Siraj, who was as stiff as Stokes last night, is moving smoothly as he runs in. He finished last night bowling a string of bouncers but he starts today with a fuller length but for how long after Sokes skips down the track and hammers a cover drive for four. He timed two drives sweetly yesterday in a generally clunky innings but that one suggests not only is he battling through but he is battling through into good nick. Whisking a single tom midwicket takes England to 550, earning the applause of the crowd. Dawson has a dart at one hung outside off and is beaten as it shapes away.

Follow live coverage and scorecard from fourth Test match at Old Trafford as Ben Stokes’ side look to keep Shubman Gill’s side in check after injury to Rishabh Pant

Ben Stokes’ first five-wicket haul in eight years and a dizzying opening partnership give England much the better of the second day of the fourth Test against India.