Curran’s 63, helps England to fightback

3 Aug 2018 International Test Match Series First Spacesavers Test – Day 3 of 5 at Edgbaston

England 287 all out  off 89.4 ov, Joe Root 80 run out  off 156, 9 fours, Bairstow 70 off 88, 9 fours, Jennings 42 off 98, 4 fours, Ashwin 62-4; Shami 64-3, U Yadav 56 -1,  I Sharma 46-1

Second Innings

England 180 all out (53ov) Bairstow 28 off 40, 5 fours, S Curran 63 off 65, 9 fours, 2 sixes, Malan 20 off 64, 2 fours, Ishant Sharma 51-5, Ashwin 59-3, U Yadav 20-2.

India 274 all out off 76 ov; Virat Kohli 149 off 2215, 22 fours, 1 six, S Dhawan off 46, 3 fours, H Pandya 33 off 52, 3 fours, S Curran 74-4, Rashid 31-2, Stokes 73-2, Anderson 41-2.

India Second Innings 110-5 (36 ov) Kohli 43 not out off 76, 3 fours, Kharthik 18 not out off 44, 2 fours, Broad 29-2, Stokes 25-1, S Curran 17-1, Anderson 33-1.

Sam Curran’s counter attack dragged the hosts back into the game on the their day at Edgbaston. Eventually Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed England’s top order and Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets in an over to leave England reeling on 87-7. Curran hit 63 to help the hosts to reach 180 and set India 194 for victory.

Stuart Broad took two wickets as India slipped to 78-5, but captain Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 43 with his side 110-5, requiring 84 further runs.

India require their highest run chase in England to take a 1-0 lead in the series, surpassing 174 they made at Oval in 1971.

Everything lie with Kohli who has scored 50 per cent of their runs in this match.

Dawid Malan put down his third catch of the match when he dropped Murali Vijay at second slip, but Broad took two wickets in two overs.