SCORECARDCOMMENTARY
LIVE
Test
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Day: 3, Session: 2
ENG trail by 267 runs
IND
587-10
320-5
ENG
Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, 2025 |2nd Test |7/2/2025
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
| BATSMAN | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Brook | 115 | 165 | 13 | 1 | 69.70 |
| Jamie Smith (W) * | 148 | 142 | 19 | 3 | 104.23 |
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akash Deep | 14 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 4.93 |
| Mohammed Siraj * | 12.1 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 4.13 |
Commentary
- 63.11Mohammed Siraj to Harry Brook, 1 run.
- END OF OVER 63 | 6 Runs & 0 Wkt | ENG 319/5
- 62.60Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, A muted appeal for LBW, but wanes away instantly! Back of a length, cutting into the batter, around off and middle. Jamie Smith is cramped for room and plays all over it as he is rapped high on the thigh pad. Doing a bit too much to go above the stumps.
- 62.51Akash Deep to Harry Brook, Full and on middle, Harry Brook flicks it towards deep square leg for a single. Prasidh Krishna mops it up from deep fine leg and he fumbles a bit to pick the ball up, but recovers well to prevent any extra run.
- 62.41Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, On the stumps and Smith clips this to the mid-wicket region for a single.
- 62.34Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Played with real authority! Short of a good length, on off, Jamie Smith weighs on the back foot and pulls it along the turf for a boundary at deep mid-wicket. A bit of inconsistent bowling from the Indians here.
- 62.20Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, On the fourth stump, on a length, Jamie Smith hits it on the rise to short cover.
- 62.10Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, Hits the hard length, on middle and leg, Jamie Smith hops off and tucks it to mid on.
- END OF OVER 62 | 9 Runs & 0 Wkt | ENG 313/5
- 61.60Nitish Kumar Reddy to Harry Brook, Around off, and Brook defends this full ball. An expensive over though from Nitish Kumar Reddy as 9 runs come off it. England trail by 279 runs now.
- 61.51Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jamie Smith, Full, outside off, driven wide of mid off for a single.
- 61.44Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Excellent batting this! Short, nipping in on off, Jamie Smith has enough time in the world to rock back and pull it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
- 61.34Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Threads the gap with surgical precision! NKR lands this full and just around off, Jamie Smith presses forward, gets on top of the ball and drives it between the narrow gap of extra cover and mid off for a boundary.
- 61.20Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jamie Smith, Shortens his length, outside off, Jamie Smith cuts it to point.
- 61.10Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jamie Smith, Just a little shape away from outside off, Jamie Smith forces the cover drive on this fullish delivery.
- END OF OVER 61 | 3 Runs & 0 Wkt | ENG 304/5
- 60.60Akash Deep to Harry Brook, Length-delivery, outside off, Brook drives it straight to the cover fielder.
- 60.61nbAkash Deep to Jamie Smith, Full and around off and middle, Jamie Smith pushes it to mid on and steals a quick run. Uh, oh! A late call for No Ball as Akash has overstepped.
- 60.50Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, Play and a miss! Akash bowls on a length, keeps it outside off as it nips in a touch. Jamie Smith hangs on the back foot to slash it away, but misses on the inside edge. That kept a bit low on the bounce as well.
- 60.40Akash Deep to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, outside off, punched off the back foot to short cover.
- 60.31Akash Deep to Harry Brook, Shortish delivery, over middle, nudged off the back foot by Brook for a single at deep square leg.
- 60.20Akash Deep to Harry Brook, Outside off, length, left alone.
- 60.10Akash Deep to Harry Brook, Hard length, but wayward down leg. Harry Brook lets it be.
- END OF OVER 60 | 3 Runs & 0 Wkt | ENG 301/5
- One of the onfield umpires, Sharfuddoula, has the ball in his hand with the ring out, and as the ball test is on, DRINKS have been called on for the players. Seems like the ball has completely gone out of shape. England will be very pleased that they have passed the first hour of the second session remaining unscathed. In this process, Harry Brook completed his 9th Test century, England went past the 300 mark, and Brook and Smith completed their 200-run partnership as well. But India have remained wicketless. However, there has been evident control in the lines and lengths as they have bowled full and more at the stumps rather than offering width and bowling too short. They have managed to keep things reasonably quiet post-Lunch, but they are still searching for a breakthrough. And with that, the ball has been changed and will it change the momentum towards the visitors? Akash Deep (12-1-60-2) to continue after the break.