Live Report - Shubman Gill and Akash Deep clinch victory for India
By Vithushan Ehantharajah (today), Matt Roller (yesterday)India win!
Super SIraj
Smith goes - Akash Deep has five!
Jamie Smith, unmoved...
Prasidh Krishna gets on the board!
Jame Smith reaches fifty off 73
India on top after three wickets in the morning session
England counter-attack
Drinks - England 110 for 5 with 498 to get
Jessop this, Jessop that
Brook goes LBW!
Akash Deep strikes!
The hover cover is off!
Cheers from Indian fans in the stands - and for good reason
Another brief shower, and now some drizzle...
The sun has returned!
The heavens have opened...
Good (bad?) morning folks...
India on top
Stumps, day four
Deep again!
Hussain off his long run
India already have 2 out of 10 #ENGvIND LIVE: https://t.co/t4iTZ4cwcz pic.twitter.com/1sk7604SBn
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 5, 2025
Duckett goes
Siraj gets Crawley!
How will England play this?
"I think everybody in the world knows that we're going to try and chase whatever they set us."
India declare: England need 608 to win
Gill goes... but India bat on!
Superb Shubman
Only two men in Test history have scored 150+ in both innings of a match.
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 5, 2025
Allan Border against Pakistan in Lahore in 1980, and now Shubman GIll pic.twitter.com/arw0YM884d
400 for Gill
England need a first-class record
Out comes the sword
India's new record
Jadeja changes gear
"Very odd. Why does it take a tea break for someone to say, ‘Right, let’s get on with it.’ Every moment in a Test match – whether it be the moment after tea, or the moment before tea – is important. If they have England nine down and go to Lord’s 1-0 down, they will look at that half-hour before tea and say, ‘Why does it need the coach to tell us to get on with it?’"
Tea: India grow their lead
A unique wagon wheel
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 5, 2025
Leaky Bashir
India lead by 450
Chasing the Don
500 runs in the series already for Shubman Gill - an incredible start to his career as captain. Don Bradman's all-time record for most runs in a series - 974 runs - is not completely impossible with 3 Tests to come
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) July 5, 2025
Will England change their approach?
"We are thinking that this England team have matured slightly and become smart so I am hoping that they can see a draw here as a get-out-of-jail because in a couple of months a draw in Australia could end up being necessary."
Gill passes Gavaskar
Jofra watch
Record chase required
Pant goes...
#EngvInd pic.twitter.com/3IXLiqWS5j
— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) July 5, 2025
The runs keep flowing
50 for Gill - again
Gill's new benchmark
Lunch: India take control
Throwing the bat - literally
Classic Rishabh Pant
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 5, 2025
(via @englandcricket) #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ynZoP2gOOH
Chaos!
Stunning Suryavanshi
Meanwhile, at New Road, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has just reached a 52-ball hundred for India's Under-19s against England... in a 50-over game.
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) July 5, 2025
Follows scores of 48(19), 45(34) and 86(31) in the first three matches of the series.
Crawley drops Pant
Pant on the charge
Tongue's full pint
Middle stump = REMOVED pic.twitter.com/M1lBH3Gnbh
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 5, 2025
KL passes 50
On this day
Smith up to the stumps
Nair falls
Carse hits Karun
England's approach
Smith: I had to check if Siraj was on a hat-trick
"I didn’t really have too much time to think. I think everything happened so quickly, being a hat-trick ball. I actually said to Brooky at the time, ‘Is it a hat-trick ball?’ I didn’t even know he’d got out first ball."
"I was clear about the way I wanted to go about things in general. I knew it was a good wicket, stood behind the stumps for 150 overs. I knew the surface it was. It was about putting them under a little bit of pressure as well.
"In that situation you can prod and poke around a little bit and maybe get bowled out for 200, but I didn’t think that was the way to go about things; it was to put my foot down a little bit, and show that no matter the situation we’re in, we can still fight back.
"You have those days where everything seems to hit the middle; your inside edges don’t hit the stumps, and your outside edges go into the gap. You have to ride that and while you’re playing like that, be quite free and keep it quite simple."
India's dilemma
They're so far ahead of the game. They're 244 runs in front. They should just play the game naturally. You bat the first two sessions. You would think they'd score 100 in each session, if not a bit more, so that gives them 450 just after tea. I don't care who the teams are: chasing 500 has never been done in the history of the game. If 500 isn't going to be enough, you've bowled crap.
