Indian bowlers dominate first session, restrict England to 98/4 at Lunch (Day 4)
India’s seamers shine on Day four as England slump to 98/4 at Lunch in 3rd Test at Lord’s. Siraj takes 2; Root (17*) and Stokes (2*) hold on.
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Siraj struck early, dismissing Duckett for 12 in the 6th over. (PTI)
London, 13 July
A complete bowling
domination from Indian seamers restricted England to 98/4 at the end of the
first session on Day four of the third Test at Lord's on Sunday.
India took four
wickets in the morning session, at Lunch, England are 98/4 with Ben Stokes 2*
(13) and Joe Root 17* (40) unbeaten on the crease.
England started
Day four on 2/0 with Zak Crawley (2) and Ben Duckett (0*) unbeaten on the crease.
Mohammed Siraj gave the host an early blow as he removed Duckett for 12 in the
6th over, and Ollie Pope joined Crawley in the middle.
Just before drinks
in the first session, Siraj grabbed his second wicket of the innings by
removing Pope for just four. At drinks, England were 42/2 with Zak Crawley 17
(43) unbeaten on the crease.
Joe Root joined
Crawley in the middle, and England crossed the 50-run mark in the 15th over
after Root pushed the ball towards deep point for a single. Nitish Kumar Reddy
removed Crawley for 22 runs off 49 balls, including four fours.
Crawley's drought
for runs in the series continues. Harry Brook came to the crease after
Crawley's wicket.
Brook took on
Indian bowlers as he hurried on to 23 off just 17 balls. Akash Deep took his
first wicket of the match as he cleaned up Brook for 23, and England skipper
Ben Stokes joined Root in the middle.
Earlier in the
match, Opener KL Rahul's ton and left-hand batter Ravindra Jadeja's 72 helped
India to level the score at 387 on Saturday at Lord's, which was also set up by
England in the first innings of the Test match.
England's skipper
Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, the Three
Lions scored 387 runs thanks to a century stand between Root (104) and Ollie
Pope (44) and a counter-attacking 82-run stand between Brydon Carse and Jamie
Smith, who both struck fifties down the order.
Brief Scores:
England: 387 & 2/0 (Ben Duckett 0*, Zak Crawly 2*; Jasprit Bumrah 0/2) vs
India: 387 (KL Rahul 100, Rishabh Pant 74; Chris Woakes 3/84). England 98/4 (
Harry Brook 23, Zak Crawley 22; Mohammed Siraj 2/11).
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