- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR40.1 Dawson strikes quickly on his comeback! An eight year wait for a Test wicket ends seven balls into his first spell. Jaiswal pushes forward to defend at one on a good length outside off stump. The ball pitches well short of Jaiswal's defence and doesn't come into the left-hander as much as he expected it to. The outside edge is neatly taken at first slip by Brook 120/229.6 finds the edge this time! Woakes perseveres in the channel outside off, a hint of away movement from back of a length. Rahul was squared up as he looked to punch off the back foot, and Crawley at third slip gobbles the offering! It's a priceless breakthrough for England's best bowler of the morning 94/173.5 caught at long leg! Stokes the man for England once again and they are jubilant. Dug in short from around the wicket and the angle and bounce cramps him for room a bit as he tries to swivel-pull. The top edges flies down to long leg, where Carse takes the catch well inside the boundary. Stokes gets Sai Sudharsan for the third time in three innings this series. 235/449.1 huge appeal as Gill offers no shot, you cannot do that to Stokes, and finally umpire Rod Tucker raises the finger! Gill reviews. Pitched outside off stump on a good length and came back into the right-hander, Gill thrust his front foot forward and just outside the line of off stump and raised his bat out of the way, he was hit flush below the knee roll and that is plumb. Three reds. Stokes' lethal inducker strikes again 140/3112.3 bowled him! Just like the second innings at Lord's, the off stump takes a walk as Pant tries to defend from the crease but is late on it and is beaten by movement away from him. Archer pitched that on a length from around the wicket and got the ball to seam away after angling into the left-hander. Pant gets a round of applause from the crowd and a pat from the last man Siraj ... it's been quite something to watch, him batting with a broken foot 349/984.5 this was coming! Archer has been on point this morning and this time the edge carries to second slip where Harry Brook dives to his right and catches the ball inches from the turf. similar ball to the previous ones that drew those edges - on a good length with sharp away movement off the pitch, squaring up Jadeja as he tries to defend from the crease. Archer bags another left-hander. 266/5101.4 edged and snaffled by the leaping gully! Stokes does it again for England, though he needed some help from Duckett in the field, flying through the air and taking the catch high to his left. Full and swinging, Lord Thakur has been a model of discipline today but couldn't resist the booming drive that takes the edge 314/6109.2 caught right on the edge of the boundary at long leg! Stokes bangs it in short at Sundar's body from around the wicket, Sundar responds by playing that swivel-hook, Woakes settles under it and takes a well judged catch. the England captain takes his fourth wicket ... 337/7109.5 caught behind, five for Ben Stokes, his first five-for in eight years! What a ball to get for the debutant. Pitches on a good length close to off stump, extra bounce and seam movement away. Kamboj has to play at it and he prods tentatively, gets a thin edge through to Jamie Smith. 337/8114.1 short of a length and down the leg side, Bumrah tries to swing towards long leg and misses ... hang on are England reviewing for a caught behind? Yes they have. The ball was a fair way away from the body as Bumrah swivelled and swung and ultra edge shows a little spike as the ball passes the glove! Archer has dismissed a right-hander for the first time in the series ... and that's the end of India's innings. I think Root was the one behind that review, Archer wasn't so interested. 358/10Extras30 (b 4, lb 8, nb 4, w 14)TOTAL358 all out (114.1 Overs, RR: 3.13)Fall of wickets: 1-94 (KL Rahul, 29.6 ov), 2-120 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 40.1 ov), 3-140 (Shubman Gill, 49.1 ov), 3-212* (Rishabh Pant, retired not out ), 4-235 (Sai Sudharsan, 73.5 ov), 5-266 (Ravindra Jadeja, 84.5 ov), 6-314 (Shardul Thakur, 101.4 ov), 7-337 (Washington Sundar, 109.2 ov), 8-337 (Anshul Kamboj, 109.5 ov), 9-349 (Rishabh Pant, 112.3 ov), 10-358 (Jasprit Bumrah, 114.