foakes 28) Jadeja pins Foakes on the pad. The Indians go up, the finger doesn’t, and Jadeja and Jurel persuade Rohit to assessment. It’s shut however simply lacking leg stump, in contrast to the balls (and evaluations) that accounted for Pope and Bairstow. India lose their final assessment, whereas England nonetheless have three left.

59th over: England 197-5 (Root 66, Foakes 28) Ashwin out of the blue makes the ball speak, or maybe it’s the pitch. One supply retains low and comes inside a whisker of Foakes’s off stump. Another jumps up at Root like a yapping canine and bites him on the hand. It’s potential that this rating is already an honest one.

58th over: England 196-5 (Root 66, Foakes 28) Rohit, by no means essentially the most attacking captain, has solely a slip and a backward quick leg for Jadeja. Foakes props ahead and offers what would have been a easy bat-pad catch to ahead quick leg. By the tip of the over, Root has added a late minimize for 4. He has quietly moved from third gear to fourth.

57th over: England 191-5 (Root 62, Foakes 27) Root, going through Ashwin, performs essentially the most Rootish shot in the e-book. No, not the reverse ramp – the back-foot drive, performed with no drive in any respect, simply dancing toes and flowing palms.

56th over: England 186-5 (Root 58, Foakes 26) After seven overs for 13, Kuldeep provides method to Jadeja. He makes issues extra attention-grabbing to take a look at along with his bandana and shades, however doesn’t make something occur with the ball. Root performs out a maiden.

fifty fifth over: England 186-5 (Root 58, Foakes 26) Ashwin, who has been coming around the wicket, goes again over. It doesn’t hassle the batters, who take a single apiece.

54th over: England 184-5 (Root 57, Foakes 25) Root assaults Kuldeep for the primary time, enjoying an off drive. Ashwin places in a chase and will get a hand to the ball, however permits his foot to fulfill the rope on the similar time, in order that’s 4.

53rd over: England 180-5 (Root 53, Foakes 25) Ashwin’s over is an immediate replay of Kuldeep’s, yielding only a single to Root.

52nd over: England 179-5 (Root 52, Foakes 25) Root, tied down by Kuldeep, will get out once more with that wristy flick to midwicket. He and Foakes have now added 67 – I missed the fifty partnership, which got here up with that late minimize by Root off Akash simply after drinks.

51st over: England 178-5 (Root 51, Foakes 25) Root lives a bit of dangerously once more as he performs a sweep at Ashwin, will get a glove on it, and sees the ball hit Jurel on the boot. “Another dropped chance!” says Graeme Swann, probably mistaking commentary for sledging.

fiftieth over: England 176-5 (Root 50, Foakes 24) When you’ve reached a milestone 91 instances, it doesn’’t make you do something completely different. Root performs out one other maiden from Kuldeep, who has been tidy (5-2-8-0).

forty ninth over: England 176-5 (Root 50, Foakes 24) As Rohit brings again Ashwin, Root has to maintain out a grubber. But he can see a spot at midwicket and a canny flick of the wrists quickly sends the ball there. He goes to 50 for the 91st time in Tests, off 108 balls with simply 4 fours. “He looks in control,” Cook says. “Real determination.”

forty eighth over: England 174-5 (Root 49, Foakes 23) Root is dropped! Dhruv Jurel, the brand new keeper, did so nicely in the final Test, however he can’t maintain onto a tricky likelihood now as Root goes again and glances Kuldeep. The sign is leg-byes, so Root misses out on his fifty for now. He remonstrates with the umpire, gently, with an enormous Rootish smile.

forty seventh over: England 170-5 (Root 48, Foakes 22) As the designated driver, Foakes is allowed to drive. Facing Akash, he follows that good-looking straight drive from earlier than drinks with a good-looking cowl drive, his first 4 off a seamer. He even thinks a couple of pull, however checks the shot midway by means of and doesn’t get a run for it.

forty sixth over: England 165-5 (Root 47, Foakes 18) Kuldeep to Foakes: no alarms, and no runs both. With 18 off 73 balls, Foakes is again in his position because the designated driver of the charabanc.

forty fifth over: England 165-5 (Root 47, Foakes 18) It’s nonetheless Akash Deep, the person of the second, bustling in. Root defends with a straight bat whereas reserving the precise to play a late minimize for 4.

Morning everybody and thanks Rob. Root and Foakes “enjoying very nicely”,” says Alastair Cook. And Root ris even closing in on his first fifty of the series.

Drinks

With that, I’ll hand over to Tim de Lisle for the rest of the day. Bye!

