England right-hand batter Joe Root's poor form in Tests against India's right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah continued as the former was once again dismissed by the latter on the second day of the Lord's Test on Friday.
Bumrah toppled Kapil's record of 12 five-wicket hauls in 66 away Tests for India and moved to the top. Former spinner Anil Kumble slipped to the third spot with 10 five-fers in 69 Tests far from home.
Indeed, it was a session of two halves, as despite some early strikes into the session by Jasprit Bumrah that reduced England to 271/7 despite Joe Root's century, a counter-attacking partnership of 82 runs between half-centurion Jamie and Brydon Carse made up for it as England breached the 3
During the first ball of the first session of day two, Root completed his 37th Test ton with a boundary. He was ultimately castled by Jasprit Bumrah for the 11th time, scoring 104 in 199 balls with 10 fours.
Former England pace stalwart Stuart Broad believes it is "unacceptable" that the ball is being changed quite frequently during the second day of the third Test between India and England, considering it should last for 80 overs instead of 10.
A magnificent innings from Joe Root and his partnerships with Ollie Pope and skipper Ben Stokes helped England dominate the first day of play against India in the third Test at Lord's on Thursday.
A magnificent innings from Joe Root and his partnerships with Ollie Pope and skipper Ben Stokes helped England dominate the first day of play against India in the third Test at Lord's on Thursday.
England batter Ollie Pope believes that his teammate Joe Root will be focused on converting his unbeaten 99 into a "monster" score when play resumes at Lord's on Friday. Root was left one short of his 37th Test hundred at stumps on Day One of the ongoing Test match, after anchoring England's
Joe Root continues to etch his name deeper into cricket's history books with another landmark performance at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground. The former England captain has now scored the most runs by any batter at Lord's across all formats, amassing 2526 runs in 33 matches at the "Home of
At the end of the day's play following the third session, England was 251/4, with Root (99*) and skipper Stokes (39*) unbeaten. After a balanced first session, which saw Nitish Kumar Reddy strike twice, England largely dominated the next two with more traditional Test cricket as compared to
At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Joe Root (99*) and skipper Ben Stokes (39*) unbeaten. Despite quick early strikes from Nitish Kumar Reddy in the first session, that reduced them to 44/2 and quick wickets from Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in the final session, the