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR31.6 nicked to slip, the extra ball does it! Crawley is hanging around, not sure if it carried, but India are celebrating. Third umpire Kumar Dharmasena is going to have a look... reckon the fingers are under it, though. Good catch from KL Rahul, who stayed low and scooped up the edge as the ball straightened from round the wicket. A fine knock but still no hundred against India for Crawley 166/138.1 short, wide... and nicked behind! Duckett falls for 94! Maiden Test wicket for Anshul Kamboj and it's a big one. Duckett looks crestfallen, as if he can't believe he has missed out. Threw the kitchen sink at the cut shot, but only managed a feather through to Jurel, Kamboj celebrated and Rod Tucker's finger went up straight away. Big wicket for India, with half an hour left in the day 197/276.1 edged and gone! Pope is done in by the drift, plants his front foot, flicks his hands at the off-stump line, and guides a fat edge to slip, where Rahul clings on very well, low by his boots! A familiar end to a fine innings, and a priceless one for India, with the new ball looming! 341/3119.2 he's been stumped has he? What a ripper out of nowhere! Tossed up from around the wicket, dips on Root as he is drawn into lunging forward to defend, the ball pitches well short of his bat and spins and bounces sharply past the outside edge, Jurel completes a sharp take and whips off the bails with Root's back foot out of the crease ... he walks off to loud and sustained applause from the crowd 499/580.1 dragged out of the crease, done like a kipper! Suffice to say, the delayed new ball is the right option! Brook comes galloping out of his crease, looking for the aggressive option, the drift does him all ends up, he ends up poking limply at thin air, and Jurel flicks off the bails with the batter already resigned to his fate! Where on earth was Sundar for the first 70-odd overs of this innings! 349/4155.3 that's the end of Stokes, and will he declare? No he won't. Stokes walks off to a tremendous ovation from the Old Trafford crowd - a hundred and a five-wicket haul in the Test so far. He tried to clear the straight boundary again but made contact with the bottom of his bat and holed out to long-on. 658/9124.1 edged but has it carried? Jurel dives forward and seems to catch it low to the ground, no major celebrations so there's a bit of confusion over whether it was taken cleanly. Smith is walking off though. The on-field umpires refer it to the TV umpire and it is clean. Smith hung his bat out at a good length ball that seamed away from him and got a nick through to Jurel, it was dying on him but he managed to dive forward quickly and get his gloves under the ball 515/6139.3 bowled 'im! This one scoots through and smashes the top of off stump. Dawson was hanging back, maybe worried about the ball kicking up, ended up being too late trying to get the bat down in defence. Perfect length, probably done for pace, too. Bumrah gets the first of the morning 563/8129.1 that's a shooter and it's got through Woakes' defences and crashed into the stumps! Siraj pitched it on a good length and it shot through really low, brushing the toe of Woakes' bat as it came down and then going on to bowl him 528/7157.1 that's the end of England's innings, Carse slog sweeps and picks out Siraj on the deep backward square leg boundary, he turns around and pumps his fist at the crowd ... 669/10Extras38 (b 8, lb 15, nb 14, w 1)TOTAL669 all out (157.1 Overs, RR: 4.25)Fall of wickets: 1-166 (Zak Crawley, 31.6 ov), 2-197 (Ben Duckett, 38.1 ov), 3-341 (Ollie Pope, 76.1 ov), 4-349 (Harry Brook, 80.1 ov), 4-491* (Ben Stokes, retired not out ), 5-499 (Joe Root, 119.2 ov), 6-515 (Jamie Smith, 124.1 ov), 7-528 (Chris Woakes, 129.1 ov), 8-563 (Liam Dawson, 139.3 ov), 9-658 (Ben Stokes, 155.3 ov), 10-669 (Brydon Carse, 157.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JJ Bumrah 33 5 112 2 3.39 0 6 A Kamboj 18 1 89 1 4.94 0 4 Mohammed Siraj 30 4 140 1 4.66 0 0 SN Thakur 11 0 55 0 5 0 1 RA Jadeja 37.1 0 143 4 3.84 0 3 Washington Sundar 28 4 107 2 3.82 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 caught at first slip! What a ball and what a catch! Woakes angles the ball full from around the wicket into the left-hander, it pitches in line with the stumps and seams away, taking the outside edge as Jaiswal closes the face from the crease, it's a straightforward catch at knee height at first slip but the ball bobbles out of Root's hands, he recovers to grab it again with one hand 0/170.2 there he goes! Stokes finds another nipbacker, it shoots through low, pins Rahul plumb in front! He roars in celebration, doesn't need to look at the umpire to know! Knee-roll height, that was smashing middle! 