| India 416: Pant 146, Jadeja 104; Anderson 5-60 |
| England84-5: Root 31; Bumrah 3-34 |
| England are 332 runs behind |
| Scorecard |
Jasprit Bumrah’s incredible all-round display put England under huge pressure on the second day of the fifth Test against India at Edgbaston.
Bumrah took the first three wickets, before the crucial late loss of Joe Root was followed by the departure of nightwatchman Jack Leach to leave England 84-5, 332 behind.
Stand-in captain Bumrah had earlier crashed Stuart Broad for the most expensive over in Test cricket history, costing 35 runs.
With Ravindra Jadeja completing a fine century, India were bowled out for 416 – James Anderson picking up two of the wickets to fall on Saturday morning for figures of 5-60.
Bumrah removed Alex Lees, the struggling Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope, before India were stalled by a two-hour break for rain – the third lengthy delay of the day.
Evening sunshine gave India a bonus hour in which Root and Leach fell, leaving Jonny Bairstow unbeaten on 12 and skipper Ben Stokes on nought.
The tourists lead the series 2-1, with this match rescheduled from September last year after the original fifth Test was postponed because of a Covid-19 scare in the India camp.
New England under pressure
Given all that happened on this soggy Saturday, it is hard to believe the rain allowed only 38.5 overs of play.
England found themselves in trouble in all of the three Tests they won against New Zealand and they will have to draw on all of their new-found resilience to come through this situation.
India were always likely to pose a more complex challenge than New Zealand, and the momentum has been with them since they recovered from 98-5 on the first afternoon.
Bumrah is unorthodox but one of the most skilful fast bowlers in the game. Buoyed by his batting and kept fresh by the rain breaks, he made light of the slow pitch to carve through England’s top order.
He found a huge gap in Lees’ defence and bowled the left-hander, before Crawley was suckered into an all too familiar edge to be held at third slip.
Crawley is comfortably the new England regime’s biggest problem. Stokes has offered his unequivocal backing, but the Kent man’s highest score in 11 innings is 43 and the repeated nature of his loose driving outside off stump hints at a player who is not learning.
When Pope chased a very wide one to slice to second slip, Root and Bairstow, England’s batting stars of the summer, were reunited for another rescue job.
Aided firstly by the rain, they were making steady progress when play finally resumed at 18:00, even if Root was unusually loose outside off stump and Bairstow a becalmed version of the batter that blitzed New Zealand.
But with Root on 31, Mohammed Siraj got one to cut back, too close for an attempted cut, resulting in a glove behind.
Leach was dropped off his first ball, then edged Shami behind off his fifth, meaning Stokes had to come out in the penultimate over of the day.
More to follow.
