England v. India Test Series

[Donny]

"For the first time since 2012, England may be without both Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in a home Test as both teams ponder changes to their XIs.

Broad has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match series against India after pulling up injured in a warm-up session ahead of Thursday's second Test, which would have been his 150th appearance."

CA.

[Donny]

England won the toss and elected to bowl.

India 0/13

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Teams;

England: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Joseph Root (c), Jonathan Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

[Donny]

Sent in.

I see both teams have selected 4 quicks.

So far, unproductive for England.

0/38 after 15 overs. Rohit 29*, Rahul 8*.

[Donny]

Looking at the teams.

India made 1 change, Ishant Sharma in for Shardul Thakur. Ravindra Jadeja retains his spot, ahead of Ravi Ashwin.

England: Haseeb Hameed in for Zac Crawley, Mark Wood in for Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali in for Dan Lawrence.

[Donny]

India 0/46.

Rohit 35*, Rahul 10*.

[Donny]

Rain. Players off the field. 0/46.

[Donny]

Early lunch called.

Rain has eased. Covers coming off.

[Donny]

0/121.

Rohit 82*, Rahul 29*.

[Donny]

Rohit got a ripper from Anderson. Bowled, for 83. Top innings.

India 1/126. Rahul 33*.

[Donny]

1/147. Rahul 47*, Pujara 7*.

[Donny]

Anderson (2/32) gets Pujara for 9.

Rahul is 59*.

[Donny]

2/193.

Rahul 78*, Kohli 9*.

[Donny]

Stumps.

3/276. Kohli out to Robinson for 42, Rahul 127*, Anderson 2/52.

[Donny]

What a pleasure to watch real cricket.

Lord's.

Overcast, with rain expected. Start delayed by 30 minutes.

Both teams included 4 quicks. One (Mark Wood) primed to bowl rockets.

Joe Root won the toss and chose to bowl first. Almost certainly, Virat Kohli would've made the same call.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul put on a clinic*, adding 126, before the redoubtable James Anderson jagged one back to bowl Rohit, 18 short of a century.

* Entitled: 'How to bat at Lords, on Day 1, after being sent in'

Anderson also claimed Cheteswar Pujara for 9.

Kohli (42) then played second fiddle to Rahul, who went on to 127 n.o. at stumps. Absolute class.

India's day. 3/276.

[Donny]

Early wickets for the Poms.

Rahul, for 129 and Rahane, for 1.

Anderson 3/52. Robinson 2/53.

India 5/283.