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
Mohammed Shami is finally into the attack.
Alastair Cook guides the ball out to deep point for another single to move into the 70s for the second time in this Test.
Joe Root stands tall and punches into the covers for one more.
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Michael Vaughan presuming that if aliens were to land on earth they would head straight to the Test match. I'm sure he's absolutely right.
Joe in London
Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport at The Oval
I'm in the outside bit of The Oval press box. Although I get a superb view, I am very aware that I'm near the sightscreen. One wrong movement and I'll be one of those annoying people who holds up play because they can't sit still...
Lead by 196
Shot! Ravindra Jadeja hangs it outside off and Joe Root sweeps it powerfully round through mid-wicket for four.
Too wide a line from Jadeja that. He straightens up and Root defends.
But another full ball gets the sweep treatment. Another boundary for Root.
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
If you were an alien who had just landed on the planet, you'd be wondering why Alastair Cook is retiring.
It's nice to think cricket is this high up the priorities of extraterrestrial life.
Image source, AFPCook 69, Root 35
Alastair Cook drives out square off Jasprit Bumrah and would get four to most fielders in this India team, but not Ravindra Jadeja. A fine diving stop and it's just two for Cook.
Cook strides out and pushes deftly through the covers for a couple more.
His footwork and balance are in fine order.
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Shami has been India's best seam bowler in this game, but he has not bowled yet today.
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LutonEye: India have got probably their best seam attack I've ever seen, unfortunately for them at the same time they have discovered their worst wicketkeeper.
Image source, Getty ImagesLead by 181
Another single apiece for Cook and Root off the over.
Cook 64, Root 33
Jadeja drops short and Cook executes an exquisite back cut for four.
Lead by 175
Alastair Cook brings out another delicate push drive down the ground for one before Joe Root plays out the rest of the over.
Virat Kohli has been off for a comfort break in the groundman's shed (there is a toilet in there, don't worry) and is coming back on now.
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Cook 59, Root 33
Oooh. Jadeja gets one to skid on and beat the outside edge of Cook's bat.
Cook rocks back to the next and dabs it behind the wicket for a single.
Lead by 173
Andrew, add another bye to that tally.
Bumrah slides it down leg and Pant can't get there. I know the ball is doing a lot after passing the batsman but he just can't be very good to concede all these byes, can he?
I seem to remember Chris Read going through a full five-match Test series in the West Indies conceding something ridiculous like only two byes.
Anyway, Cook pushes into the covers for another single.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
That's 72 byes in the series conceded by India.
Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
Why not bowl some short stuff if it's doing that?
Jasprit Bumrah gets some serious lift and Joe Root is standing out of his ground. The England captain fends very high at it and luckily sees the ball fly away from any fielders.
Another short ball follows and flies very high past Alastair Cook, with poor Rishabh Pant failing to hang on as England scamper another bye.
First milestone: achieved.
Lead by 169
Ravindra Jadeja rattles through a maiden to Alastair Cook.
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It's great to see the place ram-med for the final innings of England's GOAT.
Here's hoping that he can fleece this attack for his century!
(sorry if that last one was a bit woolly...)
Nathan, Huntingdon