England three down after being set world-record 608 as India chase series-levelling victory on final day at Edgbaston | Cricket News

England dropped to 72-3 after being set for a goal of 608 world record to win the second test in Edgbaston while the quisors of the new Balle de India brought the tourists closer to a serial delegated victory.

Zak Crawley (0) was caught up in Backward Point by driving Mohammed Siraj to the Braie of the Seventh Duck in England of the Match before Ben Duckett (25 out of 15) inside, a Askash deeply in Ducker on his strains after a departure of five years.

Deep – Playing at the place of the rhythm rested in the spearhead of Jasprit Bumrah – then played Joe Root (6) with a large fishing of the fold while England had remained subscribing the fourth evening in Birmingham.

A comfort, perhaps, is that India has shredd two criticisms before a last day which will start with Ollie Pope (24No) and Harry Brook (15 NA) – the latter having shared a stand of 303 with Jamie Smith in the first sleeves of 84-5 – in the middle.

England had only one draw in 37 tests in the Bazball era – an impasse of the ashes inflicted by the rain against Australia on Emirates Old Trafford in 2023 – Ben Stokes’ men targeting victories at all costs and achieving a number of remarkable proceedings.

One of them came to the first test of this series while the hosts reached 371 in Leeds and another occurred in Edgbaston against India in 2022, when tons of root and the now Jetnishy Jonny Bairstow targeted a summit of England 378 only three.

The selection of this mammoth target – 190 more than the pursuit of the record test of 418 Antilles affected against Australia in Antigua in 2003 and 72 more than the highest of all first class crickets – is now surely beyond the band of trail stokes.

A draw is not outside the equation, however, on a field always good for the striker, but the outings of Crawley and Duckett – which shared an opening stand of 188 in this headingley heel last month – and, later, Root was a hammer blow as an India’s new ball, once again, appreciated more joy than their English counterparts.

Gill makes the history of the test while India is pulled on the races

The feathered bed of a surface has little to attack in England, apart from a few bullets that shoot Low, while India has raised 427-6 declared in the second round, during which Skipper Shubman Gill (161 of 162) became the first player in history to mark 200 and 150 in the same test in a continuation of its burning shape.

India may – perhaps frightened by the recent story of England with daring prosecution – is left to the height to strike too long and / or strangely flat in the afternoon once another Madcap Channel of Rishabh Pant (65 OFF 58) concluded.

Pant looted 110 from 103 bullets in partnership with Gill – whose ton has supported a first blow of 269 and a blow of 147 in Headingley, with the 430 points of the skipper, while in fact in Edgbaston, the second highest of a test, improved by only the transport of Grahoch de Grahoch from 456 against India in Lord’s in 1990.

Pant – Abandoned out of 11 by Crawley – provided six, four and chaos after arriving at n ° 5, once the LBW release of the previous night of Yashasvi Jaiswal (8), in Josh Tongue (2-93), had been followed by Brydon Carse Nicking Off Karun Nair (26) and the deractinating language Kl Rahul (55) intermediary stump.

The left -hander nailed 11 limits in total (eight four, three six) – he launched the language for a long time for a maximum of the fourth delivery he faced – and lost twice the control of his bat, including during his dismissal to Shoaib Bashir (2-119) while his blade was rushed to Corsa in Midwicket and the ball was poached by Duckett in the middle.

However, the races were then marked at a pedestrian pace until tea – a situation described as “disconcerting” Sky Sports‘Mark Butcher – Only for a spectacular change of speed after the interval to see 123 points looted in 15 letters before the declaration finally came.

The occurrences in this vertiginous duration of six and four included branchies reaching 150 to 156 balls before going back to Bashir, Jadeja (69no) passing fifty for the second time of the test, and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1) Lofting Root To-Off when he was only two races in the competition after having been chosen as a wrap root.

Fans of England who had sang “India boring and boring” while waiting for the declaration to quickly surrounded yourself “hold on if you always believe”.

This belief was bumped by the departures of Crawley, Duckett and Root, but it has not completely died, although it requires a monumental effort so that the Stokes team goes to Lord for the third test of Thursday with their 1-0 advance always intact.

Hussain: another very good day for India

Sky Sports Cricket Hussain Nasser:

“If you look at the nine days so far in this series, India has definitely won more sessions than England, but is 1-0.

“It was another very good day for them. They needed tonight, and they also need tomorrow.

“They played so much good cricket on these two test games, they feel like they should go to Lord at 1-1.

“This burst of deep this evening was absolutely wonderful. It is a real concern for England that the designers of India obtained more from this ground with the new ball than theirs.”

Large: Gill was breathtaking

Sky Sports Cricket’s Stuart Broad:

“Gill is scandalous.

“As a bowling player, I would look for technical things so that I can expose it, but he did not show obvious signs of dismissal and was elegant.

“He played with a huge responsibility, under high pressure. It is breathtaking, to be honest. He deserves all applause.

“India overflowed and passed England. They were superb.”

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England vs India – Results and calendar

All matches at 11 a.m. from the United Kingdom and Ireland; All on Sky Sports

• First test (headingley) – England won five counters
• Second test (Edgbaston): July 2-6
• Third test (Lord’s): July 10-14
• Fourth test (Emirates Old Trafford): July 23 to 27
• Fifth test (Oval Kia): August 31