In his first Test since February 2021, Archer looked just as imperious as he looked in his last Test outing, troubling batters with a fine line and length, beating their bat and consistently touching the 145 kmph mark during the second session on day two of third Test at Lord's, which is his
At the stroke of Tea, India put 44/1 in 14 overs on the board, trailing by 343 runs with Rahul and Nair unbeaten with scores of 13(34) and 18(42), respectively.
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.
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
At the end of the day's play, 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 their attacking 'Bazball' cr
During the second session, England, known for their quick pace of scoring runs under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum and championing the 'Bazball' brand of Test cricket, could score just 70 runs in 24 overs at a run-rate of 2.91 per over.
Nitish Kumar Reddy pocketing wickets of the opening duo of Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett in his first over after drinks was the massive moment in the first session, before Joe Root and Ollie Pope took over to make sure England walked into Lunch without any further losses.
In the 34th over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, Pant made a dive to pick up the ball, but could not get it cleanly in his hands, making England pick two runs off byes. Following that, he was seen in a lot of pain and had to leave the field for medical attention, as per Sky Sports.