Summary

  • England need 282 to make India bat again

  • Karun Nair hits 303 not out (dropped on 217)

  • Ind make highest Test total against Eng

  • Nair adds 181 with Ashwin (67), 138 with Jadeja (51)

  • Final Test; India lead series 3-0

  • Pakistan lose thriller in Australia

  1. Ind 569-5published at 160 overs

    Moeen Ali is back into the firing line, asked to bowl yet more dog overs to this India juggernaut. It's tidy enough, but the turn and bounce will only serve to encourage Ravi Ashwin. I really, really fear for what might happen to England when they finally get a chance to bat. The third new ball is due in four overs.

  2. Postpublished at 08:22 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Ashwin is a good cricketer and if you were picking a world XI you'd put him in as your spinner. He can bat and if it turns he will bowl you out.

  3. 50 runs

    50 for Ravichandran Ashwinpublished at 08:21 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Ind 568-5

    England will be thoroughly sick of the sight of Ravichandran Ashwin. When's he's not befuddling them with his spin, he's smashing them all round the park. Yet another half-century, greeted by deafening noise from the crowd.

    Ashwin celebrates his half centuryImage source, Reuters
  4. How's stat?!published at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Jennings has a pretty reasonable record, his 14 first-class wickets have come at an average of 33.3.

  5. Ind 564-5published at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    I reckon Keaton Jennings may have just been robbed of a bit of Test history. The man who got a hundred in his first Test innings gets his first bowl and, with his first delivery, sees a very strong appeal against Karun Nair turned down. A handy medium-pacer, Jennings gets it to nip back in, hitting the back leg. Replays show it would have hit the top of leg stump, an umpire's call. If it had been given, it wouldn't have been overturned.

  6. Postpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Dawson has come in fresh and excited and whilst he has limitations as a bowler and doesn't have a great record in red-ball cricket, there is encouragement, but it has reached a stage where Moeen and Rashid have bowled a lot of overs and there is not much left, there is an air of resignation.

  7. Ind 563-5published at 158 overs

    Nair 183, Ashwin 47

    We're getting to the stage where Liam Dawson must be pushing the most overs he's ever bowled in an innings. The bloke who isn't even first-choice spinner in the Hampshire side is now in his 42nd set in a Test. Only now is he starting to look tired, twice dropping short for Nair to punch through the off side for four. Nair, remember, was dropped on 34 yesterday. Now he's got 200 in his sights.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Text 81111

    Jordan, Lincoln: All this hype about the Indian team is total nonsense, the main reason they're number one is because they've played there last 15 or so matches at home.

    Put them on a swinging pitch and then see what they can do. Same with Virat Kholi, yes he's invincible in India, but put him on a swinging English pitch and he averages 10.

  9. Ind 552-5published at 08:09 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Lead by 75

    Are you sure about that? 75 plays of Driving Home for Christmas in five hours doesn't seem very many. Sub question - how many times would you have to listen to it before you stopped the car and decided that driving home for Christmas is that last thing in the world you want to do. I'll tell you when something interesting happens in the cricket.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    #bbccricket

    Peasey17: Re: 6:39 and Chris Rea, it's about 75.

  11. Ind 543-5published at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Lead by 66

    I suppose you can say that, actually, the umpires have done the right thing because the right decision was made. All we want is consistency, ref. Bruce Oxenford is third ump. Remember his incredulous reaction when Jonny Bairstow reviewed one in the fourth Test? I wonder if he was fined for dissent.

  12. Postpublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    No respite for England and they can't find a wicket from anywhere, just the one today and I'm pleased it went to Liam Dawson, who is still the steadiest of the England spinners.

  13. Not outpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Ind 539-5

    Very, very strange. Nair is given not out, with replays only used to see if he hit it or not. The decision is correct, because Nair didn't actually hit it. But, in that situation, I'm fairly certain that the umpire can only send it upstairs to see if the ball carried, not if the batsman hit it. Usually, they have to go with what the umpire decided on the field, with the players the only ones who can call for referrals.

  14. Postpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It certainly ballooned to Stokes so umpire Fry can ask if it has carried and find out if it has come off the bat as well. It's an abuse of the system in a way.

  15. Third umpirepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Ind 539-5

    Are they allowed to check for bat here? I mean, why has Fry gone upstairs? To check for bat, or if the catch has carried?

  16. Third umpirepublished at 07:59 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Ind 539-5

    Wake up! This might be a wicket. Karun Nair reverse sweeps Adil Rashid, with the ball held by Ben Stokes at slip. Initially umpire Fry says no, then speaks to his mate Erasmus at square leg. Upstairs to see if it carried...

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:56 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Email tms@bbc.co.uk

    After a long unsuccessful tour and another 170 overs in the field, it will take amazing mental strength to bat this one out with no chance of winning the match.

    Richard Ellis, Norwich

  18. Ind 535-5published at 154 overs

    Liam Dawson channels his inner Ashley Giles, bowling his left-armers over the wicket just like the King of Spain did to Sachin Tendulkar all those years ago. A Nair single brings up the 100 partnership. I genuinely can't remember a time when England were not fielding.

  19. Postpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Sunil Gavaskar
    Former India captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Howzat seems to have gone out of the game. There is just a general shout. The umpires could say that is not a proper appeal.

  20. Ind 534-5published at 07:52 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2016

    Nair 161, Ashwin 40

    I've just seen a suggestion on Twitter that the India scorecard is starting to look like a credit card bill. Nicely put. You fear that England's, after two days in the field, could look like an international phone number. I'll be honest, this is a tough watch. There's only one team in the contest - India are the cat pawing at the England mouse.

    Ravichandran Ashwin in actionImage source, Reuters