OUT! Flicks one straight to square leg! Superb stuff from Shami. Ali escapes first-up as Jadeja zips through his defence and nearly clips the top of off.ĮNG 360/5 in 112 overs: Shami to Buttler. Root gets a single after blocking a few straight deliveries. Root's cramped for room as Jaddu bowls flat and into the pads. Shami flakes one outside off and Ali unleashes a languid cut through point for four.ĮNG 361/5 in 113 overs: Jadeja into his 11th over. Another boundary for the skip!ĮNG 368/5 in 114 overs: A hint of late movement for Shami as he keeps poking at Ali's off-stump.
Bumrah attempts to fire one into his pads, but Root's supreme touch makes light work of the probing delivery.ĮNG 375/5 in 115 overs: Top class from Joe! Jadeja goes full but Root goes the extra mile with a deft reverse-sweep to stump the backward point fielder. High command.ĮNG 378/5 in 116 overs: England leads by 300! Kohli's men are staring down the barrel here and Root's not going to stop this misery any time soon. He sits stiff on the crease and paddles it for four. Joe Root b Bumrah 121 (165b 14x4)ĮNG 383/5 in 117 overs: Root finds another boundary even as he's cramped for room by Jadeja. A magnificent innings comes to an end and once again, he parries England to a commanding position. Root leans into it but finds the inside edge chopping it straight back to the timber. OUT! Chops back to the stumps! Full and sharp from Bumrah outside the off-stump. Moeen Ali c sub (AR Patel) b Jadeja 8 (18b 1x4)ĮNG 383/6 in 118 overs: Bumrah to Root. Axar, the sub fielder has an easy time behind the ball down the ground. OUT! Straight to Axar at mid-on! Jadeja floats one in and Ali goes for the slog but mistimes. England in no rush to stop the pounding.ĮNG 383/7 in 119 overs: Jadeja to Ali. Jadeja offers a hint of width and Curran rocks back to slice it past backward point for four.ĮNG 388/7 in 120 overs: Curran drills Bumrah with a meaty blow through the covers for four. Bumrah bowls a no-ball and it's 400 for England!ĮNG 392/7 in 121 overs: Curran lays low but flakes Jadeja this time and gets another boundary. India has found quick wickets in the third session, but tad insignificant in the bigger scheme of things. Overton finds a streaky edge that zips past the slip cordon for another boundary. He sticks to his line throughout and completes a maiden.ĮNG 400/7 in 122 overs: The batsmen begin to poke at everything. He does well to wade off Siraj with a neat defense.ĮNG 402/7 in 123 overs: Jadeja goes full to Overton and pins him down with that sharp line. Jadeja floats the ball into the middle-stump and Overton clears his front leg and smokes the ball down the ground for four.ĮNG 404/7 in 124 overs: Siraj takes away the width and bowls sharply around the legs to Curran. The batsmen rotate strike for three runs.ĮNG 408/7 in 125 overs: Overton takes a charge. Short and wide and he rocks back and slashes a fine boundary through point.ĮNG 411/7 in 126 overs: Siraj attempts to angle the ball in but Overton's presenting himself as a nice surprise. Sam Curran c sub (MA Agarwal) b Mohammed Siraj 15 (30b 2x4)ĮNG 418/7 in 127 overs: Ishant continues to drag away from the right-hander and Overton creams the loose delivery. Siraj's struggling with cramps and we have a brief delay before he resumes bowling. Curran goes for the hook but finds the fielder at the fence. The perfect bouncer to Curran rises steeply to his shoulder. England pulls curtains on day 2 with a resounding 345-run lead! Clean domination with the impeccable Root ruling the roost.ĮNG 418/8 in 128 overs: Siraj to Curran. Join us tomorrow as India closes in on its reply with the bat, good night!ĮNG 423/8 in 129 overs: STUMPS. Only time will tell, if Kohli's men can force them out of a rut and fight with equal verve, for England's drawn the boundaries all over this Test so far. A struggling Ishant was forced in by Kohli in lengthy spells even as the batsmen made light work of him, furthering his issues with the ball. The aggressive/active Virat Kohli was nowhere in the frame and so did his odd tactics make India's quest for wickets seem even more tough. Root, in his imperious touch, anchored the tempo perfectly as he posted a record sixth Ton of the year at a whopping strike-rate of above 80. The bowlers were left in the wilderness for an eternity as England shifted gears through the second session to milk runs at a rapid rate. Day two had even more in the offing as England's top-order recorded a thumping return to run-making with all four - Hameed, Burns, Malan and especially their skipper Joe Root - going past fifties. have been made to feel that a poor day 1 was more than just an odd aberration. Hello and welcome to Sportstar's coverage from Day 2 of the third Test between India and England as action unfurls at Headingley Stadium, Leeds.