188/30.5 on my word, two in two and India are sinking fast ... short of a length and outside off, it should have been a harmless ball really but Sai Sudharsan was in two minds whether to play or leave it, in the end he hangs his bat out at it and then beings to pull away too late, the ball flies off the edge to second slip 0/287.4 edged and gone! Gill loses concentration minutes before lunch and pays for it with his wicket after playing a monumental innings. He's fallen to such an innocuous delivery too, short of a length that was quite wide outside off, it moved away a touch and he chased after it with a half-hearted cut ... Smith took an easy catch. Gill walks off to a round of applause from the crowd and his team-mates but he will be gutted with that dismissal ... 222/4Extras24 (b 14, lb 2, nb 6, w 2)TOTAL425/4 (143 Overs, RR: 2.97)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Sai Sudharsan, 0.5 ov), 3-188 (KL Rahul, 70.2 ov), 4-222 (Shubman Gill, 87.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
23,24,25,26,27 July 2025 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 4, India 4
Close of Play
- Wed, 23 Jul - day 1 - India 1st innings 264/4 (RA Jadeja 19*, SN Thakur 19*, 83 ov)
- Thu, 24 Jul - day 2 - England 1st innings 225/2 (OJ Pope 20*, JE Root 11*, 46 ov)
- Fri, 25 Jul - day 3 - England 1st innings 544/7 (BA Stokes 77*, LA Dawson 21*, 135 ov)
- Sat, 26 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 174/2 (KL Rahul 87*, Shubman Gill 78*, 63 ov)
- Sun, 27 Jul - day 5 - India 2nd innings 425/4 (143 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Over 69.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - KL Rahul (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 193/3 in 76.0 overs (Shubman Gill 90, Washington Sundar 4)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- India: 200 runs in 81.1 overs (491 balls), Extras 9
- Shubman Gill: 100 off 228 balls (12 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 223/4 in 89.0 overs (Washington Sundar 21, RA Jadeja 0)
- India: 250 runs in 94.6 overs (574 balls), Extras 13
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (Washington Sundar 18, RA Jadeja 27, Ex 5)
- Drinks: India - 278/4 in 104.0 overs (Washington Sundar 39, RA Jadeja 32)
- India: 300 runs in 111.1 overs (673 balls), Extras 18
- Washington Sundar: 50 off 117 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- RA Jadeja: 50 off 86 balls (5 x 4)
- Tea: India - 322/4 in 118.0 overs (Washington Sundar 57, RA Jadeja 53)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 184 balls (Washington Sundar 37, RA Jadeja 53, Ex 10)
- India: 350 runs in 127.3 overs (771 balls), Extras 20
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 280 balls (Washington Sundar 53, RA Jadeja 89, Ex 11)
- India: 400 runs in 139.4 overs (844 balls), Extras 24
- RA Jadeja: 100 off 182 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 200 runs in 332 balls (Washington Sundar 79, RA Jadeja 107, Ex 15)
- Washington Sundar: 100 off 206 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- England: 550 runs in 136.3 overs (832 balls), Extras 31
- BA Stokes: 100 off 164 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 600 runs in 147.6 overs (902 balls), Extras 36
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (BA Stokes 27, BA Carse 19, Ex 5)
- Drinks: England - 614/8 in 149.0 overs (BA Stokes 118, BA Carse 19)
- England: 650 runs in 154.4 overs (942 balls), Extras 37
- Innings Break: England - 669/10 in 157.1 overs (JC Archer 2)
- India 2nd innings
- Lunch: India - 1/2 in 3.0 overs (KL Rahul 1, Shubman Gill 0)
- Over 3.2: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Shubman Gill (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 47/2 in 15.0 overs (KL Rahul 17, Shubman Gill 28)
- India: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (94 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (KL Rahul 17, Shubman Gill 31, Ex 2)
- Over 22.3: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Shubman Gill (Struck down)
- Shubman Gill: 50 off 77 balls (8 x 4)
- Tea: India - 86/2 in 29.0 overs (KL Rahul 30, Shubman Gill 52)
- India: 100 runs in 38.3 overs (235 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 230 balls (KL Rahul 39, Shubman Gill 57, Ex 4)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 137 balls (4 x 4)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 141 balls (3 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 131/2 in 46.0 overs (KL Rahul 60, Shubman Gill 63)
- India: 150 runs in 54.4 overs (332 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 327 balls (KL Rahul 70, Shubman Gill 71, Ex 9)
- End Of Day: India - 174/2 in 63.0 overs (KL Rahul 87, Shubman Gill 78)
- Over 51.5: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JE Root (Struck down)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (OJ Pope 16, JE Root 23, Ex 11)
