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Gill, Washington, Jadeja tons script India's great escape
England were kept on the field for 143 overs in the second innings as teams head to The Oval with India trailing 2-1
Matt Roller
27-Jul-2025
India 358 (Sai Sudharsan 61, Jaiswal 58, Pant 54, Stokes 5-72) and 425 for 4 (Jadeja 107*, Gill 103, Washington 101*, Rahul 90) drew with England 669 (Root 150, Stokes 141, Duckett 94, Crawley 84, Jadeja 4-143)
An epic series will be decided at The Oval. England lead 2-1 after 20 tense days of Test cricket but were denied a decisive win by five sessions of doughty, determined batting in which India lost only two wickets. Not even Ben Stokes, battling cramp and a shoulder injury, could pull this one off, and was forced to settle for only the second draw of his captaincy tenure.
India were 1 for 2 at lunch on the fourth day, frazzled after more than 150 overs in the field, and still trailing by over 300 runs. But Shubman Gill's new-look side underlined their character with two mammoth, match-saving partnerships - Gill put on 188 with KL Rahul, and Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja put on an unbroken 203 - to ensure India escaped with a draw.
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Green made an unbeaten 55 from 35 to steer Australia home to a target of 206 with three wickets and four balls to spare following a middle-order collapse. The chase had earlier been set up by 51 off 30 from Josh Inglis while Player-of-the-Match Maxwell smashed 47 off 18 at the top of the order. Second-gamer Jediah Blades briefly threatened to be the hero with an outstanding spell of 3 for 29 but West Indies' fielding once again let them down.
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Stumps India 358 and 174 for 2 (Rahul 87*, Gill 78*, Woakes 2-48) trail England 699 (Root 150, Stokes 141, Duckett 94, Crawley 84, Pope 71, Carse 47, Jadeja 4-143, Washington 2-107, Bumrah 2-112) by 137 runs
Music echoed around Old Trafford this morning. The trumpeter had chosen well. The things Ben Stokes was doing out there was beyond the realms of normal men. So they picked up their instrument, put it against their lips, and belted out the Superman theme. Paaaa-pa-pa-pa-paaaaaa...
England ended day four with 137 runs and two Indian wickets in the bank and it's largely because of their captain's exertions. A century and a five-for in the same Test match. Leading his team to their fifth-highest total in the format ever. Gatecrashing a club of only two. The big two. The ultimate two. Before Saturday, only Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis could puff their chests out and say they had 7000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests. Now they have to scooch over. Cricket's rosy old past and its complicated present have clashed a lot over the past 48 hours thanks to Joe Root and his successor.
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SA were cruising on 92 without loss in pursuit of 181, but eventually couldn't get seven runs in the final over
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At Old Trafford, a sellout crowd hung on every tuck, flick, dab and drive as England's greatest batter confirmed, statistically, he was the second greatest of all time. Illuminated by Manchester's generous Friday sun, Root moved past the greats Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting to sidle up next to Sachin Tendulkar. And though Tendulkar still commands an imposing lead at the summit, England's own little master is coming for him.
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Lancashire 557 (Green1 60, Hartley 130, Hurst 106) and 110 for 1 (Jennings 57*) beat Gloucestershire 381 (Charlesworth 160, Phillips 64, Hartley 6-116) and 285 (Charlesworth 71, Phillips 56, Hartley 5-99) by nine wickets
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Warwickshire 184 (Smith 68, Webster 57, Shahzad 6-42) and 396 for 5 (Malik 142, Webster 100*, Mousley 69) beat Worcestershire 333 (Brookes 140, D'Oliveira 57) and 243 (Brookes 87, Roderick 50) by five wickets
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Second best for the first three days, on the fourth, Warwickshire chased down a target of 393, reaching 396 for five thanks to Zen Malik (142 from 222 balls), Beau Webster (100 not out, 166), Dan Mousley (69, 107) and Kai Smith (48 not out, 40). As the sun came out for the first time in the match and batting conditions eased, they delivered a remarkable recovery from 12 for two the previous evening.
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