Eng 576-9published at 188 overs
Jack Leach blocks out a maiden from Jasprit Bumrah.
The cleaning cloth is out, ladies and gentlemen! Normality is slowly returning.
Summary
Pant hits 91 off 88 balls after India fall to 73-4
Pujara out for 73 after ball loops off short leg's back and into hands of mid-wicket
Bess has Kohli caught at bat pad; Rahane falls to superb Root catch
Archer removes Rohit & Gill with new ball
First Test, day three, Chennai
Eng 576-9published at 188 overs
Eng 576-9published at 187 overs
Jack Leach drives down the ground for a single, before England pick up four byes after the ball does an attempted James Anderson sweep and the stumps.
Looks like these two are just going to attack and see what they can pick up.
Nine off the over.
Missed stumpingpublished at 186.4 overs
Ah! Leach comes down the track again, but an extra bit of turn and bounce deceives him and Rishabh Pant behind the stumps, who drops the ball.
Missed opportunity to wrap this innings up.
Eng 571-9published at 186.3 overs
Offt, Jack Leach!
The left-hander skips down the track and whacks Ravichandran Ashwin back over his head for a glorious one-bounce four.
Leach is unleashing his inner Ben Stokes.
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Neil Brotherton: r.e no ball klaxon...normally no bother but I’m trying to watch quietly feeding a 1 week old without disturbing my wife...panic stations to hit mute whenever it sounds
Eng 567-9published at 186 overs
Jimmy Anderson sees out the rest of the over.
England are close to batting for half an hour of the hour that Ben Stokes targeted last night.
Postpublished at 04:26 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021
A wise decision not to review - the ball was crashing into leg stump.
WICKETpublished at 185.3 overs
Bess lbw b Bumrah 34 (Eng 567-9)
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The extra pace of the harder ball does for Dom Bess there I think, as he gets a bit front on and the ball cannons into the back pad.
He debates a review with Jack Leach, but eventually trudges off.
A very useful 34 though, and perhaps even more importantly he's been out there for 105 balls.
New ballpublished at 04:23 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021
India and Jasprit Bumrah opt to take the third new ball. A whole 24.2 overs after it was due...
They are desperate for this breakthrough.
Postpublished at 04:22 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021
A reference I can understand. Robot Wars, less so.
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Heather Rickman: Good to see they are using Quidditch stadiums for cricket now.
Image source, BCCIEng 567-8published at 185 overs
Bess 34, Leach 9
Dom Bess nurdles into the on side for a single.
That's another good single from England. Their running, which can often be chaotic and leave a lot to be desired, as we saw at times in Sri Lanka, has been really good in this innings.
Image source, BCCIEng 566-8published at 184.1 overs
Shot, Dom Bess!
He takes a step down the track and whips Ravichandran Ashwin over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four.
Jimmy Anderson, looking extremely relaxed, claps in the changing room.
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CH3STER87: This no ball siren is like something from Robot Wars. I’m expecting Matilda and Sargent Bash to descend on the square every time I hear it.
Eng 562-8published at 184 overs
Bess 29, Leach 9
Dom Bess picks up a single to fine leg. He's now faced 97 balls - more than 16 overs - he's done an excellent job for England.
Jack Leach does well to keep out one of those trademark Jasprit Bumrah yorkers. This one was a touch full so was more like a full toss at shin height but it is a delivery that will have got many number 10s out.
Postpublished at 04:13 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021
What do people think of the no-ball klaxon?
Thumbs up for love it, thumbs down for hate that too, pack it in.
Eng 560-8published at 183 overs
A single apiece from Jack Leach and Dom Bess.
Leach has already got Ravichandran Ashwin moving between around and over the wicket, searching for that breakthrough.
Eng 558-8published at 182 overs
Good start from Jasprit Bumrah as he has Jack Leach nicking into his back pad, before sending a yorker down that just misses off stump.
Virat Kohli will want this wrapping up pronto.
Eng 557-8published at 181.2 overs
The no-ball klaxon is blaring already. It's taken eight balls.
That is 20 in the innings now.
Postpublished at 04:04 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021
Unsurprisingly it'll be Jasprit Bumrah from the other end.
I expect we'll see a fair few toe-crunching yorkers this morning.