44th over: England 157-5 (Root 43, Foakes 18) It’s starting to look like England may have been wrong to play so aggressively in the morning session, though I’m not sure anyone could have foreseen the extent to which it would flatten out after lunch.

Foakes dances down to drive Kuldeep stylishly for four, placing it wide of the stumps at the non-striker’s end on this occasion. After a confusingly good first hour for lunch (49 runs, no wickets, 19.5 overs), it’s time for drinks.

43rd over: England 156-5 (Root 42, Foakes 14) Deep has changed ends to replace Jadeja. A nipbacker hits Foakes on the top of the thigh and flies away for four leg-byes. Jaiswal might have done better in the gully.

Foakes demonstrates England’s growing confidence with a nice straight drive that takes out a stump at the non-striker’s end. He was too good for his own good.

42nd over: England 151-5 (Root 41, Foakes 14) Kuldeep Yadav, whose figures in Rajkot don’t tell the story of a match-turning performance on the third morning, replaces Akash Deep. Root gathers another run with a gentle work to leg; that’s your lot. He has 41 from 90 balls, Foakes 14 from 58.

41st over: England 150-5 (Root 40, Foakes 14) A maiden from Jadeja to Foakes. Before lunch the run-rate was 4.63 per over; in the afternoon session it’s 2.26. Root and Foakes have played well, with patience and common sense, but it does feel like there is more to it than that. Either that or I’m in denial about the virtues of old-fashioned Test cricket.

40th over: England 150-5 (Root 40, Foakes 14) It’s hard to explain the contrasting behaviour of the pitch before and after lunch. Root and Foakes have added 38 in 15.5 overs with few alarms, and I don’t really know what else to say.

39th over: England 147-5 (Root 40, Foakes 11) Foakes feels defensively at Jadeja and is beaten. This pair are playing as straight as possible and with soft hands, so it’ll be interesting to see if any edges carry to slip.

38th over: England 146-5 (Root 40, Foakes 10) Root flicks Deep for two, helped by a slight misfield at midwicket, and then slashes a drive behind point for four. That’s England’s first boundary in exactly 100 balls, which sends a very confused message to the new breed of cricket fans.

Deep ends the over by slipping one past Root’s defensive push.

37th over: England 138-5 (Root 33, Foakes 9) What’s going on with this pitch then? It’s been almost benign since lunch. Root can create that illusion when he’s playing well, but Foakes also looks secure in defence. Jadeja finds Foakes’ inside-edge once in that over; everything else hits the middle.

England have scored 28 runs in the last 15 overs.

36th over: England 137-5 (Root 32, Foakes 9) The debutant Akash Deep, who took three wickets in a startling new-ball spell, replaces Ravichandran Ashwin. Foakes survives a hopeful LBW appeal after pushing at a big inducker; it was too high but that was an excellent comeback over from Deep. Any chance of seeing any nerves? Couple of half-trackers?

35th over: England 135-5 (Root 32, Foakes 7) England haven’t hit a boundary in almost 14 overs, which might be a record for the Bazball era. Jadeja hurries through another maiden to Root, who now has 32 from 77 balls. The pitch has been confusingly well-behaved since lunch.

34th over: England 135-5 (Root 32, Foakes 7) Root flicks Ashwin to cow corner for two, which takes him into the thirties for the first time in the series. It’s been an eye-catchingly chaste innings, with nothing resembling a risky or unorthodox stroke.

33rd over: England 132-5 (Root 29, Foakes 7) Make that 20 runs in 8.5 overs – which have been bowled in just over 20 minutes.

32nd over: England 131-5 (Root 28, Foakes 7) The pitch has done less for the bowlers since lunch. There are two possible reasons: the morning moisture has gone, and the ball is getting old. Either way, England have added 19 in 7.5 overs of <i>relative</i> comfort.

31st over: England 129-5 (Root 27, Foakes 6) A maiden from Jadeja to Root, who is finding the middle of the bat, mainly in defence, with greater frequency.

30th over: England 129-5 (Root 27, Foakes 6) Root works a pair of twos off Ashwin, then steals a single on the off side. He’s starting to look relatively – and I can’t italicise that word enough – comfortable, which is a double-edged sword for England. If he can manage risk on this pitch, India’s batters should be able to do the same.

29th over: England 124-5 (Root 22, Foakes 6) A menacing over from Jadeja, everything darted in towards Foakes’ front pad. He defends pretty well, though it does feel like another LBW might be in the post.

28th over: England 123-5 (Root 21, Foakes 6) Root has dealt in soft-handed accumulation throughout this innings. I was going to say ‘low-risk accumulation’ but nothing feels low-risk at the moment. He’s playing well, though, and Foakes has made a busy start at the other end. No boundaries since lunch, just ones and twos.