If I was him [Gill], I'd be thinking, 'Get to 500,' and I'd want England batting tomorrow night... I'd want to go to sleep on day four with England at least two wickets down.
Day 3, in a nutshell
Who holds Edge-baston?
Tongue traps Jaiswal
The clouds are in, the lights are on...
England 407 all out - India lead by 180
Boyz In Tha Mood
Second new ball taken, Brook cramping - AND NOW GONE!
Tea - England 355 for 5, trail India by 232
Jamie Smith beyond 150*
Smith with an early venture into the VIP area...
A look to the heavens
Harry Brook reaches his 9th Test century!
Lunch - England 249 for 5, Jamie Smith strikes 80-ball hundred
Jamie Smith has been on one...
Jamie Smith mauls Prasidh Krishna!
Shastri isn't happy (again)
Siraj as the pack leader
Siraj goes bang-bang!
Leave it to the Yorkshire lads
Thank Gill It's Friday
Stumps, day 2
They are Broot
Cast your minds back
Siraj strikes!
Sid Monga on Akash Deep
Deep trouble!
Gill takes a blinder!
Crawley crunches it
Bashir finishes things off
Lower-order reinforcements
Bazball bested
This is the highest score that England have conceded in the Stokes-McCullum era, beating Pakistan's 579ao at Rawalpindi in 2022
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) July 3, 2025
Deep holes out
Nine down!
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2025
Akash Deep hits it straight down the throat of Ben Duckett at long-on.
- pic.twitter.com/8obXxLfNcc
Gill goes!
Tea: India pile on the runs
Root strikes!
ROOOOOOOT!
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2025
Washington Sundar is bowled by Joe Root for just before tea.
- pic.twitter.com/KbjME0TDxz
Another Gill record
Shubman Gill goes past Virat Kohli's 254* against South Africa in 2019 to claim the highest score by an India Test captain pic.twitter.com/xfzxiRfvmH
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 3, 2025
100 partnership
Records galore
India cruise past 500
Another Gill record
Time for Brook
India close in on 500
Gavaskar, Dravid, Gill
Washington on the charge
Shubman's new record
Too easy for Gill
Sangakkara on Jaiswal
"We had Joe Root at Rajasthan Royals, and we used to call Jaiswal “Joe-swal” because he never left Joe’s side, soaking up everything. They weren’t talking just T20; they were talking about everything, cricket and life. He would sit right next to Joe for four hours every night and just pester him with questions. Rooty was absolutely brilliant in our environment. He’s learned so much. That’s another aspect of Jaiswal: he’s a fast learner, and he wants to learn."
India's new record
Lunch: India cruising
Jadeja falls!
Ravindra Jadeja is denied a second hundred at Edgbaston as Josh Tongue breaks the 203-run stand! https://t.co/t4iTZ4cwcz | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/qF88qs3IGF
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 3, 2025
400 up
Time for a bit of Harry Brook off the wrong foot, perhaps. Bloke was first change here two years ago
— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) July 3, 2025
Pujara: India need at least 500
Tongue goes missing
150 for Gill
India's hour
Gill motoring
Carse's speeds down
50 for Jadeja
Jadeja gets a word
100 partnership
Short boundaries?
19.1.1 Before the toss, the umpires shall determine the boundary of the field of play, which shall be fixed for the duration of the match. See clause 2.3.4 (Consultation with Home Board).
19.1.3 The aim shall be to maximize the size of the playing area at each venue. With respect to the size of the boundaries, no boundary shall be longer than 90 yards (82.29 meters), and no boundary should be shorter than 65 yards (59.43 metres) from the centre of the pitch to be used.
19.1.4 At all times, there must be 3 yards (2.74 meters) from the boundary rope to the first solid object (advertising boards/LEDs, photographers, cameramen, dug outs, covers, perimeter fence) for the player’s safety run off.
19.1.5 If the boundary is positioned less than 90 yards (82.29 meters) from the centre of the pitch, the boundary rope cannot be set at a distance of more than 10 yards (9.14 meters) from the perimeter fence. The 10 yards shall be inclusive of the 3 yards (2.74 meters) provided for the player’s safety run off.