Summary

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter, Matthew Henry, Karan Vinod & Henry Cowling

  1. 50 runs

    50 for Ben Stokes

    Eng 470-4

    Ben Stokes lifts his bat to thank the crowd after hitting 50 v India.Getty Images

    There's the skipper's half-century!

    He knocks Washington Sundar's fifth delivery to mid-wicket for a single, bringing up the landmark from 97 deliveries.

    Joe Root then adds a further two into the covers to end the over.

  2. Eng 466-4

    Lead by 108 runs

    Spin at both ends now as Jasprit Bumrah is replaced by Ravindra Jadeja.

    The veteran all-rounder extracts some sharp turn out of the rough with his penultimate delivery, but it strikes Ben Stokes outside the line and the England batters run a leg bye.

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    Got to fear for India with this partnership set, Smith in next and all the bowlers who can hold a bat.

    Simon, following from Sarande in Albania

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

    The game is just meandering on at the minute but England would like to push it on. The field has spread so England might find that a little bit difficult now.

  5. Eng 462-4

    Washington Sundar bowls during England v India at Old TraffordGetty Images

    A trio of singles from Washington Sundar's over.

    Four runs from the last 18 balls after an aggressive spell at the start of the session.

  6. How stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    England have come out with intent after tea, attacking 48% of deliveries bowled - their highest figure for any period of the match so far.

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    Joe Root smiles after hitting a century at Old Trafford.Getty Images

    Root has to be the calmest batsman in cricket. Doesn't appear to get riled and maintains a humble approach. He's not blinded by ambition to score the most runs which is admirable. It's players like him that makes cricket special!

    John, Longborough

  8. Eng 459-4

    Still Jasprit Bumrah toils on.

    Five dot balls to Joe Root before the centurion knocks into the covers for a strike-retaining single.

  9. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    India have to be kicking themselves with the missed opportunities in the first three Tests. If you go session by session and day by day, India wins.

  10. Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Washington Sundar didn't bowl until the 69th over. He's bowled 11 overs with 2-30 being his figures. We've had 107 overs in the innings and excluding what Sundar has bowled, the rest of the bowlers have a combined figures of 2-411 in 96 overs.

  11. Eng 458-4

    Washington Sundar replaces Shardul Thakur and he starts with a maiden to Ben Stokes.

    The England skipper stretches between balls and at the end of the over - his groin, I think.

  12. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    What people have to realise is that batting for a long period of time is hard work, physically and mentally. You have to maintain concentration, you have to physically exert yourself so much by running up and down, running the ones and the twos. You've got to have strength in your arms. You have to be fit to get big scores.

  13. Eng 458-4

    Stokes hits Bumrah 'with authority' through extra cover for four

    Still Jasprit Bumrah and Ben Stokes piledrives the seamer's fifth delivery through the covers for four.

    A leg-bye from the next delivery takes England's lead to 100.

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    Joe Root runs during England v India at Old TraffordGetty Images

    It's pilling up on India now. They have to somehow muster the troops and do something about this. Joe Root looks like he is having the best nets of his life, nothing is at stake and they can't do anything about it.

  15. Eng 450-4

    Root's 'effortless push' down the ground goes for four at long-on

    That straight drive comes off!

    Having hit the non-striker's stumps in the previous over at this end, Joe Root fires Shardul Thakur's delivery down the ground and over the ropes.

    The ailing Jasprit Bumrah has to retrieve the ball, while that's an over-step too so an extra run is added to the total and that's the hundred partnership.

    Thakur does draw an edge from Root with the over's penultimate ball, but it drops well short of wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, and a leg side single from the following delivery brings up England's 450.

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    Surely we can move on from talk of Bazball now. As a distinguishable style of play it's now dissolved into sensibly adapting to match situations, albeit with a positive attitude, which should be a given in a well managed team.

    Martin, North Wales

  17. Eng 443-4

    Jasprit Bumrah feels an injured ankle at Old Trafford.Getty Images

    Jasprit Bumrah will continue for India.

    Singles for Root and Stokes book-end four dot balls to the latter.

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    India can’t seem to get to the Root of the problem.

    James, Leamington Spa

  19. How's stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Bumrah’s average speed in that first over after tea was just 80.3mph - his slowest over of the series to date.

  20. Eng 441-4

    Shardul Thakur has the ball at the other end.

    He sends down three dot balls to Joe Root, before a leg bye and a couple of singles of bat come in the back half of the over.

    Root can consider himself a little unfortunate with the second of those dots - he played a tidy straight drive right onto the non-striker's stumps.