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Lewis Butterfield: This England team are absolutely pathetic.
Matt King: Don't panic, we'll bowl India out for 100. Be positive.
Summary
Kohli 43*, Karthik 18*
Sixth-wicket stand worth 32
India slip to 78-5; Broad two wickets
Eng 180: Curran (63) rallies from 87-7
Ishant 5-51, Ashwin 3-59
First Test of five-match series
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Eng 91-7published at 32 overs
Lead by 104
Shot! Sam Curran drives Ashwin down the ground for four. The 20-year-old, who looks about 13, might be a man with no fear here.
The crowd wildly cheer again.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialIshant is swinging it round corners!
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Adil Rashid joins Sam Curran at the crease. That's three wickets in that over either side of lunch for Ishant.
Ravi Ashwin will continue, of course. Good luck, Sam.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match SpecialThat is huge for India.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialWhat an over. Two before lunch - then comes straight out and gets rid of the dangerous Buttler, who was England's last hope of posting anything defendable.
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Buttler c Karthik b Ishant 1 (Eng 87-7)
Errrr.
On his first ball after lunch, the second overall, Jos Buttler swishes outside off stump and edges behind. England's last hope gone?
Eng 87-6published at 30.5 overs
Curran nudges into the leg side to get off the mark straight away. Big cheers from the crowd.
The lead is up to three figures.
Eng 86-6published at 13:39 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Lead by 99
Jos Buttler jogs out with plenty of positivity. Sam Curran, a little more slowly, follows him. The 20-year-old will be on strike.
There are two deliveries remaining in Ishant Sharma's over from before lunch. In the first four balls Ishant dismissed both Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes.
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The India players are bounding back down the steps from the dressing room. They can't wait to have ball in hand again.
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Niall - you can come to Blues v Norwich with me. If you're desperate!
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Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport at EdgbastonWorcestershire’s Joe Clarke was here for a net on Wednesday. He bats four, has scored 621 runs at an average of 44.36 this season alone and made three tons. Changes ahead for Lord’s?
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An England FanTV would do pretty well on a day like today.
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Sam James: Wenger out.
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So all of that means England are 86-6, leading by 99.
There has been a lot of talk about Botham at Headingley in '81 this week, with this being England's 1000th Test.
England are going to have to hope Jos Buttler can similarly bash the Indian bowlers around the park. He'll be joined at the crease by Sam Curran when play resumes.
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Ryan Knight: India catching/fielding has been superb. If England had shown the same skill, they'd be leading by 200 now. Not to mention poor, poor shot selection from some.
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And in the final over before lunch Ishant Sharma really drove home India's advantage.
He dismissed both Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes. We should also praise India's catching. It has been excellent...
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Niall Davey: Need some ideas for what to do in Birmingham tomorrow now this looks like it's finishing today, can anyone help out?
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Dawid Malan fell next. He has had a shocker of a Test match. He has scored 28 in two innings and dropped India's best batsman - who went on to score 149 - twice.
This is today's dismissal...
And here are the other 'highlights'...
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Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport at EdgbastonThere’s a lot of muttering and tutting going on after that batting performance. "I know they’re bad... but why are they bad?" one gentleman asks me. It’s a good question.