1st day at Lords always a dodgy time to bat
2nd day always carnage if you get through
Tea at Lords, 153-2, 90 runs in the sessionā¦
Pope gone first ball after tea, Jadeja gets one to spin and catch Popeās edgeā¦
153-3
Pope 44 (104)
Pope c Jurel b Jadeja (Eng 153-3)
This wicket is going to be trouble day 3/4, they just need to bat and not worry about the runs.
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Brook b Bumrah 11 (Eng 172-4)
Stumps 251-4
Root 99*
Stokes 39*
Stokes doing something to himself is not hood news.
Groin strain?
Looks like it, thatāll put huge pressure on Bashir.
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Didnāt last long thoughā¦
Bumrah to Stokes, OUT
bowled him!! The off stumps is flattened, as Bumrah leaves Stokes surprised. I think the ball kept a little low there, but it is what it is. Bumrah, while angling it in from around the wicket, bowls this short on off or thereabouts. The ball shapes back in a little, and Stokes, who was looking to fend at it, is beaten. There was enough gap between bat and pad for the ball to jag through, as it hit the top of off
Ben Stokes b Bumrah 44 (110b 4x4 0x6) SR: 40
Currently 271-5
And Root gone, inside edge onto stumps, Bumrah (the Ever Living) getting the ball to do things.
Root 104 (199)
England 271-6
Bumrah to Root, OUT
wow, Bumrah is
bowlingBazzing England away this morning!! It the middle stump this time after it was Stokesā off stump last over. Bumrah bowls this full and just about outside off. Root looks to drive at this, but is seemingly a little late, and ends up getting an inside edge. The middle stump is upRooted, as Root falls for 104. Bumrah has two early, and India are into the lower order nowJoe Root b Bumrah 104 (199b 10x4 0x6) SR: 52.26
Woakes gone for a duck, thin edge to the keeper, Bumrah again!!
271-7
Bumrah to Woakes, OUT
beaten first ball!! Bumrah and co go up in appeal for caught behindā¦ and Bumrah says it could be the bat if you heard something. So Gill reviews. Bumrah bowled this from wide of the crease, and on a fullish length around eighth stump. The ball looked to have straightened after landing, as Woakes went for a slash. Rather, it only seemed like a half-hearted poke. And, andā¦ UltraEdge shows a spike!! So Bumrah is on a hat-trick.
Chris Woakes c sub (DC Jurel) b Bumrah 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Siraj must surely win IDIOT OF THE YEAR award
The new ball is bending & bouncing round cotners so HE asks to change it
And gets given a pudding used in about 5 rainy Village Cricket matches and had been lost in the lane for the winter.
Remarkable decision 353-7 at lunch 50 for Smith
Anybody checked his betting activity?
India trail England by 387 runs with 10 wickets remaining
Jofra Archer you beauty.
3rd ball back!
After Woakes leaks 13 in 1st over
What a catch by Root 
Edge from Karun Nair, taken low and to his left by Rootā¦
Reviewing
Fingers under the ball, TV Umpire looking for reasons not to give itā¦
Out, world record for catches for Root as well as the most centuries at Lord.
We are lucky to be alive to see this man play cricket.
India 74-2
Karun Nari 40 (62) b Stokes c Root
Stokes to Nair, OUT
well taken by Root!! One-handed at first slip. That was snatched barely milimetres off the turf. The third umpire will have a look, though, even as Root says he has taken it cleanly. Yup, the first replay does indicate that itās clean. The ball died into his fingers as he threw his left hand out. The third umpire ācan see fingers under the ballā, and gives it out. Nair walks back after yet another solid start amid cries of āRoooootā at Lordās. Stokes bowled it on the shorter side of a length, and had Nair squared up by the ball seaming away after being angled in. The ball finished just outside off, and as Nair looked to block, he ended up getting an outside edge
Karun Nair c Root b Stokes 40 (62b 4x4 0x6) SR: 64.51
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145-3 (43.0)
India trail England by 242 runs with 7 wickets remaining