Summary

  • Bess - dropped on 19 by Rohit - ends 28 not out

  • Ishant takes two wickets in two balls in final hour of day

  • Root hits 218 - his fifth double-century - before being trapped lbw

  • Stokes - dropped twice in his 30s - hits aggressive 82

  • Pitch already breaking up - signs of spin and uneven bounce

  • First Test, day two, Chennai

Live Reporting

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  1. Eng 531-8

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    Rishabh Pant is still chirping away behind the stumps. He hasn't stopped.

    Dom Bess moves to 19 with a single down to long on.

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    The slog sweeper: Mad that we’ve got on 530+ on the board and yet most English fans are still like... ‘We’re probably 100 runs shy ’ - it’s tough playing in India but I’ll take 550.

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  4. Eng 530-8

    A maiden from Ishant Sharma. He'd love to take that 300th Test wicket tonight.

    There are eight overs left in the day.

  5. Oh, Jos.

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  6. Couldn't agree more, David.

    I think England keep expecting Jofra Archer to deliver with the bat but he averages 8.12 in Test cricket. He definitely shouldn't be above Jack Leach.

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    David Johnson: Why do we keep putting Archer in before Leach? Leach can bat better and can hang around to support a batter from higher up the order. I’d be tempted to put Jack and Jimmy in ahead of Jofra while he gets his eye back in after a break.

  8. Eng 530-8

    A single apiece for Dom Bess and Jack Leach.

    I'm surprised Virat Kohli hasn't turned to Jasprit Bumrah to be fair.

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    Tim in Dubai: Getting a few runs can only do Joe Root’s confidence good when he comes to bowl on this wicket.

  10. Eng 528-8

    Oh! Ishant Sharma draws an edge from Jack Leach but it falls short of Rohit Sharma, who is where a third slip would be.

    What an over from Ishant.

  11. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on The Cricket Social

    We feared this would happen. 525 is a good score but they would want more. They would love to get another 50 runs.

  12. UGH! Ishant Sharma overstepped anyway...

    STOP BOWLING NO BALLS! Especially on a hat-trick ball! My days.

  13. Eng 526-8

    The wall that is Jack Leach is solidly in behind the hat-trick ball and picks up a single.

  14. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on The Cricket Social

    Welcome back to Test cricket, Jofra.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on The Cricket Social

    A beautiful in-swinger. Magnificent bowling. You've had a terrible day in the outfield and suddenly Ishant is on a hat-trick.

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    Archer b Ishant 0 (Eng 525-8)

    Jofra is gone first ball. Ishant is on a hat-trick and on 299 Test wickets.

    That's just too good for Jofra Archer first up. He's late on it and an inside edge cannons into the stumps.

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    Aadam: Serious Simon Jones v Michael Clarke vibes with that delivery.

  18. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on The Cricket Social

    I love the reverse-swing bowling, the chaos and confusion it creates in the batsman's mind. Ishant was hiding the ball, the shine was for the orthodox outswinger and it's done the other. It's brilliant bowling. The deception is brilliant. To run up with the ball in your wrong hand and then to transfer it, with the seam and everything in the right place in your hand, it takes years of practice. It's not as easy as it looks.

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    Buttler b Ishant 30 (Eng 525-7)

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    Jos Buttler has been bowled leaving again.

    Oh, Jos. It's never a good look, and he just doesn't expect the inswinger and he's left shouldering his arms as the ball cannons into off stump.

    Can India wrap up the England innings tonight?

  20. Ishant Sharma is back on.