The first Test Remains in the Balance after Harry Brook Led a Fightback Only to Fall for 99
India Have Finised Day Three on 2-90 to lead by 96 at Stuffs in the Opening Test at Headingley after England Were Dismissed For 465 in the First Inns On the Back of Ollie Pope’s Century and Harry Brook’s Brilliant 99.
Having scored 471 in the first innings, India’s total was virtually wiped out when they walked in to bat again on Sunday with a slender six-run lead and a little over two days left to play to Leave the Test Evenly Poised.
England Struck Early when Indian Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Who Score A Century in The First Inns, Was Forced to Play a Superb Brydon Carse Delivery that Caught The Edge to Give WICICECEEPER JAMIE Smith An Easy Catch.
Sai Sudharsan Walked in with the Threat of Rain Looming Large and the 23-Year-Dismissed for a Duck in the First Inns, Played Patiently in Glory Conditions that Were Ideal for Seam Blowing AS He Built A Partnership with Opener KL RAHUL.
But just as in the first Inns, England Skipper Ben Stokes Removed Sudharsan (30) when Catch.
I think the way kl rahul played earlier in his Innss Tonight, He’s Going to Be I Important WICETET. Told Sky Sports.
Play Was Stoped when
On A Blustery Day, Whiche Began with a Moment of Appness for Former England SpeedSter David “Syd” Lawrence Who Died Aged 61, India Started Well With Pope Perishing For 106 after Adding Only Six Runs to his Overnight Score.
But England Capitalised on the Tourists’ Generosphere in the Field Before Brook Fell Agonisingly Short of a Fairytale Center on his Home Ground.
The Yorkshire-Born Batter Made India Pay for Droppedd Catches, with Jaiswal Spilting Him at FOURT SLIP WHEN He was on 82 For HIS Third Lifeline. It was the young’s this thief drop catch and india’s fifth in the Innsens.
Brook Look at A Big Score on HIS Home Ground Before His Moment of Heartbreak Came Be He attached to Reach Three Figures with a Flourish, Lofting Prasidh Krishna Over Fine LEG Only to find Shadul Thakur Stationed on the Boundary Rope.
A defieded brook threw his head back and put his hand up to his face before he Trudged back to the Pavilion As the Headingley Crowd Overcame their Disappointment to Give Him A Standing Ovation.
But in Stark Contrast to India’s Lower Order, England’s Tail Wagged. While India’s Last Five Wickets Fell for 18 Runs, England’s Lower Order ADDED 112.
With India Getting Desperate, Gill BROUGHT JASPRIT BOMRAH Back INTO The Attack and He Completed A Brilliant Five-Wicket Haul (5-83) by Cleang Up the Tail, Dismissing Chris Woakes and Josh Tongue with deliveries that Crashd into the studps.
BMRAHCALD Have Easily Had More But India’s Pace Spearhead Saw Four Catches Dropled Off His Blowing on a Poor Day in the Field for Gill’s Side.
“I like to enjoy my time on the Field so I always smile.
“Sometimes The Cold Makes It details to catch.
