England have turned the tide in this series and are looking to take complete control of the Headingley Test. Can India fight back? Follow our live updates to find out. All time stamps are in local time. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. (Please refresh your page for the latest)
It’s alive
Like England in this series, we’re back. Yesterday could not have possibly gone better for England. James Anderson dominated the morning with his big swinging superpowers, before sidekicks Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson and Sam Curran scythed through the India middle and lower orders like machetes through elephant grass. Four wickets fell for zero runs at one point, and India faceplanted into a mildly humiliating 78 all out.
To make matters worse for the visitors, Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns then took advantage of some indisciplined India bowling to put on 120 for no loss by stumps. All of which means that England have this match by the nads, and it will probably take something dramatic for India to get themselves back into it.
Some awful news from off the field to start the day though. The great Ted Dexter, legendary savager of fast bowling, has died at the age of 86. RIP.
Ted Dexter, the former England captain, has died at the age of 86
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 26, 2021
Andrew Fidel Fernando is ESPNcricinfo’s Sri Lanka correspondent. @afidelf
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