India close with 244-run lead - day three report
England bowled out for 407 - Smith 184*, Brook 158
Brook and Smith share epic 303-run stand
Six England batters fall for ducks
Second Test, day three, Edgbaston
England 1-0 up in five-Test series
Jamie Smith reaches 184 in England's first innings against India
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If England are so good at batting (which we are) then why not just bat first and put the opposition under pressure? Save the chasing for when we need to chase.
Rob, about to go camping in Ashbourne
A curious hour after lunch, but crucially no wickets lost for England.
The umpires decide we need a ball change so drinks are taken.
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Apropos absolutely nothing, you need just 14 syllables for the last names of this England XI. Is this a record?
Shrewsbury Film
Jamie Smith works Nitish Kumar Reddy into the legside for a single which brings up the 300 for England.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston
There's now a procession of Flintstones, Teletubbies, Super Marios and traffic cones walking around the Hollies.
Cheteshwar Pujara
Former India batter on BBC Test Match Special
I don't mind what India are doing now, it's much better than before lunch. They are finally sticking to a plan, just aiming for off stump.
There's something building. The bowlers are working very hard, trying to be disciplined and I think something's building up.
India are trying to squeeze England here. Just one run conceded by Akash Deep off that over.
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Been discussing this match with a colleague. Can England realistically win without relying on an Indian second innings collapse? If we manage not to capitulate and put up a score of 500+, are we just headed for a rather anticlimactic draw?
Tom (Bath)
A change of bowling for India as Akash Deep is brought back.
Here's that 'drop' from Rishabh Pant from a little earlier.
Smith dropped by Pant
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
To illustrate a change in tactics, this is the line of India's pace bowlers up until lunch...
Image source, CricvizAnd here's their lines post lunch...
Image source, CricvizCheteshwar Pujara
Former India batter on BBC Test Match Special
At one point, India were in a position to enforce the follow on. England have brought it back a lot, this partnership has been brilliant.
Harry Brook dismissively thwacks an overpitched delivery from Nitish Kumar Reddy through wide mid-off for four. Brook met than on the half volley and the ball absolutely raced to the fence.
The Hollies break out into Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer reflecting the fact England are just over 'halfway there'.
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Suggesting Jamie Smith to open is plain daft. We have found a round peg for a round hole (and silenced the 'why aren't we picking Foakes?' mob) so why change it? Opening the batting last night after two hard days of keeping wicket would have been brutal.
Ian
Cheteshwar Pujara
Former India batter on BBC Test Match Special
The ball is soft but it's also credit to the Indian bowlers. They have a plan and they've stuck to it.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special
The last 20 minutes have been a little bit odd. Perhaps the ball has gone a little bit soft.
Trail by 297
Prasidh Krishna jags one through the gate to Jamie Smith. There's a little noise as the ball flies through to Rishabh Pant but India don't appeal, so it must have been his bat brushing his pad possibly.
A couple of nice drives from Smith to fuller deliveries but he picks out the fielder.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
This is the second time in the history of Test cricket that there have been two double century partnerships from the sixth wicket.
