England 2nd inns 265-3 (57 ovs); Target: 374 |
Scorecard
Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Root attempts the reverse sweep but the ball goes straight to the fielder at third man.
Four! Root dances down and smashes one straight over the bowler's head.
Follows it up with a punch off the backfoot to deep cover for a single.
Two more singles to end the over. 7 come off it.
Prasidh Krishna continues and Root attempts a pull but the ball strikes him on the shoulder. He then pulls one to long leg for a single.
A wide follows. Jurel dives to his left to save four runs.
A single through deep backward square leg follows.
A dot later, Root pulls one down to deep backward square leg and gets a single. 250 up for England.
Another single through deep backward square leg to end the over. 5 runs come off it.
Jadeja continues and Brook leans forward and nudges one to square leg for a single.
Two dots later, Root drives one down to long-on for another single.
Four! Brook pulls the short delivery to the vacant space on the leg side.
A dot to end the over. 6 come off it.
England now need 116 runs.
Prasidh continues and Root pulls the shortish delivery to deep backward square leg for a single.
Brook then pulls one to long leg and gets off the strike.
Two singles through backward point and fine leg follow. Five runs come off the over.
Jadeja with another over and starts with three dot balls before Root pushes one to long-off for a single.
Brook then steers one to point and gets a quick single.
Another single through deep backward point to end the over. 3 runs come off it.
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