England v India: fifth males’s cricket Check, day one – stay | England v India 2025
Key occasions
eleventh over: India 33-1 (Sudharsan 5, Rahul 13) Tongue has bought the wides out of his system and closes a maiden with a testing nip-backer to Rahul. It’s a top quality go away from the right-hander.
tenth over: India 33-1 (Sudharsan 5, Rahul 13) The lights are on on the Oval as Atkinson continues, immaculate along with his line to Sudharsan, getting the ball to zigzag. Smith produces a wonderful diving take to shut the over.
ninth over: India 30-1 (Sudharsan 5, Rahul 10) Ollie Pope makes his first change of the morning, with Josh Tongue changing Woakes. His first supply is approach off, a large down the leg aspect that runs to the boundary. Rahul masterfully will get off strike, dabbing into the bottom to nick a single. Tongue goes across the wicket to Sudharsan and hoops one down the leg aspect earlier than producing one other huge, this time outdoors off stump. He appears to be struggling along with his touchdown on the crease, and out comes one other ball that runs away for 5 wides down leg. This can be a wild begin however he ultimately finds his spot, closing with a positive ball previous the surface edge.
eighth over: India 18-1 (Sudharsan 5, Rahul 9) The motion is coming from Atkinson’s finish, the short steaming in with the pavilion behind him. There’s first rate keep on the way in which to Jamie Smith, and no messing about along with his line. It’s one other positive over, with only one off it.
seventh over: India 17-1 (Sudharsan 5, Rahul 8) 4 slips and a gully await Sudharsan to err. Woakes, from over the wicket, unfurls a magnificence, nipping the ball away from the left-hander. He’s certainly been ready all sequence for these situations. Sudharsan then receives a present, although, on the pads and clipped previous leg slip for 4.
sixth over: India 13-1 (Sudharsan 1, Rahul 8) Atkinson is contemporary, clocking within the mid-80s as he tries to nip the ball away from Rahul. He hangs it round fifth stump and Rahul is compelled to get out the go away. A maiden.
fifth over: India 13-1 (Sudharsan 1, Rahul 8) Sudharsan will get going with a dab into the offside for one earlier than Woakes, nonetheless looking for the appropriate areas, ends with a tempter huge of off stump.
4th over: India 10-1 (Sudharsan 0, Rahul 7) Atkinson has rhythm as he beats the bat of Sai Sudharsan, the No 3 nonetheless making an attempt to lock down his place.
WICKET! Jaiswal lbw Atkinson 2 (India 10-1)
Atkinson launches into an lbw attraction after going full to Jaiswal from across the wicket … England evaluation. Right here comes DRS: there’s no bat on it, and it appears fairly plumb … gone, smashing into leg stump! Atkinson is again, that wobble/scramble seam (I’m not too positive, however that’s the purpose), inflicting havoc.
third over: India 9-0 (Jaiswal 2, Rahul 7) Rahul has his first boundary, clipping to the midwicket rope, Jamie Overton’s dive and slide unable to cease it. Woakes hasn’t go the ball hooping but, as Jaiswal inside-edges for one to remain on strike for the subsequent over.
2nd over: India 3-0 (Jaiswal 1, Rahul 2) In sprints Gus Atkinson, on his dwelling floor, for his first little bit of motion on this sequence. He will get the wobble seam to nip previous Jaiswal’s off stump, a Rahul single the one injury from the over.
1st over: India 2-0 (Jaiswal 1, Rahul 1) We’re up and away with Chris Woakes – soldiering on for all 5 Checks – operating in. Yashasvi Jaiswal tucks him away for one off the second ball of the over, and Rahul, sensible all sequence, is up and approach instantly. Woakes beats Jaiswal’s outdoors edge with the ultimate ball to get the group going.
Rohan Tewari is anxious, too:
Trying ahead to a morning the place the competition between bat and ball is (hopefully!) extra even than what we now have seen all summer season. I can’t get behind India’s workforce choice right here although. In the event that they wish to sq. the sequence 2-2, the burden is on them to take 20 wickets. With solely 3 strike bowlers (certainly one of them being a dodgy third seamer) I’m undecided I see India’s path to victory and a doable repeat of Headingley.
Such a disgrace that we haven’t seen Kuldeep. He doesn’t want the pitch to be appropriate: he’s bought the revs and flight to trigger hassle wherever.
The covers have been on for a bit, however they’re off now. We needs to be beginning at 11.
Krishnamoorthy v writes:
The omission of Kuldeep yadav is baffling. The present bowling line up of 5 bowlers out of which two are all rounders doesn’t make sense. Scoring 700 won’t guarantee victory should you should not have the potential to take 20 wickets. England realized it at OT. By the way in which, has there ever been a participant who toured and went again with out enjoying a check in a 5-test sequence?
Kuldeep isn’t alone, in fact. Arshdeep Singh hasn’t performed for India this sequence both.
Patrick Fullick writes:
The climate this morning displays my basic feeling about this match. I’ve actually loved the sequence to date, however the ambiance at the moment – coming laborious on the heels of the OT check – feels just like the pitches to date: very flat. Right here’s hoping for a great recreation for England to win the sequence. Can be following the match right here and on TMS.
I’m banking on some wickets this morning to cheer you up, Patrick.
The groups
There isn’t any Jasprit Bumrah, as anticipated. India have been confused about their workforce all summer season they usually look it once more. Karun Nair, dropped at Outdated Trafford, is again in. He’s certainly one of 4 adjustments; as soon as once more, there isn’t a Kuldeep Yadav.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
England win the toss and select to bowl first
Ollie Pope wins it and England will bowl first. It’s inexperienced, it’s overcast, it’s just about a no brainer.
Matt Dony writes in:
Your preamble makes it sound a bit like Stokes has been changed by 3 gamers. Which makes full sense, because it typically seems like he’s price a minimum of three ‘regular’ cricketers. Ben Stokes the inspirational captain, Ben Stokes the outrageously gifted cricketer, Ben Stokes the maelstrom of character and will-to-win. I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen one other sportsperson who simply makes issues occur round him like Stokes does. He’s astonishing.
It’s a correct conundrum making an attempt to exchange him. They’ve introduced in Jacob Bethell at six however, on this floor, that requires somebody to make up Stokes’ overs as a fast. You’re mainly calling up two folks to exchange him.
Time to get caught in to some preview materials:
Stuart Broad is taking a look on the inexperienced pitch and says “it’s a particular win-the-toss-and-bowl”.
Ben Stokes has been having a chat with Sky. He talks about his braced entrance leg serving to him bowl the way in which he’s completed this summer season, and is requested in regards to the spiciness of this sequence: “Actually, I believe it will get over-egged generally, massively. It’s one thing as gamers that we don’t lose sleep over. If there’s a little bit of niggle on the market, it’s a part of the sport.”
Preamble
Good day, whats up, whats up and welcome to a moist Oval. We’ve had the handshakes that didn’t occur and the pitch palaver, however we’ve additionally bought this: a fifth Check, with the sequence but to be determined. I’ll embrace that, as must you.
I’m watching a greenish floor, one the Indian gamers are getting a reasonably first rate have a look at; I’m intrigued to see how a refreshed, relatively experimental England assault goes on it. A reminder, there’s no Ben Stokes, with Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton all shipped in. There’s loads to speak about even earlier than the motion begins. Drop me a line, and let’s benefit from the final correct present of the summer season.