- Tourists look to turn screw after commanding second day
- England top order exposed by resurgent India side
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Nostalgia corner: those old enough to remember will find this deeply and distinctly unrelieving, but let’s go back to the first Test between these sides in 1990, at Lord’s. India need 24 to avoid the follow-on and Eddie Hemmings – Eddie Hemmings! – is bowling to Kapil Dev…
Relief is a strange sensation. In the moment, there’s nothing better, but in the long run it can only be temporary because that is life, a serial not a series; we’re not Columbo, we’re Pauline Fowler. Relief in a sporting sense, whether in victory or defeat,is usually associated with culmination, but at the midpoint of this match and series, relief is where it’s at.
This is not simply thanks to the narcotising familiarity of an England batting collapse, but on account of a contest saved. At the outset, these looked like two evenly-matched teams: England are at home and have James Anderson; India are confident and have Virat Kohli.
Written by Daniel Harris (now) and Rob Smyth (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/aug/20/england-v-india-third-test-day-three-live under the title “England v India: third Test, day three – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
