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5th Test: Cook-Root grind India bowlers after Jadeja's exploits on Day 3: As it happened

England reached 114 for two in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the fifth Test against India here on Sunday (September 9). At the close of play, England led by 154 runs.

5th Test: Cook-Root grind India bowlers after Jadejas exploits on Day 3: As it happened

London, Sep 9: England reached 114 for two in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the fifth Test against India here on Sunday (September 9). At the close of play, England led by 154 runs with eight wickets remaining at the Oval.

Alastair Cook 46* and Joe Root 28* would start England's innings on Day 4 and look to frustrate Indian bowlers on a penultimate day to consolidate their lead.

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Keaton Jennings (10) and Moeen Ali (20) were the two wickets the hosts lost in the second innings. Mohammed Shami gave India their first breakthrough of the innings by cleaning Jennings' with a beauty.

Later in the innings, Ravindra breached Ali's defence with a beauty. Earlier in the day, Ravindra Jadeja played an entertaining knock of 86* and took the visitors to 292 in their first innings.

India began their innings from 174/6, with Hanuma Vihari (50) and Jadeja put up a solid 77-run stand for the eighth wicket. Vihari playing his first innings became the 26th cricketer for India to score a fifty on his debut.

After Vihari's dismissal, Jadeja further hung on with tailenders to drag the visitors' innings to 292. Had Jadeja got the support of the tailenders, he would have managed to slam his maiden Test ton.

As it happened:

Sep 09, 2018, 11:09 pm IST

This brings us to the end of the third day's play. See you tomorrow.

Sep 09, 2018, 11:08 pm IST

Stumps! Day 3: England are 114/2 & end the day's play on a high as they lead Indians by 154 runs. Cook - 46* Root - 29* are present at the crease and they'll resume innings tomorrow. A good day of cricket comes to an end. Jadeja and Vihari were the stand out performers for the tourists.

Sep 09, 2018, 10:36 pm IST

England are 88/2 after 36 overs and the lead has touched 128. Cook is batting at 40 and this has been another composed innings from the big man.

Sep 09, 2018, 9:58 pm IST

Wicket! Change of the ball has done the trick for India as Ravindra Jadeja cleans up Moeen Ali (20) on the very next delivery he bowls. England - 62/2.

Sep 09, 2018, 9:38 pm IST

Edged and dropped! KL Rahul has put down a sitter and Moeen Ali survives on 18. Ishant Sharma couldn't hide his frustration.

Sep 09, 2018, 9:32 pm IST

England reach 49/1 after 23 overs against India. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali are looking to revive England and the hosts are looking to prevent any further shocks.

Sep 09, 2018, 9:15 pm IST

England 34/1 after 19 overs and the lead climbs to 74. Cook - 15* and Ali - 5* are looking to revive hosts after Jennings dismissal. Shami is asking a lot of questions but the duo has denied him any success.

Sep 09, 2018, 8:50 pm IST

Wicket! Mohammed Shami finally gets a wicket in this game as he cleans up Keaton Jennings for 10 with a beauty. England have lost their first wicket and their opening woes also continue like the tourists. England - 27/1 in 12.4 overs.

Sep 09, 2018, 8:46 pm IST

12 overs have been bowled and India have already wasted their reviews. Is it going to hurt them?

Sep 09, 2018, 8:15 pm IST

Tea Break! England 20/0 after 9 overs and they now lead India by 60 runs. Cook and Jennings have managed to keep their wickets intact in this short session.

Sep 09, 2018, 8:09 pm IST

England 18/0 after 8 overs against India. Cook and Jennings have held guard. Indian captain Virat Kohli has brought spinner Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now.

Sep 09, 2018, 7:53 pm IST

England 1/0 after 4 overs. Cook is yet to open his account in the second innings.

Sep 09, 2018, 7:50 pm IST

Jadeja equals Ravi Shastri's feat!

Sep 09, 2018, 7:42 pm IST

Jennings gets off the mark on the final ball of the second over. England's account is also opened. England-1/0 after 2 overs.

Sep 09, 2018, 7:40 pm IST

2nd Innings! Alastair Cook walks into the middle for his final innings in Test cricket. The veteran gets a standing ovation as he walks into the middle. Jasprit Bumrah bowls the first over with a maiden.

