Last time of 3 on the day of Lords promoted controversy as England opener Zak Croly, which slowed down to play in deliberately to avoid facing more than one over before the stump. Former England captain Michael Vaughan called it “one of the best pieces” from time to time, which he saw after stumps.
After rejecting India for 387 on the day 3 (Saturday, 12 July) at Lord’s, England openers were forced to face a brief but tense period before the stumps. Both sides completed their first innings on the same score, the match remains equally. England will resume their second innings at 2 days 4 without any loss.
The game should have started two minutes ago – Nasar Hussain
England deliberately delayed the proceedings to avoid facing more than one before the stump. He allegedly launched his second innings with 90 seconds delay, in which openers Zak Croly and Ben Docket took extra time to get out of the dressing room from a long room.
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Crowley repeatedly slowed things, only during bowling by Jaspreet Bumrah. They took out the mid-distribution, checked their gloves, and called the physio after being hit on the finger. Shubman Gill exchanged warm words with Croly and allegedly told him “Increase some f *** balls.”
The confrontation included finger-pointing and sarcastic applause from the fielders. Gill faced the English opener just before the last ball. Despite the two being determined, only one over can be bowled.
Former England captain Nasar Hussain said, “The game should have started two minutes ago. They only want to face an over,”
This is a good piece of wasting time – Michael Vaughan
Michael von was influenced by England’s strategy at the end of day 3 at Lord’s. Von said that India had no reason to complain, given that both sides were engaged in similar strategies. Michael Vaughan expressed enthusiasm about the exciting two days of the match.
Michael Vaughan told Test Match Special Podcast, “It’s as good when I have ever seen.”
“India cannot complain because yesterday Gill was below with Hamstring Strain – Rahul was out of the field and was not able to open the batting.
“Neither the team can complain, but what a great drama and a great day. We are for the fourth and fifth day that will be fantastic,” Michael Vaughan concluded.
India and England shared the honor at 3 of the third Test
Starting again at 145/3, overnight batsmen KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant extended their partnership to 141 runs, taking the score to 248. Pant was ready for a century before going out for 74 by Ben Stokes.
Rahul, who was unbeaten at 98 at lunch time, arrived in his second century of the series before falling for 100. Ravindra Jadeja added 72 runs with a low-matter order after India slipped up to 254/5. Nitish Kumar Reddy (30) and Washington Sundar (23) contributed valuable runs.
Chris Woakes took 3 wickets for 84 runs, while Joffra Archer and Ben Stokes took two wickets. England ended the day at 2/0 in their second innings. It will be interesting to see how players from both sides react to day 4 in the first session.
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