Eng 101-2 (36 overs) vs India |
Scorecard
Bumrah continues and Pope mistimes his shot as the ball rolls down to extra cover. No run.
Four more dots follow.
Pope then tries to block out a ripping yorker but the ball goes to the mid-wicket region as he picks a single. A run after 29 balls!
Siraj sends down a good length delivery to Pope who pushes it hard but the ball flies to the left of Reddy who puts in a dive and stops it. No run.
Pope then taps one to square-leg and picks up a single.
Four dots follow. Just a single come off the over.
Bumrah begins the new over giving away a couple (leg byes) as Pope flicks and misses a full length delivery outside leg.
Pant has hurt his fingers while stopping the previous ball it seems. The physio is attending to him. And he puts on his gloves and gets ready
Bumrah continues. Three slips and a gully is still in place.
Fuller delivery outside off and Pope nudges it to the covers and gets a single. Root then knocks one down to the off-side and gets off the strike.
Three dots follow. Four runs come off the over.
Pant is going off the field and Dhruv Jurel will replace him behind the stumps.
Siraj continues. After playing out a dot ball, Root tucks one to mid-wicket and gets off the block quickly for a single. Jaiswal swiftly moves to his right and picks up the ball and throws it but misses the stumps by a good margin. Pope would have been in trouble.
After three dot balls, Pope edges a swinging delivery outside off to the vacant space in cover region and the batters have enough time to complete a brace.
Three runs come off the over.
Reddy is back into the attack and he starts off with three dot balls.
Root then flicks the fullish delivery straying on the pads to the unmanned area at mid-wicket and picks up three runs. Hundred up for England.
Two dots to end the 3-run over.
England have taken 35.4 overs to bring up their 100, their slowest in a home Test.
