Get Involvedpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
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Josh Cooper: The phrase 'players don't need coaching at this level' looks pretty laughable from here.
Summary
England collapse again
Curran 78 leads recovery from 86-6
Adds 81 with Moeen, 63 with Broad
Recalled Moeen 40, extras 34
Bumrah 3-46, Ishant 2-26
England won toss; lead 2-1 in series
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Eng 53-4published at 21 overs
Ben Stokes plays late and flicks a ball moving into him away through square leg for two.
He leaves the next outside off and the ball hoops after passing the stumps as Rishabh Pant has to take it down the leg side.
Not sure I've seen a ball swing this much in bright sunshine for a long time.
The last ball of the over bears that out again - Stokes moves towards Shami, leaves it as he sees the ball is pitching outside off and again it swings massively after pasing the stumps, this time Pant can't take it and England pick up a bye.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at SouthamptonHuge fan of this. Pic 'n' mix at the Test.
Image source, BBC SportSiri: show me a visual metaphor for how England select batsmen.
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Well if your top order is going to be bad, they may as well be historically bad.
How's stat?!published at 12:46 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statisticianEngland's 36-4 is the second lowest they have lost their fourth wicket at home against India, the other one being 34 in 1936 at Lord's.
Eng 50-4published at 20 overs
Buttler 11, Stokes 8
Better and straighter from Hardik Pandya, forcing Jos Buttler to defend the rest of the over.
Eng 50-4published at 19.3 overs
Make that back-to-back boundaries for Jos Buttler.
Hardik Pandya slides down leg and England's number six sweetly clips it through square leg to the fence.
That's the 50 up for England. Just the four wickets down, eh?
Image source, Getty ImagesEng 46-4published at 19.2 overs
Shot of the day! Jos Buttler drives a full ball through the cover for four. Lovely stuff.
Postpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialThe sun is coming out and I don't think this pitch has got too many demons so if you just put your heads down you could get a hundred partnership. But it does look a way off at the moment.
Postpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Alastair Cook had left and defended well, putting away three bad balls for four.
That diligence deserted him here...
Eng 42-4published at 19 overs
Mohammed Shami is again too straight to the left-handed Ben Stokes, who clips it away to square leg for two more.
Postpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's done a bit but England look like losing a wicket every ball. The dressing room must be a bundle of nerves.
Eng 40-4published at 12:39 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Mohammed Shami thinks he might have got Ben Stokes with a strangle down leg side.
Rishabh Pant takes the catch and there is a brief appeal but nothing doing.
Replays confirm that missed everything.
Eng 40-4published at 18 overs
Run rate 2.22
Jos Buttler is the new man in and gets off the mark via a thick outside edge past gully for three.
This would be a fine time for Buttler to score his second Test century, following his first in a losing cause at Trent Bridge.
A leg bye off Ben Stokes to complete the over.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
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Oh for those heady days when we could consistently rely on being 80-4!
John in Windsor.
Postpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialYou've got to say that's a poor shot, he's just steered it, a wide ball. That's getting yourself out. Perfect for India.
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WICKETpublished at 17.1 overs
Cook c Kohli b Pandya (Eng 36-4)
Who had four down by lunch?
It's a terrific catch by Virat Kohli but what a woeful shot to get out to by Alastair Cook.
Hardik Pandya sends it down short and wide and Cook tries to slice it through the gap to third man but steers it towards the cordon.
The India captain stays down to snaffle the chance low, continuing his side's fine form in the slips.
Postpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialIsn't it a poor reflection of county cricket that a wicketkeeper-batsman has to bat four? Nothing to do with Jonny, he has done fantastic. But it's not good when you have to move a wicketkeeper up to four because you can't find batsmen you have confidence in.
Eng 36-3published at 17 overs
Ben Stokes pushes Mohammed Shami through the covers for two more.
Postpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 30 August 2018
There is a change in the bowling but it's Mohammed Shami on, not Ravichandran Ashwin.
The seamer didn't even get a chance to target Jonny Bairstow's broken finger this innings.