Cricket Score – India Vs England 3rd Test at Lord’s

Test cricket at its finest: an intense battle between two amazing sides that keeps on producing stunning moments of drama every ball, perfectly reflected in the cricket score india vs england 3rd test, which kept fans on the edge of their seats throughout the five days at Lord’s.

Jofra Archer launches a short delivery that Siraj attempts to hit, yet closes his bat face too early and attempts a pull shot instead.

Crowd at Lord’s remain engaged as India pair pick up singles at Lord’s.

Day 3

India, after an uneventful opening session at Lord’s, made their presence felt after lunch break at Lord’s. KL Rahul hit an unbeaten century to become the first Indian batsman ever to record two centuries in a series and bring India closer to England’s 387 first innings total. Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy provided crucial support throughout.

Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes launched an aggressive attack, as well as employing their second new ball tactic, but with an impressive partnership of 62 runs between them they eventually weathered this test period, giving them an opportunity to take control in the final session.

Rahul’s first boundary of the day comes off a full delivery from Brydon Carse that he smashes past the bowler to reach three figures. From that same over, he beats off an attempted flick and strikes for four into fine leg for four more runs from another delivery by Carse.

Carse delivers another short ball, which Rahul swings to his right-hand side and clips with perfect timing into the gap at square leg. Woakes dives to his left but is unable to cling on for dear life – thus providing another boundary run by Rahul.

Reddy edged a Woakes ball behind to Harry Brook at slip, but DRS initially ruled him not out. Following review, however, this decision was overturned as Reddy had ground his foot during play.

Soon after, Woakes struck again as Reddy was caught out at third slip off the first ball of the final over. Jadeja and Reddy then shared an unbeaten 62 run partnership as India closed day three with 342-6 runs scored.

After their review was overturned, England batsmen were harshly disciplined by umpires. However, they will resume on Saturday for the final session but will require to bat out most of it in order to have any realistic chance of victory on Lord’s unpredictable pitch. England hopes to wrap up their match quickly but need strong performances from their lower order in order to do so.

Day 4

England are in a tense clash against India at Lord’s. Tension is high and high-quality cricket is on offer – Durham seamer Stephen Clark continues his excellent bowling performance: fantastic rhythm, pace and finding lengths at just the right times; Akash Deep gets going by hitting one short to Clark who doesn’t get his bat on it but manages to advance some ground towards fine leg for four runs off it.

Jofra Archer strikes again by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal for only seven runs – his ball pitched perfectly on the stumps as he attempted to play an expansive shot but got an edge that fell straight to gully fielder.

Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley have put on an effective partnership to provide some stability after Ben Duckett was bowled, without playing any risky shots and trying to build England a solid innings. Unfortunately Mohammed Siraj is creating issues and got Pope caught LBW for two.

England have suffered another setback as they lose three wickets early in the first session. Sam Curran becomes the next victim as Washington Sundar delivers an unfortunate delivery that hits him behind the stumps and causes serious disruption to their innings. Sundar had to hit hard for it to take edge before it went through to disturb their stumps and disturb Sam Curran’s innings.

KL Rahul hit Chris Woakes for four consecutive fours as India looked to keep pressure on England. But Woakes adjusted his length, almost bowling Rahul with a short bouncer but instead punching it back for one single run – England needed quick wickets in order to stop India gaining an easy advantage and Woakes grabbed another delivery from Rahul but unfortunately missed. Unfortunately for them though they fell into a trap that quickly put them behind as soon as this session started – it’s such a shame as they appeared so dangerous at first!

Day 5

India’s hopes of an extraordinary victory were dashed as England claimed a 22-run win at Lord’s on Monday to take a 2-1 advantage in the five-match series. Chasing 193, they found themselves struggling early, as Jofra Archer (3/55) claimed KL Rahul (39), Rishabh Pant (9), Washington Sundar(0) and Nitish Reddy (13) early wickets before Ravindra Jadeja came back alone after lunch to lead India within striking distance of an historic win before Shoaib Bashir (3/70) bowled Mohammed Siraj to secure England victory after tea for England.

Jadeja danced down the track to meet Chris Woakes’ full delivery and struck it clean through midwicket for his sixth boundary, delighting the crowd and holding steady at the other end by taking one single every fourth or fifth ball in an over. His strategy worked beautifully – minimising Bumrah’s exposure while still scoring runs regularly and keeping runs flowing freely into his account.

Tension builds through an intense 10-over spell as Indian batsmen proceed cautiously. Brydon Carse replaces Archer and gets an inside edge off Jadeja that Joe Root caught at first slip, the umpire raising their finger but this decision being reversed after review.

Carse’s next over was stunning – angling it in and straightening off short length to strike Jadeja on his front pad as he advanced forward, drawing an appeal for LBW yet again. However, ball tracking revealed impact was just outside off stump and yet Jadeja chose to review yet again – it proved costly as Bumrah quickly moved across to the Nursery End for another dismissal of Jadeja for 61.

After a brief pause, Jadeja tucks a short delivery from Shoaib Bashir into long-on for her fourth single of the innings and takes India’s score to 140/6. Shoaib Bashir then joins Jadeja as they manage their strike well – each exchanging singles on fourth or fifth balls of every over so as to minimise Bumrah’s threat while maintaining momentum on the scoreboard and frustrating England in field.

Final Score

Lord’s crowd are going wild as Bumrah strikes back with two balls remaining; driving one over long-on for one run before sending two down the other end as Carse replaces Bashir with an uninterrupted run down his end.

Now he attempted to hit Archer at short leg for six, only for it to land square of him and confirm India’s defeat. Now Jadeja remains as India’s sole batsman on 61 not out, trying to hold off England’s late innings charge.

He manages to dodge the first delivery, but then swings out right for another single through to third man fence for another single. Three balls remain, when he takes one final ball from a bouncer but gets hit on his arm; in response a doctor was brought out to relieve the discomfort.

England have struggled in this match so far, yet are determined not to lose. Tomorrow may provide them with an opportunity to save this match through some real effort that sends a powerful signal that they intend to compete rather than simply discuss cricket. Drama and raw emotion will ensure anyone enjoys this Test cricket contest regardless of your opinion of it. Now is truly a glorious contest; what a classic this game of cricket has been. While summer test cricket was indeed phenomenally enjoyable this has truly been something special. England deserve our thanks for their impressive comeback against France. Their future looks bright, but let’s hope this serves as a wake-up call for all those who doubted our greatest game and its format. Now is the time to step up and show them wrong – and together we will all benefit greatly from doing so.

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