Summary

  • India win by an innings and 64 runs to seal 4-1 series victory

  • Root finally falls for defiant 84 as England bowled out for 195

  • Superb Ashwin, playing 100th Test, takes five-wicket haul

  • Anderson takes 700th Test wicket & Bashir claims 5-173 as India bowled out for 477

  • Fifth Test, day three, Dharamsala

  1. Eng 23-2published at 6 overs

    Joe Root joins Ollie Pope.

    Ashwin already has 2-11.

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 5.3 overs

    Crawley c Sarfaraz b Ashwin 0 (Eng 21-2)

    That felt inevitable.

    It wouldn't be surprising if that sharp turn was playing on Zak Crawley's mind. He prods uncertainly at Ashwin and turns it into the hands of Sarfaraz Khan at short leg, a smart catch.

    It's a 16-ball duck, but he was looking rather solid until then. His dismissal contrasted with Duckett's just shows the difficulty of balancing controlled attack and defence in India.

  3. Eng 21-1published at 5.1 overs

    Hmm.

    Ashwin gets one to turn from off stump and past leg slip.

    Ominous.

  4. Postpublished at 04:52 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    A last thought on Duckett’s shot, which I never want to see again: the issue with England’s current mindset is a lack of responsibility. A dismissal like that can be shrugged off as ‘how we play so it’s OK’. That has to change now.

  5. Eng 19-1published at 5 overs

    Trail by 240

    This is a pleasant start from Ollie Pope. He looks less frantic than usual.

    A controlled edge down to deep third brings him four more, before an elegant clip through mid-wicket brings the same result.

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 04:51 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

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    I stayed up purely for that Jimmy moment. What a bowler - what a player.

    Jon

  7. Postpublished at 04:48 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Dharamsala

    Rohit Sharma is not on the field and won't be all day because of a stiff back. Jasprit Bumrah is in charge.

  8. Eng 9-1published at 4 overs

    Trail by 250

    Lovely! Ollie Pope waits patiently for Ashwin to err in length and gets his reward, cutting a shorter ball for four.

    He follows it with a clip into the leg side for a couple and looks prepared to be busy.

  9. Postpublished at 04:45 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Dharamsala

    Duckett's was the dismissal of someone who has been slowly cooked by five Tests in India. Here more than anywhere, long series can chip away at your mentality, technique and decision-making. Duckett has ended up completely scrambled.

  10. Eng 2-1published at 3 overs

    Ben Duckett has had a good series. He and Zak Crawley have transformed the fortunes of England's opening partnership.

    But that was a shocker. It screamed of "Just get me home".

  11. Postpublished at 04:44 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Really struggling to see how an opening batsman can be consistent in Test cricket without a defence.

    That really was an abysmal shot.

  12. Eng 2-1published at 2 overs

    Ollie Pope is in at three with a point to prove.

    England trail by 257 and have had the worst start imaginable.

  13. Postpublished at 04:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    No words.

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 1.5 overs

    Duckett b Ashwin 2 (Eng 2-1)

    My word, that is terrible.

    Ben Duckett falls victim to Ravichandran Ashwin again but this is not one that he'll want to watch back.

    Having faced just four balls, he charges down the wicket and doesn't really look as if he was trying to hit it, to be honest. Looked like he'd just given up, a lack of trust in his own defence.

  15. Eng 2-0published at 1.2 overs

    It'll be Ravichandran Ashwin with his good friend, the new ball, to take the second over.

    Ben Duckett clips off his pads for the first runs of England's innings before attempting an audacious sweep second ball that he misses.

  16. Postpublished at 04:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    James Anderson has come a long way since his first Test wicket against Zimbabwe in 2003.

    Enjoy.

    Media caption,

    James Anderson's first Test wicket for England v Zimbabwe

  17. Eng 0-0published at 1 over

    Cries from the slips as Bumrah pins Crawley on the pads but the bowler isn't interested, the ball probably going down leg.

    Crawley survives the over.

  18. Postpublished at 04:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Dharamsala

    That was a lovely moment, one that has been a long time coming for Anderson. He was on 685 after the New Zealand series more than a year ago.

    Now England have the task of taking something from this match. An absolute minimum requirement is making India bat again and taking this game into a fourth day.

    There are few excuses not to do that, it's a glorious day and the pitch is good.

  19. Eng 0-0published at 0.1 overs

    Right, back to the match - but we'll keep the Anderson reaction coming.

    Tasked with an almighty challenge of surpassing India's lead of 259, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett make their way to the middle and Crawley defends his first ball from Jasprit Bumrah.

  20. Postpublished at 04:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Leading wicket-takers in Test cricket:

    1. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL): 800
    2. Shane Warne (Aus): 708
    3. James Anderson (Eng): 700
    4. Anil Kumble (Ind): 619
    5. Stuart Broad (Eng): 604
    6. Glenn McGrath (Aus): 563
    7. Nathan Lyon (Aus): 527
    8. Courtney Walsh (WI): 519
    9. Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind): 511
    10. Dale Steyn (SA): 439