Summary

  • Anderson becomes most successful fast bowler in Test history

  • India were well placed on 325-5, chasing improbable 464 to win

  • Rashid produces Warne-like delivery to remove Rahul (149)

  • Rahul and Pant (114) put on 204 for sixth wicket

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Jeff SW: No matter the situation, it will be an absolute travesty if Cook doesn't bowl today.

  2. Ind 120-4

    Target 464

    Hanuma Vihari has plenty of men around the bat to welcome to the crease.

    And the debutant sees off the rest of Moeen's over.

    Excellent work from England's 'second' spinner.

  3. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    He shouldn't have been playing it - they are trying to save the game. Batsmen look at Moeen and don't see a great bowler, they think they can get runs, then they get out and go back feeling silly.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Rahane c Jennings b Moeen 37 (Ind 120-4)

    Oh! Out of nowhere!

    Moeen Ali gets the breakthrough for England as Ajinkya Rahane goes for the sweep but chips it up off the top edge of the bat.

    Keaton Jennings at mid-wicket sets himself and completes the catch.

    A bit of an odd one but Rahane is gone for 37. Could that be the start of a cluster of wickets?

  5. Alastair Cook's wife Alice is at the ground again today, so still no sign of baby Cook number three!

    CookReuters

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    David Pickett: Am I the only person wondering if Root is deliberately not bowling Rashid? It’s day five of a dead rubber - what is there to lose?

  7. Ind 119-3

    Sam Curran is struggling now.

    He's coming round the wicket to the right-handers and has lost his line.

    First his strays onto the pads and Ajinkya Rahane whips it crisply through square leg for four.

    Next he slings it wide of off and Rahane steers it through backward point for four more.

  8. It's not just KL Rahul that has been striking the ball cleanly this morning. Ajinkya Rahane joins the boundary party...

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    Sam Holden: If Glenn Maxwell is being snubbed can we pick him for England? He must be at least some part English....

  10. Ind 111-3

    England need seven wickets to win

    Haha. KL Rahul pulls away very, very late and Moeen Ali goes through his action but it's a dead ball.

    The reason? A very young child crawling around behind the bowler's arm.

    Otherwise a very profitable over for Rahul, driving through the covers for a four that brings up the century stand before paddling fine for another boundary.

  11. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    India have played Anderson and Broad well because the two great bowlers were a touch short. The fifth-day pitch is a bit slower. They have looked more suspect when Curran has bowled full.

  12. Ind 101-3

    Rahul 62, Rahane 29

    Sam Curran slings a low and wide full toss that Ajinkya Rahane smacks it through point for four.

    That's the 100 up for India.

  13. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a good hour for India. They have played nicely. England have bowled OK. Anderson was maybe a bit short. Curran has been the pick. KL Rahul is a very nice player to watch.

  14. The central heating debate

    Text 81111

    Am I correct in thinking that when Fred Trueman was once asked on TMS why England couldn't produce good fast bowlers he blamed central heating?

    Brenton, in the ground

  15. Our colleague on the cricket desk, Stephan Shemilt, has just announced that although he would ordinarily be against wearing a scarf indoors, he is also a "very stylish" man and a "fashion trailblazer."

    It's an opinion we're sure would be overturned on review.

  16. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Not really. I have no idea what you're on about.

  17. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Do you have central heating in Johannesburg, Andrew?

  18. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's good batting to get your pads outside the line of off stump when spinners are turning the ball back into you.

  19. Ind 97-3

    Target 464

    KL Rahul defends the rest of the maiden from Moeen Ali.

    And he and Ajinkya Rahane have survived the first hour in fine style.

    Time for drinks.

  20. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Tell you what, umpire Dharmasena has had an excellent game.