England vs India: Late wickets burst from Ben Stokes’ facet breathes life into third Take a look at on day three | Cricket Information

A late wicket burst from Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse helped to raise England after they toiled laborious on a sluggish monitor towards India’s cussed resistance on day three of the third Take a look at at Lord’s.

After resuming on 145-3, India had been dismissed for 387 with the scores stage, making a one-innings sport, after KL Rahul (100) notched a 177-ball century and Ravindra Jadeja’s 72 annoyed the hosts with lower-order resistance.

It was laborious toil for the hosts on a flat pitch in 28-degree London warmth, however England captain Ben Stokes (2-63) claimed Rishabh Pant (74) on the stroke of lunch, and a late wicket haul from Woakes (3-84) and Carse (1-88) helped raise the temper.

Shoaib Bashir (1-59) claimed centurion Rahul with the primary ball after he notched his tenth Take a look at century, however the England spinner later left the sector after injuring his little finger on his left (non-bowling) hand in his follow-through.

The Take a look at initially appeared to be heading in direction of a draw, however in true Bazball style, England fought laborious to make India slip from 376-7 to 387 all out in six overs, with Ben Duckett (0no) and Zak Crawley (2no) surviving a one-over spell from Jasprit Bumrah (0-2) after creating some comical delays.

Lengthy day for England gives late leisure

It was a hard-fought day for England, with the primary wicket solely coming simply earlier than lunch, breaking a 141-run stand between Rahul and Pant.

Stokes was the person to do it, noticing that Pant stuttered in the beginning of his run, he threw the ball in from cowl level and had a direct hit, and an umpire overview confirmed a sliding bat couldn’t save the India No 5.

Rahul then introduced up his milestone, the primary time he has scored multiple hundred in a collection, however his celebrations had been short-lived as he edged Bashir behind to Harry Brook at slip proper after.

A cussed partnership from Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy (30) value 72 runs created extra frustration for England, however a superb ball from Stokes caught the sting of the latter.

A high-quality diving catch from Jamie Smith down the leg-side noticed Jadeja stroll again to the Pavilion after he edged Woakes behind.

The England bowler was then twice denied an lbw resolution on overview as DRS favoured Akash Deep (7), however an outstanding one-handed effort from Brook at third slip noticed him dismissed off Carse.

Woakes then dismissed Bumrah (0) for a duck as India fell to 387-9 earlier than Archer had Washington Sundar (23) caught within the deep by Brook with scores levelled and India bowled out.

Crawley and Duckett stalled Bumrah for so long as potential to make sure they must face as few deliveries as potential, which visibly aggravated India captain Shubman Gill however supplied comedian aid for the Lord’s spectators.

The third Take a look at initially appeared to be heading to a draw, an unlikely and unsatisfying conclusion underneath Stokes and Brendon McCullum’s regime, however a result’s now virtually sure with a one-inning contest.

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