Key events10 Jul 2025Stumps Root 99 not out10 Jul 2025Ladybirds stop play!10 Jul 2025Drinks: Root and Stokes regroup10 Jul 2025WICKET! England 172-4 (Brook b Bumrah 11)10 Jul 2025WICKET! England 153-3 (Pope c sub b Jadeja 44)10 Jul 2025Tea10 Jul 2025Fifty for Joe Root10 Jul 2025Lunch: England 83-2 (Pope 12, Root 24)10 Jul 2025WICKET! Zak Crawley c Pant b Nitish Kumar Reddy 18 (England 44-2)10 Jul 2025WICKET! Ben Duckett c †Pant b Nitish Kumar Reddy 23 (England 43-1)10 Jul 2025England win the toss and will... bat first!10 Jul 2025PreambleShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThat’s all for today. We’ll leave you with Ali Martin’s report. Night!Ollie Pope’s reaction
double quotation markSlow day. Very slow day. Credit to the way India bowled on a pitch that, after lunch, didn’t really offer loads. We wanted to make it happened a little bit quicker but that’s still a pretty solid score if we can kick on tomorrow.
There wasn’t much pace in the pitch. It felt like you really had to force it – usually in England you get reward for your cuts and your clips. Here even when you beat the infield it only seems to get for two. Still, a pretty solid day.
The outfield at Lord’s is pretty lush so hopefully we can keep the ball swinging for a long time as well.