- England: 250 runs in 54.5 overs (335 balls), Extras 20
- Drinks: England - 266/2 in 59.0 overs (OJ Pope 32, JE Root 35)
- OJ Pope: 50 off 93 balls (6 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 172 balls (OJ Pope 47, JE Root 41, Ex 12)
- England: 300 runs in 66.5 overs (408 balls), Extras 21
- JE Root: 50 off 99 balls (6 x 4)
- Lunch: England - 332/2 in 74.0 overs (OJ Pope 70, JE Root 63)
- England: 350 runs in 81.1 overs (494 balls), Extras 21
- New ball taken at 90.3 overs
- Drinks: England - 394/4 in 92.0 overs (JE Root 98, BA Stokes 21)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (JE Root 22, BA Stokes 25, Ex 3)
- England: 400 runs in 93.3 overs (571 balls), Extras 24
- JE Root: 100 off 178 balls (12 x 4)
- Tea: England - 433/4 in 102.0 overs (JE Root 121, BA Stokes 36)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 156 balls (JE Root 53, BA Stokes 41, Ex 6)
- England: 450 runs in 105.6 overs (647 balls), Extras 27
- BA Stokes: 50 off 97 balls (3 x 4)
- JE Root: 150 off 246 balls (14 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 499/4 in 119.0 overs (JE Root 150, JL Smith 2)
- England: 500 runs in 119.4 overs (729 balls), Extras 29
- BA Stokes retired hurt on 66* from 491/4 to 528/7
- End Of Day: England - 544/7 in 135.0 overs (BA Stokes 77, LA Dawson 21)
- New ball taken at 83.1 overs
- India: 300 runs in 94.1 overs (567 balls), Extras 22
- Over 95.3: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - SN Thakur (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 306/5 in 96.0 overs (SN Thakur 39, Washington Sundar 11)
- RR Pant retired hurt on 37* from 212/3 to 314/6
- Rain: India - 321/6 in 105.0 overs (RR Pant 39, Washington Sundar 20)
- Lunch: India - 321/6 in 105.0 overs (RR Pant 39, Washington Sundar 20)
- Over 106.4: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Washington Sundar (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- RR Pant: 50 off 69 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- India: 350 runs in 112.4 overs (680 balls), Extras 30
- Innings Break: India - 358/10 in 114.1 overs (Mohammed Siraj 5)
- Over 114.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JJ Bumrah (Upheld)
- England 1st innings
- Dhruv Jurel kept in place of Rishabh Pant
- England: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (Z Crawley 16, BM Duckett 34, Ex 0)
- Over 11.5: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Z Crawley (Struck down)
- Tea: England - 77/0 in 14.0 overs (Z Crawley 33, BM Duckett 43)
- BM Duckett: 50 off 46 balls (7 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 18.5 overs (114 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 114 balls (Z Crawley 47, BM Duckett 54, Ex 1)
- Z Crawley: 50 off 73 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 28.4 overs (174 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 174 balls (Z Crawley 75, BM Duckett 69, Ex 7)
- Drinks: England - 156/0 in 30.0 overs (Z Crawley 78, BM Duckett 71)
- England: 200 runs in 38.5 overs (237 balls), Extras 9
- End Of Day: England - 225/2 in 46.0 overs (OJ Pope 20, JE Root 11)
- India 1st innings
- Drinks: India - 42/0 in 14.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 13, KL Rahul 27)
- India: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls (YBK Jaiswal 18, KL Rahul 32, Ex 2)
- Lunch: India - 78/0 in 26.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 36, KL Rahul 40)
- India: 100 runs in 33.3 overs (202 balls), Extras 3
- YBK Jaiswal: 50 off 96 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 120/1 in 39.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 58, B Sai Sudharsan 13)
- Over 49.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Shubman Gill (Struck down)
- Tea: India - 149/3 in 52.0 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 26, RR Pant 3)
- India: 150 runs in 52.2 overs (315 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (B Sai Sudharsan 19, RR Pant 24, Ex 7)
- India: 200 runs in 64.5 overs (391 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: India - 212/3 in 67.4 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 48)
- Over 67.4: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - RR Pant (Struck down)
- B Sai Sudharsan: 50 off 134 balls (6 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 78.2 overs (472 balls), Extras 12
- Bad Light: India - 264/4 in 83.0 overs (RA Jadeja 19, SN Thakur 19)
- End Of Day: India - 264/4 in 83.0 overs (RA Jadeja 19, SN Thakur 19)
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