England’s Josh Tongue celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Karun Nair on day two of the fifth Test cricket match between India and England, on the Oval, in London, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
At tea, England have been 215 for seven, successfully eight down with Chris Woakes not out there to bat on account of a shoulder harm. They nonetheless path India by 9 runs.
The wickets to fall have been England’s batting mainstay Joe Root (29 off 45), Zak Crawley (64 off 57), stand-in-captain Ollie Pope (22 off) and Jacob Bethell (6 off 14.
India had earlier resumed the second day’s play — which started sooner than the scheduled begin owing to rains on the primary day — at 204 for six.A heated alternate of phrases between Root and Prasidh Krishna was additionally among the many speaking factors of the session.
After being blown away by the England openers within the opening session, Indian pacers discovered their lengths publish the break. Prasidh despatched again Crawley who mistimed a pull to be pouched at midwicket.
Siraj removed Pope and Root with a nip backer earlier than firing an inswinging yorker into Bethell’s pads. The pitch continues to supply loads of help to the seamers.
Whether focusing on the pads with wobbled seam or producing late swing, Siraj was relentless, as soon as once more displaying that he was not a agency believer of workload administration.
Prasidh too was spectacular and struck thrice within the session, taking the wickets of Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton on the stroke of tea.
In the primary session, Crawley and Ben Duckett smashed the Indian pacers with absolute disdain on a seaming floor after bundling out the guests for 224 within the first half hour of play.
Duckett (43 off 38) and Crawley hit boundaries for enjoyable on a inexperienced floor the place Gus Atkinson took a deserving five-wicket haul by eradicating three Indian batters shortly after play started. The hosts raced to 109 for one in 16 overs at lunch.
The trio of Akash Deep, Siraj and Prasidh ran out of concepts in opposition to the onslaught from the England openers. Much to their reduction, Duckett was caught behind quarter-hour earlier than lunch trying one other reverse hit off Akash Deep.
The opening stand yielded 92 runs off simply 77 balls.
It was uncommon to see Akash wrap his arm round Duckett and provides him a ship off with a smile on his face.
Crawley collected 5 of his 12 fours off Siraj, together with a straight drive, punch by means of the covers and flick in the direction of mid-wicket. He accomplished his fifty with a boundary within the third man area off Akash.
Duckett intentionally disturbed the pacers’ rhythm by dancing down the monitor at will, utilizing the minimize on the cost twice in opposition to Akash.
He pulled off a reverse scoop off Akash earlier than enjoying a ramp off for a most off Siraj quickly after.
Pope joined Crawley within the center and commenced with a few sweetly timed cowl drives.
In the primary half half-hour of play, India misplaced 4 wickets for simply 20 runs after resuming the day at 204 for six.
Overnight batters Karun Nair (57 off 109)and Washington Sundar (26 off 55) perished in fast succession earlier than Atkinson polished off the tail.
Brief scores:
India 1st innings: 224 all out in 69.4 overs (Karun Nair 57, Sai Sudharsan 38; Gus Atkinson 5/33.)
England 1st innings: 215 for 7 in 42.5 overs (Zak Crawley 64, Ben Duckett 43; Prasidh Krishna 3/51)
Published – August 01, 2025 04:19 pm IST
