Summary

  • England win with two balls to spare

  • Hales 58* off 41 balls

  • Bairstow 28 (18), Morgan 17 (19)

  • India 148-5: Kohli 47, Dhoni 32*

  • Plunkett 1-17, Willey 1-18

  • Three-match series level at 1-1

  1. Eng 8-0published at 0.4 overs

    That's not a great bit of fielding from Yuzvendra Chahal, who goes chasing after a little push from Jason Roy and, rather than diving on it, escorts it into the boundary rope.

  2. Postpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    India's total just seems a little bit short.

  3. Eng 4-0published at 0.2 overs

    That'll be four, then!

    Short from Umesh Yadav, and Jason Roy is so quick to latch onto it and pull it for four.

  4. Postpublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    Here we go...

    It'll be Umesh Yadav to open the bowling for India.

  5. How's stat?!published at 19:28 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow were both stumped for nought at Old Trafford. That is the first time in all international cricket, men's and women's, that two top-seven players have been stumped for ducks.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

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    ‪I’ll be interested to see how many times the India bowlers stop during their run-up‬ and whether the umpires have a word.

    Steve, Swindon

  7. Postpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    Right then. England need 149 to keep themselves in this three-match series.

    Jason Roy and Jos Buttler are ready and waiting to start the chase.

  8. Postpublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    If I was a betting man, I'd say England will be talking about running twos. The size of the square boundary makes them impossible to stop. You can almost run on the arm.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

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    Surely this is now the end of the Jake Ball experiment. He's consistently England's worst bowler by a mile when he plays.

    Eddie F

    Jake Ball hasn't justified his inclusion. Don't get what he offers. He's tall, that's about it. No pace, no yorkers.

    Rich Price

  10. 'We pegged them back early'published at 19:16 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    England's David Willey, who took 1-18, on Sky Sports: "You can travel early on in T20, so we managed to peg them bag pretty early."

    On England's tactics of bowling short: "It's because of the ground dimensions - the straight boundaries are very short."

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  12. Postpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    India will think they are well and truly in the game, especially after how difficult it was to get after Adil Rashid.

  13. Ind 148-5published at 20 overs

    Dhoni 32, Hardik 12

    A four to end the over!

    Short, misdirected from Jake Ball, and MS Dhoni helps it over the leg side for yet another boundary.

    Just the 22 runs from that final over...

  14. Postpublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    Wherever the gap is, Dhoni will find it.

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  15. Ind 144-5published at 19.5 overs

    Flat-batted from MS Dhoni - and he flat bats it for four! It sits up from Jake Ball, a slower, shorter delivery, and Dhoni thanks him by thwacking it back down the ground.

  16. Ind 140-5published at 19.4 overs

    Yorker-length from Ball, and Hardik whips his wrists for a single to bring Dhoni back on strike.

  17. Ind 139-5published at 19.4 overs

    Oh!

    Short from Ball and Hardik misses it, but the ball wobbles and jags past Jos Buttler, and that'll be four!

    In fact, that's going to be a no-ball, so it's cost five runs. Ouch. Free hit!

  18. Ind 134-5published at 19.3 overs

    Into the leg side goes MS Dhoni, trying to pull the ball over the ropes, but he drags it down and it's only a single.

  19. Postpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 6 July 2018

    James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    The problem with this field is that it's pretty predictable. If I can pick it, MS Dhoni knows it will be short.

  20. Ind 133-5published at 19.2 overs

    MS Dhoni watches the ball sail merrily over his shoulder.

    Wide.