England all out for 407 in second test, trail India by 180 runs

BIRMINGHAM: England were bowled out for 407 in the first innings to trail India by 180 runs on day three of the second test at Edgbaston, where Jamie Smith was stranded on 184 not out while Harry Brook scored 158.

Six England batters were dismissed for a duck while Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the India bowlers with a six-wicket haul (6-70). Fellow seamer Akash Deep finished with figures of 4-88.

Jamie Smith and Harry Brook turned Edgbaston into their personal playground.

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After England’s horror start saw them slump to 84-5, the pair transformed the innings in a masterclass of counter-attacking cricket.

Brook had endured a heartbreaking dismissal on 99 in the first test victory at Headingley, but this time there was no stopping him as he and Smith looked completely at ease in building their sixth-wicket stand.

The 26-year-old Brook brought up his ninth test century in the second session with a boundary, raising his bat and helmet to the crowd before pointing his bat at the heavens, dedicating his hundred to his late grandmother Pauline who died in March.

Smith, who had smashed England’s third-fastest test century before lunch, continued his rampage by passing 150 for the first time in his test career.

Fortune favoured Brook as he even scored with the back of his bat when he attempted a low pull shot and the ball went over Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant’s head for four.

It was a long toil in the sun for India, who had started the day perfectly when Mohammed Siraj dismissed Joe Root and captain Ben Stokes in consecutive deliveries in the day’s second over.

Stokes’s golden duck, his first in 200 test innings, meant three of England’s top six were dismissed without scoring following Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope’s ducks off consecutive deliveries from Akash Deep late on day two.

But from that moment of promise, it became England’s day as Smith and Brook worked together to bring the hosts closer to a big score to avoid the follow-on.