🏏England vs India, 3rd Test Day 5, Lords - Jul10- 14 - Page 52

Come on boys

2 more wks

These two needs to go bac6

Nitish Reddy to Crawley, FOUR, thumped into the on-side! Short of length just outside off, sits up just above the waist for the tall Crawley and he nails the pull shot through midwicket

Jurel has come up to the stumps for Crawley

Ollie Pope vs ball seaming in from quicks in home Tests

Runs: 424

Balls: 725

Dismissals: 20

Avg: 21.20

SR: 58.48

For further context, he has scored 460 runs at 76.66 against balls with no seam movement and 750 runs at 50 against the ones seaming away - both at a SR of 73.4

Crawley is out!!! Reddy got his wicket.

Nitish Reddy to Crawley, out Caught by Jaiswal!! Healthy edge on the drive, and it's taken by Jaiswal at gully! Nitish Reddy gives Crawley a send-off as India continue to dominate this morning session. Full delivery swinging away outside off, lures him into the drive, finds a thick outside edge and it flies to the right of gully.Crawley c Jaiswal b Nitish Reddy 22(49) [4s-3]

Nitish Reddy to Crawley, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Ayush: Bazball is not a modern approach. With a flat pitch it was easier for the English batters to score runs at brisk pace. On tricky conditions their batting only revolves around Root

Nitish Reddy to Brook, FOUR, smoked to the boundary! He struck it very hard and the fielder at short cover-point was lucky to not be in the way. Short and wide outside off, easy peasy for Brook who slaps it away through the covers

IND 387

ENG 387 & 56/3 (16.4)

CRR: 3.36

Day 4: 1st Session - England lead by 56 runs

Bumrah ji

"Aap. doosri innings mein wicket nahi le sak-te" but Aaj 2 le lo bhai -- Root and Smith please....

Prateik Birthhare: This test match turns into an ODI format with complicated conditions and limited overs in the frame, too. Test cricket at its best!!

Ayush: Bazball is not a modern approach. With a flat pitch it was easier for the English batters to score runs at brisk pace. On tricky conditions their batting only revolves around Root

Ollie Pope’s batting averages in Tests (by inns no.)

1st: 52.14

2nd: 41.80

3rd: 22.52

4th: 16.15

46.70 in the team’s first innings and 19.64 in the second.

Zak Crawley vs full balls (<6.25m) wide outside off in home Tests

Runs: 135

Balls: 103

Dismissals: 8

Avg: 16.87

SR: 131.06

- The line mentioned above is wrt the line of stumps/impact and not where the ball pitched.

- Two such dismissals in this series: today and the fourth innings at Edgbaston (vs Siraj)

- The first ball of Ashes 2023 which he'd hit for a four off Pat Cummins was also in this very zone.