Summary

  • Bad light and rain brings early end to day four with England needing 35 more to win and India four wickets

  • England are chasing 374 to win fifth Test and secure series victory

  • Would be their second-highest chase and a record at The Oval

  • Root reaches 39th Test century off 137 balls but edges behind with England still needing 37

  • Brook hits stunning 111 off 98 balls to get England within 73 of victory

  • Brook was caught at fine leg by Siraj, but India quick stumbles onto boundary rope. Brook was on 19 and England 137-3

  • Fifth Test, day four, The Oval - England lead series 2-1

Root edges behind to leave England six down

Live Reporting

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  1. How's stat?!

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    The lights have come on at The Oval, but it's not bringing any extra movement. We're seeing 40% less swing this morning compared to the final session on day three.

  2. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on Test Match Special

    If you look at all the chases Joe Root has always been there.

  3. Eng 83-2

    Target 374

    That wicket actually came at quite a useful time for me.

    Hugh's (@11:41) question about how Ben Stokes is occupying himself (crossword, tax return, sudoku) had sent my brain down a distracting rabbit hole, namely the episode of The Simpsons when Smithers laminates Mr Burns' newspaper and he complains about not being able to do the Junior Jumble.

    Now my attention is fully back on the cricket. England need a big innings from Joe Root.

  4. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on Test Match Special

    Krishna celebrates the wicket of DuckettGetty Images

    A very good catch. This wasn't a defensive shot from Ben Duckett.

    He threw his bat at it, and again the fuller length. This is what India have done against Duckett in this series.

    Dangerman Ben Duckett, gone for 54.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Duckett c Rahul b Krishna 54 (Eng 82-2)

    'Edged and gone!' - Duckett removed on 54 leaving England 82-2

    Prasidh Krishna strikes with his fourth ball of the day - Shubman Gill will be delighted with that bowling change.

    Ben Duckett, going after one, has been caught in the slips by KL Rahul. Uh oh.

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    What is Stokes doing with his pen, watched by Root? Crossword or tax return? I’m betting Sudoku?

    Hugh in France

  7. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on Test Match Special

    Ben Duckett hasn't really played his usually way.

    I wonder if it is to do with his finger injury when he got hit yesterday.

    I have been watching him do the shadow and he is telling himself to play a lot straighter.

  8. Eng 82-1

    Target 374

    Mohammed Siraj's past two overs have cost a combined 18 runs, 12 of which have come from the bat of Ben Duckett.

  9. Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Ben DuckettReuters

    That's Ben Duckett fourth 50-plus score of this series.

  10. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket reporter at The Oval

    One of Brendon McCullum's favourite lines is "the last two men to crack opening the batting for England have been knighted". If Ben Duckett pulls this off, he'll be at Buckingham Palace before the day is out.

  11. 50 runs

    50 for Ben Duckett

    Eng 79-1

    Duckett edges through slip cordon for four to bring up 50

    And there it is. Ben Duckett edges the ball through the slips for four to bring up his half-century off 76 balls.

    A round of applause for the opener but he knows the job is far from done.

  12. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on Test Match Special

    India fansReuters

    It is a good start for India, especially with the way they have bowled. What has been impressive is in the last innings how involved the closing fielders are, especially with Ben Duckett.

  13. Eng 75-1

    Target 374

    Ben Duckett picks up three runs to move onto 47. England's chase is now under 300 - they need 299 runs to win.

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    Can’t agree with Michael in Malaga (@11:21) - England won’t chase this total without being positive and looking to score.

    Solomon from Leamington Spa

  15. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Chris Woakes will definitely walk out with one hand if he has to.

  16. Eng 72-1

    Target 374

    Mohammed Siraj has his hands on his knee, agony written across his face.

    After Ben Duckett took the first two balls of the over for five runs, Ollie Pope has jabbed his bat down and been rewarded with a boundary off an edge.

    Pope picks up another two. 11 off the over.

  17. Eng 65-1

    Duckett hits Siraj for four with drive through cover

    Boom. Ben Duckett cuts loose. Four runs through cover.

    His first boundary of the day.

  18. How's stat?!

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    That Siraj over was the first time in his Test career that Ben Duckett has played and missed five times in an over.

  19. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    India's Mohammed Siraj reacts to a close chance on day four of the Fifth Rothesay Men's Test at the Kia Oval, LondonPA Media

    It's very rare you see Ben Duckett struggling. He is 39 from 67 and India have a field which is quite orthodox.

  20. Eng 61-1

    Target 374

    The camera has picked out a man in the crowd wearing a multi-coloured umbrella hat. Might come in handy this afternoon.

    Ollie Pope, wielding a pink-handled bat, and Ben Duckett (yellow handle) take a single apiece.