England vs India: Hosts chasing mammoth 374 to win fifth Check and sequence after Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar impress

England are 50-1 chasing a mammoth 374 to wrap up a sequence win over India after Zak Crawley fell to the ultimate ball of a frantic third day within the ultimate Check at The Kia Oval.

Ben Duckett (34no) and Crawley (14) adopted their riotous first-innings opening partnership of 92 inside 13 overs with a half-century stand inside 14 second time round within the night sunshine.

Nevertheless, Crawley was then bowled by a searing Mohammed Siraj yorker having backed away from a supply a short while earlier than, bringing again recollections of his third-Check time-wasting at Lord’s.

This could be England’s second-highest profitable chase in Exams, slotting between the 378 they peeled off towards India at Edgbaston in 2022 and the 371 they knocked off at Headingley within the opening sport of this spellbinding sequence, which they at the moment lead 2-1.

India had earlier racked up 396 all out of their second innings, with Yashasvi Jaiswal (118 off 164) making the most of three dropped catches to clinch a sixth Check ton, fourth towards England and second of this sequence after being grassed on 20, 40 and 110, by Harry Brook, Liam Dawson and Duckett respectively.

Washington Sundar (53 off 46 balls) then adopted his maiden Check ton within the drawn fourth sport in Manchester with a six-laden half-century, clearing the ropes 4 instances as he tucked into Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson as soon as England took the second new ball.

Nightwatchman Akash Deep (66 off 94) notched a maiden Check fifty, by which he crunched 12 fours, and was one other to profit from England butterfingers, shelled by Crawley at slip on 21 as he and Jaiswal shared a third-wicket stand of 107.

Six catches went down total within the India innings, whereas England’s leggy and inexperienced bowling assault – one now devoid of injured veteran Chris Woakes as a result of a shoulder subject that would finish his Ashes hopes – bowled too many wayward deliveries.

Washington wallops India to 396 all out

Washington battered brief or overpitched choices from Atkinson and Tongue into the stands as he dominated a Tenth-wicket alliance of 39 from 25 balls with Prasidh Krishna (0no) earlier than he spooned into the on-side and was caught by Crawley – regardless of the England opener colliding with stand-in skipper Ollie Pope.

That wicket secured Tongue (5-125) his second Check five-for, following his 5-66 on debut towards Eire at Lord’s in 2023.

The Nottinghamshire fast ousted Ravindra Jadeja (53) and Siraj (0) in the identical over – caught at slip and lbw respectively – after having Jaiswal pouched at backward level and in addition nicking off KL Rahul (7) the earlier night.

Jadeja stitched middle-order stands of between 34 and 50 with Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (34) and Washington as he made his sixth fifty-plus rating of a sequence by which he has stood up as a senior participant.

Atkinson (3-127), the decide of the England tempo unit on this Check, completed with eight wickets within the match, placing the primary ball after lunch to lure Shubman Gill (11) lbw because the India captain’s runs tally for the sequence ended on a whopping 754.

Atkinson additionally accounted for Karun Nair (17), whereas Overton ended Deep’s dizzying innings – the nightwatchman slicing to a diving Atkinson at backward level – after which pinned Jurel leg earlier than after producing a cracking nip-backer with the getting older ball.

Washington walloped the brand new nut earlier than England got here inside a whisker of surviving India’s new-ball burst.

Duckett was rapped on the glove by a supply from Krishna however soldiered on and can now be dreaming of replicating his beautiful, match-winning 171 within the opening Check at Headingley, whereas there stays a slender probability England may wheel Woakes out to bat.

India are favourites however you by no means write this England facet off.

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Tongue: I do not see why England cannot chase these runs down

England seamer Josh Tongue:

“It’s a replay from Headingley. I got asked the same question then so I don’t see why we can’t chase down these runs now. We’re pretty chilled about it. There’s not much overthinking it.

“How we play as a batting unit may be very constructive, very thrilling. With the line-up we have, I am unable to see why we won’t give it a great go. It is going to be a fantastic day of cricket and a fantastic day for us if we get the runs.

“It is doing a bit, a few balls have jumped off a good length, but if you get through the first hour, who knows?”

India ‘assured’ of final-Check victory

India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal:

“Of course, I think we are quite confident. We just need to focus on our process and keep bowling in the right areas. That’s what we are thinking. We want this, we want some battle in the middle.”

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