Edgbaston’s wild ride: Six ducks, two centurions, and one fiery fifer

TimesofIndia.com successful Birmingham:

"Harry... Harry Brook... Harry... Harry Brook"The Eric Hollies Stand astatine the Edgbaston Cricket Ground was astatine its loudest erstwhile Akash Deep gave India a overmuch needed breakthrough successful the last league of Day 3.

After toiling hard for much than 61 overs and conceding astatine astir 5 an over, the visitors yet had thing to cheer for connected what was a leather chasing day.

The notorious spectators of the Hollies Stand were kept engaged during the marathon 303-run basal betwixt Brook and Jamie Smith, and they were up connected their feet to springiness an epic send-off to the right-hander who was castled for a coagulated 158.

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When helium walked successful to bat, England were successful heavy occupation astatine 25/3.

At first, helium stabilised proceedings with chap Yorkshireman Joe Root and past dominated with Jamie Smith. The hitch of the greenish again went his mode connected a mates of occasions arsenic helium survived an umpire's call, astir played 1 backmost connected to his stumps but continued to bent connected similar helium did successful Leeds. And capitalised adjacent amended than helium did astatine Headingley.

At the commencement of play connected a coldish morning, capable runs connected the committee meant India bowlers were going to person a outpouring successful their stride and Mohammed Siraj, adjacent without hitting the close rhythm, managed to region Root and Ben Stokes disconnected consecutive deliveries.

84/5 and India had England connected the mat. The attack and effect was keenly watched during this delicate signifier of the game, and England did what they bash champion - attack. And onslaught well.Quiz: Who's that IPL player?Smith was a enactment of caller aerial and helium raced to fifty, 100 and past 150, and punished India's six bowling options on the way. Brook played the cleanable state and tightened up arsenic his innings progressed. From the urgency astatine the commencement to patience aft crossing three-figures, 2 antithetic Brooks were connected accumulation but some frustrated India.

And frustrated them for a precise agelong time.India skipper Shubman Gill rotated his bowlers, changed the field, chased the deliveries but thing worked for India connected a aboveground which had thing for the bowlers, particularly erstwhile the Dukes went brushed successful the station Lunch session. The 2 bowlers - Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja - who were expected to bash the containing job, leaked runs astatine implicit 4.5 successful the 31 overs they bowled, and returned wicketless.

Nitish Kumar Reddy was lone utilized arsenic a filler for six overs and Prasidh Krishna continued doing Prasidh Krishna things arsenic helium sprayed it each implicit to concede 72 runs from his 13 overs.

With thing going their way, India's champion stake was going to beryllium the 2nd caller shot and the visitors archetypal struck with Akash Deep who removed Brook and Chris Woakes, and Mohammed Siraj did a good cleanup occupation to prime the last 3 wickets successful speedy succession, and implicit his maiden fifer connected English soil.During this play of play, Gill-led portion picked 5 wickets and conceded conscionable 31 runs. The hosts were frankincense bundled retired for 407 to springiness India a important 180-run lead.

It was a weird England innings arsenic six of their batters fell for ducks but they inactive managed to station 407, acknowledgment to that large basal betwixt Brook and Smith. On this pitch, successful these conditions against England's beardown batting lineup, India volition instrumentality this pb with unfastened arms but it would wounded them due to the fact that determination was different accidental to adjacent the game, this clip with the ball, but immoderate good batting and erratic bowling didn't assistance their cause.Even aft going with six bowling options, India were a two-man onslaught arsenic the others lacked bite, and astir importantly control. Both Akash and Siraj asked the close questions with the hard caller ball, with Siraj successful peculiar mounting the signifier alight with his six-wicket haul. He has been a workhorse for India successful caller Test outings but his erraticness and somewhat mediocre luck hasn't fixed him the numbers helium would person liked.For the remainder of the match, and the series, helium would anticipation it remains this mode and the Hollies Stand gets down him too. For a subordinate who has been booed acold excessively often, "Mohammed... Mohammed Siraj... Mohammed... Mohammed Siraj" volition beryllium euphony to his ears.