India vs England Day 5 Live UpdatesIndia vs England (IND vs ENG) 2nd Test Live Cricket Score Online Updates: A cracking final day of the Lord’s Test is being played between India and England on Monday. At Tea, England were 67/4, 204 runs away from India. However, Mohammed Siraj with two wickets in two deliveries in the last session has blown the game wide open for the visitors.
Earlier, at the start of the day, all three results were eminently possible. India had a lead of 154 runs in the second innings with 4 wickets in hand. Resuming on 181/6, India had Rishabh Pant (22) and Ishant (16) dismissed by Ollie Robinson in the opening half-hour and that brought Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah to the middle.
Shami and Bumrah put up an unbeaten 89 runs for the ninth wicket to frustrate England, which had reduced India to 209/8 on what turned out to be fractious morning’s play.
India's Ishant Sharma reacts as England's Joe Root runs between the wickets during the second Test. (AP)
KL Rahul has taken up the position at a close silly-mid-on, hardly a few metres away from the batsman. But India need to bowl straight and make the batsmen play. By bowling wide outside the off- stump, bowlers are only wasting deliveries, and curtailing their chances of a win here.
Count Down Begins. Indian Running out of Time/Overs. The question will come up. Should India (Virat Kohli) have declared Early?
England 108/7. India needs 3 wickets to win the test match. Now 16 overs left for days play. England players aren’t touching any ball outside stumps. May be the Indian seamers should try yorkers, stump-line bowling so if “you miss, I hit.” | ENG- 108/7 in 44 overs
19 overs, 3 wickets to go. What a test match!
4th King Pair in England:
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Mohammed Siraj finds Moeen Ali's outside edge and this time Kohli makes no mistake at 1st slip. The line and length from Siraj was perfect, pitched on the off-stump line and then moved away-- nothing the batsman can do. Sam Curran is the next man in and he is on a king pair. Will he survive? No he doesn't !!! Siraj gets 2 in 2 and once again its the ball moving away from the left-hander which does the trick. ENG- 90/7 in 38.2 ovs
Jadeja is brought into the attack and there is a loud appeal for caught-behind. 'Awaz aya,' says Ishant Sharma and Kohli goes for the review! But its a no-ball! Replays show there was a spike on UltraEdge. WOW! Another chance goes begging by for India.
Haseeb Hameed and Jos Buttler have now batted for more than an hour after their dropped catches. Could prove the difference between a draw and a win. Time is ticking. Light is fading. ENG- 88/5 in 35 ovs
Rohit dropped one earlier and Virat joins him now. It was a short one from Bumrah which took the edge of Buttler bat and flied to first slip. But Kohli went for the reverse cup and pays the price.
Perfect start for India after tea as the England skipper edges one from Bumrah to 1st slip. Virat Kohli catches it cleanly and Joe Root falls in the third ball after tea! Moeen Ali comes to the crease. ENG- 67/5 (23)
Day 5 began with a chance for England to go 1-0 up. At Lunch, it seemed like a draw would be the more likely result. And now, after Tea, it seems as though India might well go on to win this. Test cricket, you beauty!
Ishant's short but eventful 4-over spell ends the second session. The last ball brings a wicket! Bairstow given not out, but India review and overturn the decision. Ishant takes a 2nd wicket. Bairstow is gone!
At Tea, Root is in the middle for England. They are 67/4, needing 205 runs to win.
Shami back for a spell before the Tea break. Again, there's an inswinger that goes wrong, Pant can't collect - four byes. England looking for quick singles as the second session draws to a close.
If all the overs left in the day are possible, England need to bat at around 6 runs per over. Not impossible, of course, given the depth of their batting order. India, though, will be the team with the edge to force a result, of course provided they can orchestrate a lower order collapse in the last session.
ENG 66/3, need 206 more to win
There's some mild drizzle at the ground now. In a drastic change of circumstances from yesterday, when Rahane and Pujara were buying India time, India will now be praying for the rain to stay away from spoling their chances of a win. Ishant ramping up the pressure in his opening spell. Rusty in the 1st innings, familiarly dangerous in the 2nd. Bairstow gets his first run after 10 balls.
ENG 56/3, need 216 more to win
Bairstow in now. Buttler, to come after this, looked out of touch in the 1st innings. Moeen and Curran, while dangerous on their day, are not the most dependable batsmen. India now smell blood! 7 wickets away from what will be a magnificent win. Bairstow first ball - smashed on the helmet. An inswinging bouncer! Hits him and goes for four leg byes, even though the ball hit him nowhere close to the leg. Shami and Bumrah had a bit of trouble with their inswingers, Ishant has perfected it in his first over.
ENG 48/3, need 224 more to win
With Root and Hameed having tackled Siraj and Jadeja's twin threat successfully, India go to Ishant as their 5th bowler. Around half an hour remains till the end of the afternoon session. Ishant strikes! Inswinger into Hameed. Given out LBW! Hameed reviews. No bat involved, decision stands.
ENG 44/3, need 228 more to win
Three inswingers have gone wrong from India in the last couple of overs. Two from Shami, one from Bumrah. Pant cannot collect either of them. Three fours are conceded as byes. Shami has meanwhile gone off the field. Root cuts another shot for four. He is batting at a different level from the other English batsmen. Ravi Jadeja brought on to bowl in the 10th over. Not Ishant, but Jadeja. Here we go!
ENG 32/2, need 240 more to win
Root - FOUR, to sweeper cover. That's a positive sign for England after a while. At the other end, disaster for India! Haseeb Hameed edges. Rohit Sharma drops the catch at first slip. Shami the unlucky bowler. 'Come on, lads!' some despair in Rishabh Pant's rallying cry before the next ball. Now Root pulls Bumrah for four. Another resolute shot. Root's wicket will be as good as a headshot at this point.
ENG 16/2, need 256 more to win