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  • Root scores century in his 100th Test, off 164 balls

  • England captain's third ton in three Tests

  • Opener Sibley also nearing century

  • First Test, day one, Chennai, England won toss

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Callum Matthews

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    1985 Gloucestershire pre-season training. I had done enough running all day, so went in goal for the footie to finish the day. Dived out to catch the ball as Bill Athey was shooting - his boot caught hand and ball. Broken hand and six weeks out before even picking up a bat. Didn't even get me out of running either as I was deemed fit to train!

    Richard Ellis, Norwich, ex-Middlesex and Gloucestershire

  2. Eng 138-2

    Sibley 53, Root 44

    Back-to-back boundaries to Joe Root. This time he rocks back and finds the off-side boundary. Lovely batting.

    Admit it, you're getting excited, aren't you?

  3. Eng 134-2

    "Rooooooooot". Too short from Ashwin and the England skipper clobbers the ball to the boundary. He almost wipes out short leg in the process.

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  4. Eng 129-2

    Sibley 52, Root 36

    Bumrah begs for an lbw of Root and Kohli briefly holds out his hands as though he's going to take one upstairs for the first time today. After consultation with wicketkeeper Pant he decides against it.

    It's a wise decision with the ball tracking showing the ball would have missed leg stump by a fair margin.

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  6. Eng 127-2

    A successful day all-round, Dr Robert.

    Ashwin tentatively appeals for a close catch off the pad of Sibley. Nothing doing. England need to get to tea now and it will have been a very good session for them.

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    Bowling in the juniors vs consultants hospital cricket match in 2014. Thought I'd give my final ball of the over a bit more zip. Slipped on a dusty pitch and managed to dislocate my knee cap and break my elbow in the same delivery. And this on the day where my parents met my future wife's parents for the first time.

    Dr Robert Springthorpe

  8. Eng 127-2

    That Bumrah yorker would give me nightmares if I had to face it. It could do serious damage to your foot. I'm quite happy watching it from my sofa.

  9. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on the Cricket Social

    It's not dramatic or scintillating cricket out there at the moment but it's just what the doctor ordered after England lost those two wickets earlier.

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  10. Eng 126-2

    Sibley 51, Root 34

    That's classic Jasprit Bumrah. He arrows in a trademark, toe-crushing yorker but, once again, Sibley digs it out. He may not have looked pretty but he did what was needed.

  11. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on the Cricket Social

    Dom Sibley is a quick learner, he realises things and puts them into practice really quickly.

  12. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on the Cricket Social

    Sibley's half century came off 159 balls, with seven fours, a fairly typical Sibley effort. It's only his second fifty in a first innings in Test cricket, in his 15th Test.

  13. Eng 126-2

    India have bowled eight no-balls today. Bumrah is the latest culprit. It has been sloppy.

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on the Cricket Social

    I nearly knocked myself out on a champagne bottle once. Sitting down, there was a champagne bottle on a low coffee table which I didn't see.

  15. Eng 124-2

    Now, can Sibley go on?

  16. 50 runs

    50 for Sibley

    Well batted, Dom Sibley!

    It has been really, really good stuff from the England opener. It has taken him 159 balls to get to his fifty but that does not matter.

    He is warmly applauded from the dressing room.

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  17. Bumrah is back at one end and now Ashwin returns too. Kohli has had enough of Sundar and Nadeem. A big move.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on the Cricket Social

    Washington Sundar - the Test he played in Brisbane against Australia was his first first-class match since November 2017. And this is only his 14th first-class match overall. He's only 21.

  19. Eng 122-2

    Sibley 49, Root 33

    It's a lot warmer in Chennai. Ishant is using the sweat from his forehead to shine the ball. The heat is baking this pitch which is getting redder and redder.

    A ball from Bumrah bounces twice before reaching wicketkeeper Pant.

  20. Here's two parts of your Cricket Social team at The Oval - Phil Tufnell and Daniel Norcross. It looks cold.

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