England/India Test - the decider.

[Donny]

From 9 months ago.

This 'decider' Test is due to start tonight (7.30 our time) at Edgbaston.

Was originally called off as India couldn't field a team, due to Covid.

[Donny]

England won the toss and elected to bowl.

Teams.

England: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joseph Root, Jonathan Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Sam Billings (wk), Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson

India: Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj

[Donny]

For the Poms: Anderson and Billings in for Overton and Foakes.

Indians: No Ashwin, Rahul or Rohit.

No idea of injuries for the ones left out.

Bumrah skipper ? Interesting call.

[Donny]

Foakes still recovering from Covid.

[Donny]

India 0/26 after 6 overs.

[Donny]

Gill out to Ando for 17.

1/29.

[Donny]

Drinks.

India 1/38.

[Donny]

I know times change but whatever happened to the old Test/FC adage of 'When you win the toss, 9 times out of 10 you bat. For the other time, you think about it ... and bat' ?

[Donny]

2/53. Ando has both.

Players off for rain. Lunch taken.

[Pies4shaw]

5/108. Kohli made 11.

[Donny]

Back on. 5/109. Ando has 3 and Potts, 2.

Pant 18*, Jadeja 14*.

[Donny]

Good fightback from Pant (81*) and Jadeja (37*).

5/211.

[Donny]

What a gutsy cricketer Rishabh Pant has become - in all 3 facets of the modern game.

Came to the crease, today, with India 4/71. As I type, he's 86 n.o. from 80 balls.

His partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (41*) is 121 unfinished.

England 5/221.

[Donny]

And duly, goes to a Test ton. 89 deliveries. Superb counterpunching.

5/250. Jadeja 50*.

[Pies4shaw]

5/310. Pant is 138* from 106 balls and Jadxeja is 67*. The partnership is 212*.