Sachin Not Tend: "India should come out hitting hard and scoring as many as they can today. The moment they go defensive to play out the rest of the day, wickets will start falling like the last four in the first innings this morning. A lead of 29 could prove critical in the context of the series result. "
Arpit Gupta: "Realistically, how many overs is India expected to face today?" 36, give or take one, as per the calculations. With 100 minutes, the actual number might be 20-25
5:41pm A rather slender lead, which didn't seem would be the case at lunch. But India's inexperienced attack bounced back bigtime. Siraj took the initial wickets but Prasidh troubled batters with up-and-down as well as sideways movement. Akash Deep was expensive but dismissed Duckett, who was on his way to take the game away. The three seamers outdid expectations in style. Brook, the only batter remaining, tried to extend the lead as much as possible. He helped make 32 in the final session, that's had a rain break so far. Just a reminder that Woakes is out of the game.
HC Brook b Mohammed Siraj 53 (128m 64b 5x4 1x6) SR: 82.81
END OF OVER:51 | 1 Run | ENG: 247/8
- Josh Tongue0 (7b)
- Harry Brook53 (62b)
- Prasidh Krishna16-1-62-4
- Mohammed Siraj16-1-86-3
END OF OVER:50 | 3 Runs | ENG: 246/8
- Josh Tongue0 (5b)
- Harry Brook52 (58b)
- Mohammed Siraj16-1-86-3
- Prasidh Krishna15-1-61-4
Brook gets his bat replaced