England 2nd inns 126-3 (33 ovs); Target: 374 |
Scorecard
Prasidh continues and hits Root in the abdomen with his first delivery.
Root blocks the next one to the offside.
Four! Root drives one through deep extra cover for a boundary. Elegant shot!
A single through backward point follows gets Root off the strike.
Brook then taps the next ball to point and gets a single.
A single through mid-off to end the over. 7 come off it.
Siraj with a fresh over and Root cops another blow! He then pushes the next delivery to the leg-side for a single.
Brook then leaves the fullish delivery moving away before defending the next to mid-on.
A single through fine leg ends the over. 2 runs come off it.
Siraj goes off the field. Prasidh continues and sends in a good length delivery which Brook defends off the backfoot.
He blocks the next delivery too before picking up a single with a punch to deep backward point.
Another single through deep square leg follows.
A dot later, Brook drives but gets a thick edge and the ball flies to the ropes through gully. Six runs come off the over.
Akash Deep is back into the attack. Root leans forward and drives the full delivery outside off straight to the mid-off fielder.
He repeats the shot before toe-ending the drive off the third ball.
Short delivery outside off and Root is not interested. He lets go the next delivery too. A maiden for Akash Deep, his second of the innings.
England now need 253 runs.
Prasidh with another over and Brook dabs the short of a length delivery outside off to point. No run on offer.
Another dot later, Brook guides one through deep backward point and gets off the strike.
Root attempts a drive off the next ball but inside-edges it to mid-on.
A dot later, Root places one through sweeper cover for a boundary.
Five runs come off the over.
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