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

Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Eng 247-3

    Not now, rain. Not now.

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    It's raining here.

    Peter in Kentish Town

  3. It's going to be bouncers from Prasidh Krishna now. Three fielders are lurking in the deep.

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    Working in the off licence, people coming in asking what wine would I suggest for their dinner, my response whilst sitting on my chair behind the counter, just pick one over there. I'm not moving!

    Hugh, Shenfield

    Currently on El Camino in northern Spain. 20km down today, 5 to go. Sore feet but the cricket is getting us all through.

    Pete, somewhere outside Melide

    It’s comforting knowing that around the globe there are thousands like me spending their Sunday checking their phone every 5 mins…. I am sure I’m not the only one doing the slow scroll down to see the score in the hope we haven’t lost a wicket.

    Anon

  5. Eng 246-3

    Need 128 more runs to win

    Ravindra Jadeja's over only manages to bring England seven runs closer to their total.

    Joe Root looks in the zone. Those eyes are wide. He has that glare.

  6. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    Joe RootGetty Images

    No nonsense. One bounce and over the rope. Joe Root loves these kind of contests.

  7. Eng 243-3

    'No nonsense there!' - Root skips down the ground to hit Jadeja for four

    Joe Root is going to take Ravindra Jadeja on. He lifts him down the ground for four.

    If this works India will have nowhere to turn. Knackered seamers or ineffective spinners?

  8. That may have been the most important drinks break of Shubman Gill's career. What plans and inspiration have he been able to find?

    The first choice is to turn to Ravindra Jadeja...

  9. He's good, isn't he?

    'Everyone up on their feet' - Root reaches 50

  10. WinViz has snuck another 5% in England's favour in less than 10 minutes.

    WinViz has it 57-43 in England's favour against IndiaBBC Sport/CricViz

  11. Drinks - Eng 239-3

    Need 135 more runs to win

    Slip fielder KL Rahul gets excited as one squeezes onto Joe Root's front pad - his surfboard if you're a feisty Australian - but he has little support from anywhere else.

    That is drinks. A perfect mini-session for England.

    Root clips Siraj through mid-wicket for four

    'Bad ball put away!' - Brook hits Washington through the covers for four

    'Like a tracer bullet to the boundary' - Brook pulls Deep for four

  12. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

    Prasidh Krishna has managed to keep his pace up.

    88mph in his last spell, he is charging in and he is trying to make something happen.

  13. Mohammed Siraj's spell is done. Prasidh Krishna is back. This might be the final over before drinks.

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    I need to go downstairs and turn the pork off, but I daren't move. The dog's going to have an enjoyable tea, over-cooked pork.

    Jon in Coventry

    Difficult to explain to the Norwegian in-laws why I have to keep checking my phone so often, and so nervously. Haven’t moved from the terrace since the last wicket and it’s meant to rain soon, guess I’ll have to take one for the team.

    Anon

  15. Eng 237-3

    Need 138 more runs to win

    'Like a tracer bullet to the boundary' - Brook pulls Deep for four

    Crashed for four by Harry Brook!

    Don't say it, Matthew. Don't say anything.

  16. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on Test Match Special

    Harry BrookGetty Images

    How quick things can change. It has completely turned the table this partnership.

  17. Eng 231-3

    ENGLAND ARE FAVOURITES ON WINVIZ.

    WinViz has it 52-48 in England's favour against India in fifth TestCricViz/BBC Sport

  18. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Very unlike a Joe Root shot. A nothing shot and Root was half-heartedly trying to guide it down to third man.

  19. Eng 228-3

    Need 146 more runs to win

    Take one for the team, Joe. You're doing laps of Bilbao until nightfall.

    Another Joe, namely Mr Root, shouts at himself after wafting rather than slapping a wide ball outside off stump. "Oh, Joe" you can hear him saying on the stump mic.

    Siraj buries his face in his floppy hat.

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    Desperately checking this page every 5 minutes whilst navigating the Bilbao metro with 4 rucksacks, a guitar, and a hold-all bag with a broken wheel between myself and my wife as we move back to the UK next week. Haven’t lost a wicket since we arrived on the metro so I’ll just stay on the metro until tomorrow I guess…

    Joe in Bilbao