Jonny Bairstow century
3rd July 2022 Test Match Series Day 3 of 5 at Edgbaston, Birmingham
England Vs India
India 416 ao off 84.5ov Pant 146 off 111, 19 fours, 4 sixes, Jadeja 104 off 194, 13 fours, Bumrah 31 off 16, 2 sixes, Anderson 5-60 Potts 2-105, Broad 1-89, Stokes 1-47, Root 1-23
England 284 ao off 61.3ov Root 31 off 67, 4 fours, Bairstow 106 off 140, 14 fours, 2 sixes, Stokes 25 off 36, 3 fours, Billings 36 off 57, 4 fours, Bumrah 3-68, Shami 2-78, Siraj 4-66, Thakur 1-48
India 125-3 off 45 ov Pujara 50 no off 139, 5 fours, Kohli 20 off 40, 4 fours, Pant 30 no off 46, 4 fours, Anderson 1-26, Broad 1-38, Stokes 1-22.
England still gave 132 runs first innings lead, with hopes of a further fightback were raised when India were 75-3. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant steadied the Indian innings with an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 50. Although Pujara could have been caught on 23, went on to make 50 not out, while Pant is unbeaten on 30 with India 125-3, with an overall lead of 257 with 7 wickets in hand. India, 2-1 up in a series that was postponed last September, are eyeing their first series triumph in England since 2007.
Bairstow reaches the fourth consecutive 50 scores from 81 balls and reached his 11th Test hundred century in 119 balls, five of them this year as England counter-attacks, resuming on 84-5 overnight. Bairstow edges a Shami full and wide delivery straight to Kohli at first slip. Ben Stokes who was dropped twice, was brilliantly caught by Bumrah off Thakur for 25.
Bairstow was 12 not out overnight, had managed only 13 runs from the first 63 balls he faced, and then exploded after an exchange of words with Virat Kohli smashing 87 off his next 56. Bairstow added 66 for England’s sixth wicket as Stoke struggled to find the right tempo, But Bairstow shared another 92 with Sam Billings.