Postpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
As soon as I see that from a fielder I think it is not out.
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
Postpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Umpire reviewpublished at 19 overs
Right then. Dawid Malan nicks the last ball of Ishant Sharma's over and the ball flies low towards first slip.
Shikhar Dhawan scoops it up and doesn't come up celebrating. No one is quite sure whether that carried.
The umpires throw it upstairs and the soft signal is not out.
Image source, ReutersEng 52-3published at 18.5 overs
Ishant Sharma slides down leg from round the wicket to Dawid Malan, who flicks at it but the ball hits the pad and flies behind, where Dinesh Karthik shells it on the dive.
Yeesh. Sharma gets his line right, pushing it in and getting the ball to move away past the outside edge.
And again Malan gets squared up.
Postpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Ishant Sharma is into the attack and starts with a massive no ball.
It's also very wide and Jonny Bairstow aims a fairly reckless waft at it.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Ben Thapa: Joe Root’s hand on head there appeared to be the look of a man who had forgotten, or hadn’t clocked, that there was a leg slip/gully there catching at all.
Bill Bows: Great catch, but why is Root playing at one turning harmlessly to leg?? Brainless batting again by England. We just don't have the temperament & technique when the going gets tough. That said, neither do the Indians, except for one man & he's rather good.
Eng 50-3published at 18 overs
Malan survives another testing over from Ashwin. A maiden.
Postpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at EdgbastonNothing on the Edgbaston scoreboard. It has checked out.
Image source, BBC SportEng 50-3published at 17.3 overs
Malan plays inside the line of one that spins and it hits his upper thigh.
Half appeal from Ashwin but that was bouncing over. And it was pitching outside leg anyway.
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Lead by 63
Overheard in the office: "England can't play Ashwin so they might as well tee off against the seamers."
Dawid Malan obliges and clatters a short ball away on the pull for four.
As does Jonny Bairstow, getting forward and driving Mohammed Shami superbly through the cover.
That's the 50 up for England.
Image source, Getty Images'That is not unlucky for Root - it's bad batting'published at 11:54 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialGetting caught at leg slip off an off-spinner is not unlucky. It's bad batting. A player like Joe Root should not be getting out to that ball.
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Peter Bickerton: Captain average out again very weakly
Patrick Brennan: Kohli 3, Root 0
James: Ridiculous to compare Root with Kohli, Williamson, Smith etc. When was the last time he won us a Test match? Fabulous player but not the same upstairs as those three.
Eng 40-3published at 16 overs
Dawid Malan leaves one that bounces just about over off-stump.
Ravichandran Ashwin has England in all sorts of bother.
Eng 40-3published at 15.4 overs
No, seriously, Jonny Bairstow, what are you doing?
Again he tries to flick round the corner and again he only just about gets it safe, the ball running away for one.
England need to change their approach to Ashwin very, very quickly.
Eng 39-3published at 15.2 overs
Jonny Bairstow, what are you doing?
Having just seen his captain fall to leg slip, Bairstow flicks his very first ball straight in the same area and is almost caught.
The ball drops safe. Just.
Postpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at EdgbastonJoe Root had an animated discussion with umpire Chris Gaffaney on the way off, then waited at the boundary edge for a chat with Jonny Bairstow. What had irked the England skipper?
Postpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialThis is a massive dismissal. Joe Root cannot believe what he has done. He has guided the ball straight to leg slip.
Root knew the trap had been set and he has fallen into it.
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WICKETpublished at 15.1 overs
Root c Rahul b Ashwin 14 (Eng 39-3)
It's a fine catch but Joe Root can scarcely believe he even gave KL Rahul the chance.
Ravichandran Ashwin sends down a pretty nondescript off-break, Root tries to tuck it round the corner but instead picks out leg slip.
Rahul stays low and snaffles it, gathering it in his arms.
Root appears to ask the umpire to check whether it was taken cleanly but is content it was in the end and slowly walks off.
Eng 39-2published at 15 overs
Lead by 52
Joe Root guides it down to third man in the way he usually does - but there is a fielder there now so it's just a single.
Eng 37-2published at 14.2 overs
Dawid Malan plays at one uncertainly outside off as Mohammed Shami comes round the wicket.
There's a sound and Dinesh Karthik completes the catch - a brief appeal but the quick realisation that the noise was bat on pad.
Postpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at EdgbastonSome seats have a restricted view....
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