Anderson equals McGrath's record for a paceman of 563 Test wickets
Cook hits 33rd Test hundred in his final innings before international retirement
Opener also passes Kumar Sangakkara in 5th in all-time runscorers' list
Means Cook is Test cricket's most successful left-handed batsman
Root dropped on 94 by Pujara at slip on way to his century
Cook 124, Root 108
Jasprit Bumrah is wound up for another spell, running in like a bloke jumping over a load of mini-hurdles. Bumrah is a happy chap, always with a smile. It's a good job, because his side are getting battered and he's bowled into the dirt. The tension has gone from The Oval. Now it's just about how many England will get.
Text us on 81111
Missed the last day of the Oval test in 2005 because of a job interview. Didn't get the job either. Bitter to this day - about missing the test, not the job.
Ian
Image source, ReutersLead by 319
One suspects that Ravi Jadeja is booked in from the Pavilion End. Root is oscillating, eager to get after the spinner. England will want at least another 100 before tea. Cook, meanwhile, is treating us to a Greatest Hits Show. A cut for four.
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
How do you report it tomorrow if James Anderson takes the three wickets he needs to surpass Glenn McGrath later?
They'd need some more pages in the paper.
Cook 119, Root 106
Ishant has his tracksuit on and is sitting at the back of the dressing room. He does not look like a bloke who will bowling any time soon, or even again on this tour. Help yourself time for England.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
That's the sort of shot that Joe Root would've nicked to second slip earlier in the summer.
Get ready for some carnage. Awesome square drive by Root. India are are on the ropes. With Ishant Sharma off the field, they only have two pace bowlers.
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
This is the second 200 partnership between Alastair Cook and Joe Root, following the 248 they put on against West Indies last year.
It's the 10th time Cook has been involved in a 200 partnership in Tests.
Lead by 306
There was a long, eyes-closed, kiss of the badge from Root, then a bear hug from Alastair Cook. The second new ball is available, but India haven't taken it yet.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
Rarely can a Test century by an England captain be so overshadowed but it's been a superb knock by Joe Root.
It's being very warmly greeted by this Oval crowd.
Image source, Reuters
Eng 265-2
There it is! Tip and run, Joe Root has his 14th Test century and the first in what seems like a lifetime. He punches the air with both hands and takes the applause of the crowd. His son and partner are in the crowd. This is turning into some day for England...
Cook does the decent thing and takes a single. Five more balls for Root...
Text 81111
My Dad never was forced to leave a certain 1981 Ashes Test at Headingley because my 2 year old self had been rushed to Leeds Hospital suffering from a severe asthma attack. He then watched the greatest comeback in Test history from the end of my bed on a tiny screen in the children's ward. He never let me forget it and I don't blame him, although my Mum always maintains there was a significant gap between the tannoy announcement and his arrival at the hospital. Approximately one session I believe.
Tim in Stockport
Cook 115, Root 99
No. Root must wait a little longer.
Defended. One ball of the over to go. Oval hum turned up a notch.
Pushed straight to cover.
Wants a single to point. Not there. Dot ball.
Lead 303
Root on strike...
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
Tickets are half-price after tea. It was a little naughty to be offering kids entry for £1 today. They should be at school.
Gaps aplenty. Dabs, pushes and prods against Jadeja. Joe Root sweeps. He's on 99. No Test ton for the skipper in over a year...