England score 291/8, Butler out by making a century; India need two wickets to win

England, on the fourth day of the third Test against India, scored 291 runs in the second innings with eight wickets in the 95th over. Butler made his first century of his career. Butler-Stokes shared 169 runs with 346 balls. Butler was dismissed by Jaspreet Bumrah for 106. Bumrah also dismissed Johnny Bairstow and Chris Woakes. Hardik Pandya took the wicket of Ben Stokes.

Earlier, Ketan Jennings was caught by Ishant Sharma by Rishabh Pant on 13 runs. Ishant hit out Alastair Cook for 17 runs. Jaspreet Bumrah, Joe Root and Mohammad Shami dismissed Oli Pope. Earlier, India had declared their second innings at 352/7, with a target of 521 for England to win.

 

England second innings: Scoreboard

Batsman runs ball 4s 6s

Alistor Cook Cai Rahul Bo Ishant 17 39 2 0

Kiton jennings ca. Pant bow Ishant 13 31 2 0

Joe Route Cai Rahul Bo Bumrahah 13 40 2 0

Oli Pope Cai Kohli bo Shami 16 39 3 0

Ben Stokes c. Rahul Bo Hardik 62 187 6 0

Jose Butler lbw bo Bumrahah 106 176 21 0

Johnny Bairstow Bow Bumraha 0 0 0 0

Chris Walks Cai Pant bow Bumraha 4 3 1 0

Ashish Rashid Not Out 22 37 3 1

Stuart Broad not out 20 27 3

 

No one has tried to target the 521 target so far in the Test: No team has achieved the target of 521 runs in 141-year history in Test cricket so far. The record for achieving the largest target in the fourth innings is West Indies' name. West Indies won the match by achieving the highest score of 418 against Australia in 2003. However, the biggest target so far in Test cricket in 1939 was given by South Africa to England. Then the target of 696 to win England was given. This match was drawn. In 2002 England gave target to New Zealand 550 runs This match was lost by New Zealand by 99 runs. Nottingham is the third largest target of Test History of 521 runs scored for England.

 

 

India second innings: Scoreboard

Batsman runs ball 4s 6s

Shikhar Dhawan Stun Bairstow Bow Rashid 44 63 6 0

Lokesh Rahul Bo LBW WOX 36 33 7 0

Cheteshwar Pujara Kai Cook Bo Stokes 72 208 9

Virat Kohli LBW Bow WOX 103 197 10 0

Ajinkya Rahane Bow Rashid 29 94 3 0

Rishabh Pant Kai Cook Bo Anderson 1 6 0

Hardik Pandya not out 52 52 7 1

Mohammad Shami Kai Cook Bo receipt

3 6 0

Ravichandran Ashwin not out 1

Run: 352/7, over: 110, extras: 11

Wicket fall: 60/1, 111/2, 224/3, 281/4, 282/5, 329/6, 349/7.

Bowling: James Anderson: 22-7-55-1, Stuart Broad: 16-3-60-0, Chris Woakes: 22-4-49-1, Ben Stokes: 20-3-68-2, Adil Rashid: 27 -2-101-3, Joe Root: 3-0-9-0.

 

England first innings: Scoreboard

Batsman runs ball 4s 6s

Alistor Cook Cai Pant bow Ishant 29 42 5 0

Keaton Jennings Cai Pant bow Bumrahah 20 32 3 0

Joe Route Cai Rahul Bo Pandya

16 29 2

Oli Pope Kant Pant Bo Ishant 10 22 1 0

Johnny Bairstow Cai Rahul Bo Pandya 15 41 3 0

Ben Stokes c. Rahul Bo Shami 10 13 2 0

Jose Butler Cai Substitut Thakur Bo Bumrah 39 32 3 2

Chris Walks Cai Pant bow Pandya 8 5 2 0

Adil Rashid Cai Pant bow Pandya 5 5 1 0

Stuart Broad LBW Pandya 0 0 0 0

James Anderson not out 1

Score: 161, Xtra: 8

Wicket Fall: 54/1, 54/2, 75/3, 86/4, 108/5, 110/6, 118/7, 128/8, 128/9, 161/10

Bowling: Mohammed Shami: 10-2-56-1, Bumrah: 12.2-2-37-2, Ashwin: 1-0-3-0, Ishant Sharma: 9-2-32-2; Hardik Pandya: 6-1 -28-5