🏏England vs India, 3rd Test Day 5, Lords - Jul10- 14 - Page 14

Narayan: Jamie Smith's batting action is compact and balanced, with a high backlift, quick footwork, and a clean, fluent swing, allowing him to play with confidence and control.

Come on boys

3 more to go

Change of ends, change in fortunes?

Bumrah had started from the pavilion end with the new ball yesterday, returning 0/8 in four overs inducing a false-shot percentage of 37.5. With the second one (before they changed it last over), he returned 3/20 from five overs from the Nursery End with an identical false shot% (36.6). He got the ball to swing more from this end (1.3 times on average).

Nikhil Kaushal: India has taken wickets, but England has also increased their run rate. Jamie Smith is scoring at a strike rate of over 100.

Seamers with the new ball this series (first 10 overs)

India: 15 wickets at 22 (SR 32.7)

England: Six wickets at 43 (SR 72.5)

Already India are complaining about the ball to the umpire. It's just around 10 overs old. And it looks like their request has been granted as a replacement ball is being asked for. The umpire tried putting it through the hoop but it didn't go through. Okay what's happening here. Gill is having an animated chat with the umpire as he doesn't seem to like this replacement ball either. "This is 10-overs old ball? Seriously?" Siraj is heard saying on the stump mic. Gill seemed to be furious when he was talking to the umpire and the umpire dismissed his arguments.

Fewest innings to 1000 runs by wicketkeepers

21 Quinton de Kock/ Jamie Smith

22 Dinesh Chandimal/ Jonny Bairstow

23 Kumar Sangakkara/ AB de Villiers

24 Jeff Dujon

Fewest balls to 1000 Test runs by wicketkeepers

1303 Jamie Smith

1311 Sarfaraz Ahmed

1330 Adam Gilchrist

1367 Niroshan Dickwella

1375 Quinton de Kock

Root vs Bumrah in Tests

Runs: 311

Balls: 612

Dismissals: 11

Avg: 28.27

It is the joint most Root has been dismissed by a bowler in Tests alongside Pat Cummins.

Stokes vs balls seaming in (home Tests since 2023)

Runs: 111

Balls: 213

Dismissals: 5 (including today)

Avg: 22.20

SR: 52.11

He averages 57.5 (SR: 75) against balls seaming away and the ones with no-movement combined in the same timeframe.