Summary

Watch the best shots as Joe Root scores his 8th Test century at Lord's

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Matthew Henry

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Pope c Jurel b Jadeja (Eng 153-3)

    Jadeja removes Pope with first ball after tea

    Ravindra Jadeja strikes immediately after tea!

    I'd just started drafting a simple little entry about play getting back underway, ease back into the action, but no time for that because India have dismissed Ollie Pope with the first ball of the session.

    The England number three edges Jadeja's delivery and substitute keeper Dhruv Jurel takes a superb reaction catch standing up to the stumps.

    Pope, down on one knee, holds his head in one hand in dismay - the break has done for a century partnership that had worked its way through the entire afternoon session.

  2. Root steadies England's ship with half century

    ...but while we wait for the players to return, we can enjoy some Joe Root batting under sunny skies.

    Lovely stuff.

  3. Hello there.

    I have returned refreshed and ready for what's set to be an interesting evening session.

    We should get going again in about five minutes, with plenty of overs left in the day.

  4. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston

    England look to have control as it stands but this day could yet go either way. A Bumrah burst after tea could change things.

    Mike Peter is primed to take you through it.

  5. Pant forced off through injury from Bumrah delivery

    The word from the India camp about Rishabh Pant is that he is in the dressing room icing his finger. He has not been sent for a scan as of yet.

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    I for one am loving the application of both Root and Pope in this innings. Yes, there have been a few mistimed shots and a couple of play and misses, but in the main, it’s been proper Test cricket. Get in, do the hard yards, and make India stand in the field for two days in 33C heat. Maybe BazBall does have some brains after all…

    Jar, Birmingham

  7. Tea - Eng 153-2

    And there ends a battling session of Test cricket.

    Joe Root and Ollie Pope have put away their Bazball instincts and ground it out.

  8. India's other spinner Washington Sundar will bowl the final over before tea.

  9. Eng 151-2

    Spin! Big spin.

    Ollie Pope is beaten and this match has suddenly got very interesting.

    Is Shoaib Bashir watching?

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    An important partnership for England. Root doing what Root does, another vital knock. Big well done to Pope for battling hard out there

    Anon

  11. Time for a bit of spin for the first time today.

    Ravindra Jadeja is on with three minutes to go before tea.

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

    England have had to dig in hard. Ollie Pope is hanging on and he's defending well.

    This has been a really good knock so far. In Test cricket you have to earn the right, it's not easy.

  13. Eng 149-2

    Root 53, Pope 35

    Indian hands on heads!

    The ball thuds into Ollie Pope's pads right in front of middle stump. Fortunately for him his got a little inside edge.

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    Ball should be checked only in stoppages of play. I.e. drinks or between sessions. It would minimise disruptions and give them plenty of time to pick a replacement!

    Peter in Durham

  15. Eng 142-2

    Sachin is in the house today.

    I wonder when he'll start to get twitchy about the big record. Root is 2,600 or so behind.

  16. Most 50+ scores in Tests

    1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - 119
    2. Jacques Kallis (SA/ICC), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Joe Root (Eng) - 103
  17. 50 runs

    50 for Joe Root

    'He's worked hard for this' - Root brings up 50 with a boundary

    A familiar noise echoes around Lord's as Joe Root reaches yet another fifty.

    It has taken 102 balls of graft for him to get there.

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

    When you're on a pitch like this, and the field has been spread, there's so much space top play the singles.

    England can get the scoreboard ticking, play it into the gaps and rotate the strike.

  19. Eng 136-2

    Pope pulls Deep for four

    Should captains only be able to ask for a certain number of ball changes per innings? Should it come out of their allotted number of reviews? Should we just crack on and play with misshapen ball?

    Ollie Pope pulls for four.

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    The 'changing of the ball' antics have to be stopped, for the love of all our sanity! Perhaps a minimum of five overs between requests to change the ball the umpires being able to inspect it whenever they see fit of course!

    Che, West Bridgford, Notts.