Summary

  • First Test, day five, Headingley

  • England chase down 371 to beat India by five wickets and take 1-0 lead in five-match series

  • Duckett strikes magnificent 149; Crawley (65), Root (53*) and Smith (44*) make key contributions

  • England pull off their second-highest successful chase, 10th highest of all time and second-highest at Headingley

  • Watch highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer from 19:00 BST

  • Second Test at Edgbaston starts on 2 July

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury, Mike Peter & Maisie Gallen

  1. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Another drop for Yashasvi Jaiswal. Siraj is just standing with his hands on his hips. A missed opportunity.

  2. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    There's also a dropped catch in a chase at Headingley...

  3. dropped catch

    Duckett dropped on 97

    Eng 168-0

    'He should have taken that!' - Jaiswal drops Duckett on 97

    Well, that's not going to improve Mohammed Siraj's mood.

    The India seamer has changed ends and Ben Duckett mis-times a pull off his penultimate delivery, sending the ball looping square.

    Yashasvi Jaiswal runs in from the ropes but doesn't manage to hold onto the ball diving forward.

    Duckett runs a single to move to 98, while replays show Siraj screaming in frustration as the catch went down - poor Jaiswal, he's had an awful time in the field in this match, spilling several chances.

  4. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    England's highest fourth innings opening partnerships:

    • 203 - Atherton & Gooch vs Australia, 1991
    • 185 - Boycott & Brearley vs Pakistan, 1978
    • 165* - Crawley & Duckett vs India, 2025
    • 161* - Boycott & Edrich vs Australia, 1971

    This is also the highest opening partnership in the fourth innings by any side against India

  5. Cheteshwar Pujara
    India batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Ben Duckett is not missing any reverse sweeps. He is timing them right out the middle of the bat. Not many batters can do that.

    India wouldn't mind a bit of a break for some time to regroup.

  6. Eng 165-0

    Target 371

    Mohammed SIraj gets the chance to cool off as spinner Ravindra Jadeja comes on to bowl.

    Ben Duckett twice nails reverse sweeps to the boundary, the first of those taking him into the nineties.

    Jadeja does see one ball spit off the pitch and fly past the England opener's face - he won't mind that.

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    It’s chucking down at Elland Road…

    Matt

    Looking brighter in Leeds both weather and the chase. Are we in for a classic England run chase or a classic collapse? Nerves a jangling...

    Neil in Leeds

    Chucking it down and brightening up?! One of you has to be telling porkies. Own up...

  8. Eng 156-0

    Zak Crawley starts Jasprit Bumrah's over by working the ball through mid-wicket for four - his sixth of the innings.

    Two more comes from the last delivery, turning the ball square.

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    Anon 13:57: Michael Vaughan's 2004 team won 7 out of 7 home Tests, including two chases of over 280. I like to think they'd have gone for this.

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

    This has been a game of having to think as a captain, Shubman is going to have to utilise all of the skill-sets.

  11. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    He's looking good out there Zak Crawley. He is making Bumrah look like an average international bowler out there, not the best in the world.

  12. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Only Joe Root (122 balls vs New Zealand, Wellington 2023) and Ben Foakes (116 balls vs South Africa, Manchester 2022) have scored slower half-centuries for England in the 'Bazball' era than Crawley's today.

  13. Eng 150-0

    Edged... and safely through the cordon!

    Mohammed Siraj's final delivery clips the side of Ben Duckett's bat and flies through an empty first slip for four, bringing up England's 150.

    That was his second boundary off the over after he sent the ball past mid-off - Siraj isn't happy and walks right up to the England batters to have a chunter at them.

  14. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    At 111 balls this is Zak Crawley's slowest half-century of his career. His previous slowest was 100 balls against West Indies in North Sound in 2022.

  15. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Perhaps Crawley felt a bit of pressure in the first innings after getting out in the first over, but it is a terrific 50 from him.

  16. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

    Headingley on its feet again. After Ollie Pope's ton in the first innings, the Jacob Bethell pressure moved towards Zak Crawley.

    The ideal response from Crawley.

  17. 50 runs

    50 for Zak Crawley

    Comfortable Crawley brings-up half century as England run chase rolls on

    And that's the half-century for Zak Crawley!

    The England opener places a single to mid-on to bring up the landmark from 111 balls.

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

    Boundaries are coming freely here. If two boundaries are coming off your main bowler, you do worry as captain.

    It was such a lovely shot from Duckett. I have spoken about how late he plays the ball, he makes it look so simple but facing Bumrah really isn't.

  19. Eng 138-0

    'Beautifully played' - Duckett punches Bumrah delivery through mid-on for four

    First fours of the session for both England's batters.

    Ben Duckett works Bumrah's first delivery past mid-on, then Zak Crawley works the ball off his legs.

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

    England are going through a period now where they are just trying to survive, as the ball is doing a bit.