by Josh Tongue was up to his new nickname by exploding the tail of India for the second time in three days and reviving the hopes of England of an unlikely victory during the first test in Headingley.
India had streets to come for most of the fourth day, Kl Rahul’s 137 and the 118 of Rishabh Pant took their team to the match, but England came back late.
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The language spoke of a young girl with triple ticket while India has lost her last six strikers for only 31 to finish 364 all, resuming his first role of strait of the tail.
Nottinghamshire’s teammate, Ben Duckett, nicknamed him “ Vadrouille ” after forcing a similar collapse on the second day and he was again here, wiping Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah in the space of four balls.
This left England by needing 371 for a remarkable victory – barely seven of the record prosecution they have succeeded against the same opposition to Edgbaston in 2022. Zak Crawley and Duckett marked 21 of those of six overs before the fence, leaving 350 still to do on what could be a last day to blockbuster.
England attracted the first blood to only seven balls in the game of the day, Brydon Corse cutting the strains of Shubman Gill via a large inner edge. With a slim night at night of 96 and one of their remaining eight counters broke quickly, the heat was on the side of the striker.
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But in Rahul and Pant, England met two men little willing to go quietly. Rahul was a diligence study, with a more unpredictable counterpart pants.
He hacked his second ball a few centimeters above the shift, went on the track of Chris Woakes and knelt to Slog-Sweep a delivery of 87 mph of Carse.
Pant even tried a tumultuous ramp of the quick cap and survived madness. It was the boost he needed to put the theaters on one side.
India ended the morning with only 63 points on their big book. Rahul, who made a mistake in 58 and was bombed by Harry Brook in Gully, was responsible for only 25 of them of 82 balls.
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But they conceded impressively after lunch, making up the intensity to reach 145 runs during the middle session. Pant sometimes took his chance, cutting the language through a first unoccupied shift on 31. When England has filled this gap, he crossed the gap in the second row.
But there was also a wonderful mouth. He aligned the language for heavy treatment, launched Bashir for two six in three bullets and struck the period of a new hunting spell hard through midwicket.
This was the whirlwind of Pant’s activity, it took the confirmation of the hundreds of Rahul balls in 202 to briefly take a part of the spotlight.
Despite the opinion of La Pointe in the 90s, Pant was faster to its hundred by 72 deliveries and became the second goalkeeper after the former England coach Andy Flower to mark centuries in the same test.
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England experienced a much necessary reprieve when Pant chose Zak Crawley on a long time looking at another big Bashir blow. The relief was palpable after a fourth stand of 195 which ate 47 discouraging overs.
It took 13 others to assess the solid Rahul, whose occupation of the fold had become a drain visible on English morale.
It was Carse who found a step in armor, beating the ground strong enough to evoke a hint of additional rebound to cancel Rahul’s impeccable defense.
When Woakes got caught and played Karun Nair, it was on the tongue to work on magic with the second new ball.
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He did a light job from Thakur, who pulverized directly to slide, scrambled Siraj while the next ball beat his glove and produced a test of the test hatch that Bumrah defended.
It was the extent of its resistance, however, with the following flattening stump.
Having lost seven for 41 on Saturday, the lower order of India had again raised from 333 for four to 364.
The tone of the day had moved quickly but it was still time for another late twist.
With six overs to play – and three of Bumrah’s formidable right arm – it was a nervous moment for Crawley and Duckett.
But they maintained their part of the negotiation, pursuing safely without offering a chance.
