England’s Harry Brook performs a shot on day 4 of the fifth cricket take a look at match towards India at The Kia Oval in London, on August 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP
England have been 164-3 at lunch on the fourth day, nonetheless needing an additional 210 runs to succeed in an enormous victory goal of 374 that might give them a 3-1 collection win.
Joe Root, the world’s top-ranked Test batsman, was 23 not out, with Yorkshire teammate Brook driving his luck throughout an unbeaten 38 that includes 4 fours and two sixes.
Brook struck 27 runs within the house of eight balls, having are available in with England 106-3 after Siraj had stand-in England captain Ollie Pope lbw for 27.
The gifted Brook charged down the pitch to loft Akash Deep for a rare six over cowl regardless of heavy cloud cowl in London favouring India’s quicks.
Mohammed Siraj appeals efficiently for the wicket of England’s captain Ollie Pope throughout the fourth day of the fifth Test match on the Oval on August 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
But he virtually holed out to superb leg off Prasidh Krishna just for Siraj, proper again on the boundary, unable to cease himself taking a tempo backwards when finishing the catch. By stepping onto the rope, Siraj reworked a dismissal into one other six.
England resumed on 50-1 after Siraj yorked Zak Crawley with the final ball of Saturday’s play.
Ben Duckett was 34 not out and Pope, main England rather than the injured Ben Stokes, but to face.
Left-hander Duckett was repeatedly overwhelmed by quick bowler Siraj, who has appeared in each match of a gruelling collection.
He continued to fend exterior off stump and it was no shock when he fell for 54 after edging an supposed drive off Krishna to second slip, with KL Rahul holding a pointy catch to go away England 82-2.
But Pope hit three fours in a single Krishna over with an on-drive adopted by a clip by way of midwicket and a forceful pull.
Siraj, nevertheless, had Pope plumb lbw for 27 with a ball that stored a contact low and nipped again.
Siraj’s twentieth wicket of the collection made him the main bowler on both aspect.
India posted 396 of their second innings on Saturday. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made a glowing 118 and Washington Sundar smashed a quickfire 53 late within the day.
History is towards the hosts as no aspect have made extra to win within the fourth innings of a Test on the Oval than England’s 263 in a one-wicket victory over Australia in 1902.
But England chased down 371 for a five-wicket win within the opener at Headingley.
Published – August 03, 2025 06:04 pm IST