Jamie Smith has moved on to 130 from 114 balls. He's looked a little bit shaky in the past few overs.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
This 200 partnership between Brook and Smith came better than a run a ball. Since 2000, there have been eight instances of partnerships of over 200 coming at 6.00 rpo or better - three of them have come from England in the past 3 years.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This is a dangerous period for England.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaiswal,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Jaiswal, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 87 | 107 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 200 | 81.31 |
Rahul,bowled Woakes Rahul, bowled Woakes | 2 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.69 |
Nair,caught Brook, bowled Carse Nair, caught Brook, bowled Carse | 31 | 50 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 62.00 |
Gill,caught Pope, bowled Tongue Gill, caught Pope, bowled Tongue | 269 | 387 | 239 | 30 | 3 | 509 | 69.51 |
Pant,caught Crawley, bowled Bashir Pant, caught Crawley, bowled Bashir | 25 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 59.52 |
Nitish,bowled Woakes Nitish, bowled Woakes | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.67 |
Jadeja,caught Smith, bowled Tongue Jadeja, caught Smith, bowled Tongue | 89 | 137 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 208 | 64.96 |
Washington,bowled Root Washington, bowled Root | 42 | 103 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 40.78 |
Deep,caught Duckett, bowled Bashir Deep, caught Duckett, bowled Bashir | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 46.15 |
Siraj,stumped Smith, bowled Bashir Siraj, stumped Smith, bowled Bashir | 8 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 34.78 |
Krishna,not out Krishna, not out | 5 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25.00 |
Extras, no balls 8, wides 2, byes 6, leg byes 6, total 22 Extras, no balls 8, wides 2, byes 6, leg byes 6, total 22 | |||||||
Total,587 all out 151.0 overs Total,587 all out 151.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woakes | 25.0 | 6 | 81 | 2 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.24 |
Carse | 24.0 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.45 |
Tongue | 28.0 | 2 | 119 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4.25 |
Stokes | 19.0 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.89 |
Bashir | 45.0 | 2 | 167 | 3 | 169 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3.71 |
Root | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
Brook | 5.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
15 for 1 (8.4 overs) | Rahul |
95 for 2 (23.3 overs) | Nair |
161 for 3 (45.1 overs) | Jaiswal |
208 for 4 (60.1 overs) | Pant |
211 for 5 (61.4 overs) | Nitish |
414 for 6 (107.3 overs) | Jadeja |
558 for 7 (138.4 overs) | Washington |
574 for 8 (143.3 overs) | Gill |
574 for 9 (144.2 overs) | Deep |
587 for 10 (150.6 overs) | Siraj |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught Nair, bowled Siraj Crawley, caught Nair, bowled Siraj | 19 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 63.33 |
Duckett,caught Gill, bowled Deep Duckett, caught Gill, bowled Deep | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.00 |
Pope,caught Rahul, bowled Deep Pope, caught Rahul, bowled Deep | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Root,caught Pant, bowled Siraj Root, caught Pant, bowled Siraj | 22 | 46 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 47.83 |
Brook,bowled Deep Brook, bowled Deep | 158 | 234 | 139 | 17 | 1 | 323 | 67.52 |
Stokes,caught Pant, bowled Siraj Stokes, caught Pant, bowled Siraj | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Smith,not out Smith, not out | 184 | 207 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 295 | 88.89 |
Woakes,caught Nair, bowled Deep Woakes, caught Nair, bowled Deep | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 29.41 |
Carse,leg before wicket, bowled Siraj Carse, leg before wicket, bowled Siraj | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Tongue,leg before wicket, bowled Siraj Tongue, leg before wicket, bowled Siraj | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 |
Bashir,bowled Siraj Bashir, bowled Siraj | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 12, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 19 Extras, no balls 12, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 19 | |||||||
Total,407 all out 89.3 overs Total,407 all out 89.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deep | 20.0 | 2 | 88 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4.40 |
Siraj | 19.3 | 3 | 70 | 6 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.58 |
Krishna | 13.0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5.53 |
Nitish | 6.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.83 |
Jadeja | 17.0 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.11 |
Washington | 14.0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5.21 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
13 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Duckett |
13 for 2 (2.5 overs) | Pope |
25 for 3 (7.1 overs) | Crawley |
84 for 4 (21.3 overs) | Root |
84 for 5 (21.4 overs) | Stokes |
387 for 6 (82.2 overs) | Brook |
395 for 7 (86.5 overs) | Woakes |
396 for 8 (87.5 overs) | Carse |
407 for 9 (89.1 overs) | Tongue |
407 for 10 (89.3 overs) | Bashir |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaiswal,leg before wicket, bowled Tongue Jaiswal, leg before wicket, bowled Tongue | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 127.27 |
batting,Rahul,not out batting, Rahul, not out | 28 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 73.68 |
batting,Nair,not out batting, Nair, not out | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38.89 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 | |||||||
Total,64 for 1 13.0 overs Total,64 for 1 13.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woakes | 5.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5.60 |
Carse, bowling | 5.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.60 |
Tongue | 3.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
51 for 1 (7.4 overs) | Jaiswal |
