Summary

  • Close: Eng 259-3 (Root 76*, Bairstow 72*) - need 119 more to win

  • Root & Bairstow reach 150 stand off 197 balls

  • Bairstow dropped on 14 by Vihari and on 39 by Pant

  • England need 378 runs to win and draw the series

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  1. Ind 231-8published at 75 overs

    No sign of Jadeja going into white-ball mode yet, even with just the tail for company. He sweeps Leach for a single fourth ball, leaving Bumrah to see out the over.

    How long will this restrained approach last?

  2. How's stat?!published at 13:20 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    India have lost four wickets for 40 runs now.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

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    Ross: Oh no. The short ball plan is working again, meaning we’ll keep doing it.

  4. ouch!

    Ind 230-8published at 74 overs

    Stokes bluffs Jasprit Bumrah by going full with his first delivery to the new batter. Solidly blocked.

    There's no bluff to end the over, though. A fierce bumper from Stokes that gets past Bumrah's bat and thuds into his shoulder. Bumrah shakes it off - 'show no pain'.

  5. Postpublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    It was just a fraction fuller and it just meant it was up around the awkward eyeline height. It was an easy catch in the end.

    England are doing the right thing here in terms of taking wickets. They need to keep going.

  6. Postpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Mohammed Shami has fallen into that trap too! It was very straightforward in a way.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Shami c Lees b Stokes 13 (Ind 230-8)

    The short ball works again! It hasn't always been effective for England but it has been today!

    Shami tries to take it from outside off stump, gets a top-edge and Alex Lees takes a simple catch three-quarters of the way back to fine leg.

  8. Ind 230-7published at 73.2 overs

    Lead by 362

    India are away after lunch as Jadeja pushes a single to third man from Stokes' second ball.

    The field goes back for Shami. More short stuff incoming.

  9. Postpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    The players are back out. Ben Stokes looks set to bowl the first over after lunch and the second new ball is available in seven overs.

    It is also worth noting that this is an extended afternoon session as they try to make up for time lost to rain. Tea will be taken at 15:40 BST.

  10. Postpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Just a couple of minutes until the afternoon session begins, so here's a quick reminder of where we're up to. India lead by 361 runs with three second-innings wickets remaining.

    India scorecard at lunch on day four of the fifth Test v India at EdgbastonImage source, BBC Sport
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    Jason Cole: An interesting thought experiment. Imagine if Alastair Cook was a 20-year-old making his way in county cricket today. Given his playing style, would he get picked for England?

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    Stuart Broad's 35-run over could prove to be pivotal in this match

    Dave in Bury

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    Abinash Das: The Bazball effect & the sheer amount of overs left in the contest virtually take the draw result out of the picture. It's the nerves & the clutch execution that will be tested. England will go for the target and India will go for the wickets with an attacking field.

  14. Postpublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    The weather is set fair at Edgbaston and the afternoon session is just 10 minutes away.

    What are we expecting then? England to mop up the tail quickly? India to take the lead past 400?

  15. Can you name the 10 players to take 100 Test catches for England?published at 12:55 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Ten players have taken 100 catches in Tests for England - excluding wicketkeepers. Can you name them all?

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  16. Postpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    When Jimmy Anderson took the catch to get rid of Shreyas Iyer, he became the 10th England player to take 100 catches in Test cricket.

    That begs the question...

  17. Postpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    England were really up against it - and, in truth, they still are - but they managed to drag themselves back into something close to contention with three quick wickets.

    Matthew Potts removed Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur with short balls, while Jack Leach dismissed Pant in between. It was a pretty spectacular wicket as Pant tried to reverse sweep and was superbly caught by Joe Root at slip.

  18. Postpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    It looked like being another one of those days for England when Rishabh Pant was dropped by a diving Zak Crawley at second slip on 45.

    The India left-hander was soon raising his bat as he added a half-century to his first-innings hundred.

  19. Postpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 4 July 2022

    Back to today's action then and India started day four in a commanding position. Cheteshwar Pujara was looking good, showing far more positive intent than yesterday evening and helping to grow the lead.

    That was until he gifted his wicket to Stuart Broad. A bonus wicket for England after a slow start to the morning.

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    Anyone getting Headingley vibes here? Would be a Stokes thing to do - to be under pressure and carry the team home.

    Aaron, London