England beat India by just 22 runs to WIN dramatic third Test at Lord’s and go 2-1 up in the series
England have beaten India on a dramatic final day of a pulsating third Test at Lord’s, winning by 22 runs.
India resumed play on the morning of day five on 59 for four, before losing four wickets for 53 runs in the first session.
At lunch an England win looked almost inevitable, but some resilience from Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah gave the tourists cause for hope.
That resilience was undone when Bumrah — after dealing with his first 53 deliveries with the utmost patience — was tempted to pull at a short ball from Ben Stokes.
Bumrah’s unnecessary dismissal left India nine down and needing 46 more runs for an unlikely win.
All hope rested on Ravindra Jadeja, who eventually ended unbeaten on 61 as India’s No 11 Mohammed Siraj was cleaned up by Shoaib Bashir
More to follow.
England have beaten India in a thrilling third Test at Lord’s to take a 2-1 series lead
Jofra Archer (right) got England off to a fine start on day five by getting rid of Rishabh Pant
Captain Ben Stokes (right) then removed India’s KL Rahul to leave England as firm favourites
India were seven down when Archer took a great caught and bowled to get Washington Sundar
Chris Woakes was visibly thrilled after taking the wicket of Nitish Kumar Reddy on Monday
Jasprit Bumrah played with patience until it ran out and he was dismissed pulled at a short ball
Mohammed Siraj faced plenty of aggressive bowling before eventually falling to Shoaib Bashir
