England vs India, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of England, 2021 Venue: Lord's, London Date & Time: Aug 12-Aug 16, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Joe Root 33(60)
22.3
Bumrah to Root, out Caught by Kohli!! Root has been uprooted! Look at Kohli who has taken the catch and he's celebrating it with a sprint. The decibels in the stadium have gone a couple of notches up. And it's Bumrah who has weaved his magic yet again. Played a pivotal innings earlier in the day, and he has claimed his second wicket of the day - the most important scalp. Hits this back of a length delivery outside off and forces the batsman to poke at it. An outside edge is induced and Kohli in the cordon at first slip makes sure to latch on this regulation catch. Lovely stuff! Root c Kohli b Bumrah 33(60) [4s-5]
22.2
Bumrah to Root, no run, directed at the off-stump, it's a length ball that seams into the batsman. Root stands tall and defends it into the off-side
22.1
Bumrah to Root, no run, tidy line and length outside off, straightens off the deck as Root watches it settle into the keeper's mitts
21.2
Ishant to Root, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Root guides it to third man
21.1
Ishant to Root, no run, outside off stump, interestingly moves away, left alone
20.1
Shami to Root, 1 run, taps to cover for a brisk run
20.1
Shami to Root, no ball, byes, FOUR,, swinging down leg again and byes. Usually keeper's will get the stick from the coaches for byes conceded. But they know Pant has not put a foot wrong. No human could have stopped any of those wayward leg-side offerings
19.3
Ishant to Root, 1 run, swinging back in, Root glances it to backward square leg
19.2
Ishant to Root, no run, oh awful cut shot attempt from Root. He is very lucky not to have chopped it back onto the sticks. Trying to cut an inswinging delivery with no room is a big no, no in cricket! Root has this urge to guide to third man and he almost perished
19.1
Ishant to Root, no run, short of length just outside off stump, Root defends off the back foot
18.6
Siraj to Root, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Root taps it towards cover-point
18.5
Siraj to Root, no run, very good incoming fullish ball, Root flicks and finds square leg who is very close
18.2
Siraj to Root, 1 run, wristed away to deep backward square leg
18.1
Siraj to Root, no run, nice incoming length delivery just outside off stump, Root defends with his bat close to the front pad
17.6
Ishant to Root, 1 run, another leg-side freebie, Root glances to deep backward square leg
17.1
Ishant to Root, 1 run, in the airrr but no one at gully. Ishant squaring up Root with a ball that straightens after pitching. Root looks to play on-side, gets a leading edge that luckily for Root finds the gap
16.3
Siraj to Root, 1 run, oh inside edge on the drive rolls to backward square leg, This is a much better line of attack against the inswinging ball. Full and shaping back, tough to drive through cover. Root escapes
16.2
Siraj to Root, FOUR, oh off the bat and Pant only manages to get a hand. Will go down as dropped, but incredibly tough chance. Short of a length delivery down leg, Root tickles very fine. Pant moved to his left and stretched full length but could only fingertip it to the boundary
16.1
Siraj to Root, no run, full and on the pads, flicked behind square. Man at backward square leg rolls and stops the ball
15.2
Ishant to Root, 1 run, plays late, opens the bat face and guides to third man
15.1
Ishant to Root, no run, full and outside off stump, left alone. That rolled to Pant after passing the batter
13.6
Jadeja to Root, no run, covers the line and knocked to mid-wicket
13.5
Jadeja to Root, no run, punched off the back foot to that fielder at short point
13.4
Jadeja to Root, no run, floated up on the leg stump, Root knocks it to mid-wicket
13.3
Jadeja to Root, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Root drives towards cover
13.2
Jadeja to Root, no run, short enough to defend off the back foot
13.1
Jadeja to Root, no run, fullish and on the off stump, Root defends
12.4
Siraj to Root, 1 run, leg-side ball easily picked off for a run behind square
12.3
Siraj to Root, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, Root drives, mistimed hit to mid-on
12.2
Siraj to Root, no run, now pulls the length back slightly and keeps it on the off stump, Root blocks
12.1
Siraj to Root, 2 runs, full and angling into the pads, has short mid-wicket, square leg, so he is bowling to the plan. Root good enough to pick him off the pads past the fielder for a couple of runs
11.6
Jadeja to Root, 1 run, leg-side ball easily wristed away through backward square leg
11.5
Jadeja to Root, no run, the slider on the off stump, Root hangs back and defends
11.4
Jadeja to Root, no run, full and wide of off stump, Root reaches out and drives, finds the man at cover
10.6
Bumrah to Root, no run, fullish and angling in, not close enough to make Root play
10.5
Bumrah to Root, no run, asking Root to drive through cover but the England captain shoulders arms
10.4
Bumrah to Root, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Root lets it go
10.3
Bumrah to Root, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, ignored
10.2
Bumrah to Root, FOUR, he's trying that inswinger to find the pad but sprays down leg again as he fails to control. Root glances it away fine and gets another boundary
10.1
Bumrah to Root, no run, solid in defence is Joe Root to this fullish ball just outside off stump
8.6
Bumrah to Root, FOUR, he will guide to third man even on a grassy wicket. That is one of his favourite shots. India have three slips, no gully, so Root happily opens the bat face to this short of length delivery and sends it to the third man fence
8.5
Bumrah to Root, no run, nice full ball finishing close to off, Root pushes it to mid-off
8.4
Bumrah to Root, no run, wide of off, Root happy to let it pass
8.3
Bumrah to Root, no run, good length delivery nipping away outside off stump, Root gets outside the line of off and lets it pass
8.2
Bumrah to Root, no run, short of length delivery wide of off stump, Root shoulders arms
8.1
Bumrah to Root, byes, FOUR, runs! Byes again. Big inswing finishing down leg. Absolutely no chance for the keeper. Harsh that this goes against him.
6.6
Bumrah to Root, no run, right into the blockhole around off, Root squeezes it back to the bowler
6.5
Bumrah to Root, no run, opens his bat face and square drives this length ball towards the fielder at point
6.4
Bumrah to Root, no run, slightly wide outside off, keeps straight as Bumrah delivers it on a length, Root keeps his eyes on the ball and leaves it
6.3
Bumrah to Root, no run, pitched up by Bumrah, keeps straight and the batsman has left it alone
6.2
Bumrah to Root, no run, hint of movement in the air, Root feels for it outside off, but the ball curves away to beat him all ends up
6.1
Bumrah to Root, FOUR, gets hold of this short ball and pulls this through square leg for a nonchalant boundary does Root
4.6
Bumrah to Root, no run, that kept straight outside off, was a length delivery and Root is happy to let it go through to Pant
4.5
Bumrah to Root, no run, jags in from back of a length, Root stands tall and knocks it to cover
4.4
Bumrah to Root, no run, keeps really low this length ball, Root is quick to bring his bat down in order to defend it
4.3
Bumrah to Root, FOUR, he can soak pressure like a sponge. Leans forward and caresses the length delivery through cover-point for a glorious boundary does the England captain
4.2
Bumrah to Root, no run, hits the bat sticker as Root defends this shortish delivery off his back foot, knocked back to Bumrah
4.1
Bumrah to Root, no run, that's a good length delivery on off, shapes in to an extent and Root's call is 'no' as he pats this in front of point
2.6
Bumrah to Root, no run, jags back in from a good length and Root is rock solid with his front foot defence
1.5
Shami to Root, byes, 1 run, that's a vicious short ball by Shami and it sails miles over the batsman's head, even Pant's leap is not enough to stop it. Gets his right glove to it as they get a bye
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