09/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Ireland and England at London, Aug 9-12 2018
England won by an inns & 159 runs
Player of the Match
Chris Woakes
Chris WoakesEngland
09/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Ireland and England at London, Aug 9-12 2018
England won by an inns & 159 runs
Player of the Match
Chris Woakes
Chris WoakesEngland

7.20pm What sort of a day has this been! So uneventful, and yet so eventful. Looked dead and out for the most part. Every now and then, when the rain would relent, they would come out for a few deliveries and the match would spring to life, with India's batsmen walking out as quickly as they walked in, and England's bowlers tantalising with the most prodigious display of swing bowling. And then, after nearly three-quarters of the day had passed with just eight-and-a-half overs bowled, the weather cleared up, the skies were blue, the sun shone, and India's batsmen laid an egg. Not one of them seemed to have a clue about what was happening. Even Virat Kohli had a control percentage of just 33. Stuart Broad had a rare off day, but England's bowlers were relentless for the most part, not giving an inch. They kept hitting the lengths they wanted to, opened up India's batting and broke through their line-up with devastating swing. Who knows how the weather will behave tomorrow? If it's as overcast as it was today, India's bowlers might have a chance. But if the sun shows up, and conditions ease up for batting, things will start to get murkier in the Indian camp. For today, this is all we have. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. It was a pleasure bringing it to you. Thank you all for your patience in waiting through all the long periods of rain and keeping us engaged with your comments. Be sure to be back here tomorrow for day three of this Test, featuring five-and-a-half hours of rain, and clear, blue skies for the final hour when India drop three catches at the slip cordon! Good night, and thank you for joining us.

WATCH - Woakes wins the battle against Kohli (India only)

WICKET - Ashwin departs as India lose both reviews

WATCH - Anderson's 99th wicket at Lord's

35.2
W
Anderson to Sharma, OUT, gone.. five for Anderson, and 99 wickets for Jimmy Anderson at Lord's. And with that ends with insipid Indian batting performance. Angles in towards off and nips away every-so-subtly to pin Ishant in front as he stays on the backfoot. Where was the impact? No reviews left for India, and replays show the ball would have clipped the outside half of off-stump, so umpire's call

I Sharma lbw b Anderson 0 (7m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

35.1
0
Anderson to Sharma, no run, extremely full outside off, plays inside the line

END OF OVER:
35 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 107/9

  • Mohammed Shami10 (3b)
  • Ishant Sharma0 (1b)
  • Stuart Broad10-2-37-1
  • James Anderson13-5-20-4
34.6
4
Broad to Mohammed Shami, FOUR, some more.. take that. Big swing, no feet, no grace, just a big fat outside edge that gets over the slip cordon. Shami will take that. Next bowler

Ashutosh: "Fairly democratic performance by India, no complaints this time about one batsman standing out, everyone is out .. Good work folks"

34.5
4
Broad to Mohammed Shami, FOUR, and there's the 100.. with some good old-fashioned slogging. Swipes blindly looking for a biggie over leg side nad gets a leading edge that gets through the third man region

Root may have a sore thumb from that dropped catch earlier.

34.4
2
Broad to Mohammed Shami, 2 runs, some late entertainment in the day.. Shami throws his hands at a wide fuller one and flays it over point. Pulled back well inside the boundary
34.3
1lb
Broad to Sharma, 1 leg bye, was there bat on that? Leg bye signalled. Comes into him and lobs off the pad towards short fine who dives forward but the ball drops short
34.2
W
Broad to Ashwin, OUT, that's gone.. plumb. Ashwin sends this upstairs. Could he have got a bat? Curves in sharply from outside off and beats the inside edge. It's pad first and crashing into leg stump. Off he goes

R Ashwin lbw b Broad 29 (49m 38b 4x4 0x6) SR: 76.31

34.1
0
Broad to Ashwin, no run, short of a length outside off, slaps hard to deep point. Doesn't take the single

END OF OVER:
34 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | IND: 96/8

  • Ravichandran Ashwin29 (36b)
  • James Anderson13-5-20-4
  • Stuart Broad9-2-27-0
33.6
W
Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, OUT, looks close and given. Trapped plumb in front by an inswinger. Kuldeep reviews but this is gone. Pitches on middle and off and straightens down that channel to hit him dead in front. No bat on the flick and crashing into the inside half of middle stump

Kuldeep Yadav lbw b Anderson 0 (19m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

33.5
0
Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, no run, short of a length, a tad wider this time and it's left alone
33.4
0
Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, no run, short of a length, angled across close to off, Kuldeep trusts the angle and lets it go
33.3
0
Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav, no run, gets the front foot across and brings the bat down straight but the ball beats the outside edge as it shoots across with the angle
33.2
1
Anderson to Ashwin, 1 run, short of a length on middle, flicked to midwicket

Krishna: "Somewhere in Colombo, a cricket fan watching Ind vs Eng series on T.V,thinks to himself, Damn, one more series vs India coming up soon"

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India 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0M VijayKL Rahul
2nd13CA PujaraKL Rahul
3rd22CA PujaraAM Rahane
4th15CA PujaraV Kohli
5th11V KohliHH Pandya
6th0KD KarthikHH Pandya
7th55R AshwinHH Pandya
8th5R AshwinKuldeep Yadav
9th4R AshwinMohammed Shami
10th5R AshwinI Sharma