Sep 09, 2018, 7:30 pm IST

Run Out! Oh dear... Jasprit Bumrah is run out after hanging into the middle for almost 48 minutes. India's innings comes to an end for 292 and they trail England by 40 runs. Ravindra Jadeja remains unbeaten on 86*. Had it not been that 77-run partnership between Hanuma Vihari (56) and Jadeja, India would have been restricted pretty early.

Sep 09, 2018, 7:10 pm IST

Ravindra Jadeja has managed to keep his wicket intact and Jasprit Bumrah is also having some entertaining outing with the bat here. India inching closer towards the 300-run mark.

Sep 09, 2018, 6:59 pm IST

Ravindra Jadeja is doing to England what Jos Buttler did to India. India have reached 282/9. Jadeja has played some crisp shots in this innings and emerged as the highest scorer from his team.

Sep 09, 2018, 6:47 pm IST

So, England have taken the 2nd new ball in the 88th over and Stuart Broad has been brought into the attack against Bumrah. Broad bowled a flurry of bouncers to the tailender. India 268/9.

Sep 09, 2018, 6:35 pm IST

Wicket! Mohammed Shami (1) throws his wicket away and Jadeja is running short of companions. India - 260/9. Rashid gets a wicket too. England are looking to wrap things up quickly.

Sep 09, 2018, 6:34 pm IST

Fifty! Ravindra Jadeja brings up his composed fifty with a boundary. What a knock from the left-hander.

Sep 09, 2018, 6:25 pm IST

Wicket! India lose their 8th wicket soon after the match resumed after the lunch break. Ishant Sharma (4) is dismissed by Moeen Ali. They are 249/8.

Sep 09, 2018, 5:35 pm IST

Lunch! India are 240/7 in 79 overs, and they trail England by 92 runs. Hanuma Vihari (56) and Ravindra Jadeja (41*) have led India's revival well in this session. 77-run stand between these two. Unfortunately, Vihari is back in the pavilion. However, this has been a fine session for the tourists. Good fightback from the Indians.

Sep 09, 2018, 5:22 pm IST

Wicket! Hanuma Vihari's defiant innings comes to an end as he edges Moeen Ali for 56. The young man was impressive on his debut innings. India - 237/7.

Sep 09, 2018, 5:00 pm IST

India have reached 220/6 in 72 overs against England. Both the batsmen have applied themselves well so far.

Sep 09, 2018, 4:58 pm IST

Harbhajan lauds Vihari for his knock.

Sep 09, 2018, 4:55 pm IST

Fifty! Hanuma Vihari has notched up his maiden half-century in his debut innings. What a knock this has been for the debutant? He's applied himself well when the odds were stacked against him.

Sep 09, 2018, 4:50 pm IST

Four! Vihari hits Stokes for a boundary towards cover and moves on to 45. Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box lavishes praise upon the debutant.

Sep 09, 2018, 4:43 pm IST

50-run partnership between Jadeja and Vihari. The duo have hung on and kept the scoreboard ticking. India 211/6 in 68 overs.

Sep 09, 2018, 4:28 pm IST

Of players to bat at least 20 times at No.8 or lower since the start of 2016, Jadeja has the highest average (39.56) of any player in Test cricket.

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Earlier on day two, the Indian batting once again faltered against the swing of James Anderson and Ben Stokes. England bowlers wreaked havoc to get India's top-order once again and put themselves in a commanding position.

India lost the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan (3), KL Rahul (37), Cheteshwar Pujara (37), Ajinkya Rahane (0), Virat Kohli (49) and Rishabh Pant (5) under testing conditions.

England posted 332 in their first innings after starting at overnight 198 for seven in their first innings. Indian pacers found some lateral movement in the morning but were unable to get the English tail-enders' out.

The English tail-enders' performance has been the main reason why India are 1-3 down in the series, and it was a near-repeat effort from the home team's lower-order on Saturday morning as Indian bowlers failed to get wickets despite getting assistance from the pitch.

Story first published: Monday, September 10, 2018, 0:54 [IST]
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