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Righto, that\u2019s us done for today. Ali Martin\u2019s report will be in here and on-site shortly, so do check back for that, but otherwise, thanks all for your company and comments, sorry I couldn\u2019t use them all, and see you tomorrow, headbands donned, for Thorpey Day. On which point, we\u2019ll get into it again then, but as below, if anyone needs an ear a chat or a mate, you know my email. Peace out, people.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n It might not seem this way, but there\u2019s loads of mileage left in this match yet. It\u2019s possible England bat India out of it tomorrow, but if they don\u2019t, and if Tonge and Overton don\u2019t sort themselves, they could find themselves in an uncomfortable position batting last. Let\u2019s hope so: this series deserves it<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n England will be much the happier side, having bowled poorly but returned well. India will have to go some to win from here, but the injury to Woakes will help them and if they can add another fifty, they\u2019ll feel in the game; another hundred, and they\u2019ve a good chance of doing something.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>India end day one of the fifth Test on 204-6<\/p>\n 64th over: India 204-6 (Nair 52, Sundar 19) Bethell to complete the day, and I\u2019d think about offering the drive if I was him, because the batters won\u2019t want to attack; he needs to tempt them into playing a shot. And he does too, slanting one across Washington, who pushes at it, misses \u2026 and the ball just misses off-stump. That was really nicely bowled and it earns him a second slip, but the two remaining deliveries are safely negotiated, and it\u2019s a maiden to end a fantastic day of Test-match cricket. Are there any other kinds?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63rd over: India 204-6 (Nair 52, Sundar 19) Thanks for all the foot messages, I now feel like I\u2019m in a Tarantino film; next, i\u2019m going to invent a problem with an ear, to experience what it\u2019s like to feature in a Murakami novel. And for avoidance of doubt, I don\u2019t have athlete\u2019s foot, I just have itch, Otherwise, Atkinson pumps in again, his 19th over of the day going for a single to Washington. One to go.<\/p>\n \u201ct\u2019s not going to be to everyone\u2019s tastes, admits Matt Dony, \u201cbut I find it physically impossible to listen to The Voice of Trespass by Between The Buried and Me without bouncing. It\u2019s the most infectious, groovy, bouncy slice of metal you will ever hear. This party is going to have a mosh pit!\u201d<\/p>\n Every party needs one. I saw Supergrass recently, and had forgotten how much I enjoy jumping mindlessly into strangers<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62nd over: India 203-6 (Nair 52, Sundar 18) Pope does toss Bethell the ball and he opens with a drag-down, Nair turning to deep backward square; they run two, and that\u2019s a crucial fifty, for both player and team. Two failures here and he probably doesn\u2019t play another Test, but instead he\u2019s scored a quarter of his team\u2019s runs and is still at the wicket; well batted, old mate. His celebration is muted because he knows the job isn\u2019t close to done, a single to midwicket gets him off strike, then Washington returns it with another to deep square. Two overs left in the day, I reckon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.34 EDT<\/p>\n 61st over: India 199-6 (Nair 49, Sundar 17) Atkinson returns for a 15-minute burst and, while he charges in, Bethell reminds Pope that he can bowl, practising his action ostentatiously. I doubt England want to turn to spin, it\u2019s just they\u2019ve only one bowler left not spraying it about, and he\u2019s been injured almost all summer. Washington takes him for one, then Nair, seeking his fifty, shoves to Tongue at mid-on and sets off; this is going to be tight \u2026 but Tongue fumbles! What a day he\u2019s had; take that cleanly, and the batter was in deep trouble.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60th over: India 197-6 (Nair 48, Sundar 16) Tongue offers another ball on the hip and Washington doesn\u2019t miss out, glancing four to deep square; backing it up is one way wide of off-stump. In comms, Broad notes that the England bowlers have been waiting all series for conditions like these, only to perform poorly \u2026 except the scoreboard looks fine. A decentish bouncer follows, but it\u2019s left, a flick to square leg adds one, then a dreadful delivery, which perhaps slips out of the hand, arrives at hip-height and is duly guided through point for four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59th over: India 188-6 (Nair 44, Sundar 11) A poor delivery from Overton is flicked to deep square for one; that could\u2019ve been worse. Washington then tosses head back after failing to nail a wide one; one outside leg follows, Overton unable to hide his erratic behaviour behind Tongue, who has, at least, taken wickets. And his next ball is poor too, too full and driven for three; England are really struggling to build pressure and I wonder if we might soon see spin, especially given the darkening sky.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58th over: India 184-6 (Nair 43, Sundar 8) It looks pretty murky out there now, and I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll get the full 25 minutes we\u2019re due. But have a look! Another beauty from Tongue moves away from Washington, beating his push, part of a maiden \u2013 the bowler\u2019s third of the day, oddly enough, his figures of 12-3-38-2 almost as economical as they are deadly.<\/p>\n \u201cPut it in an empty waste paper bin full of water,\u201d offers John Cox on my foot emergency. \u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s been said, but what would Sir Jimmy\u2019s figures be by now?\u201d<\/p>\n Depends if his foot was itching or not.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Chris Woakes injures his shoulder and leaves the field in obvious pain<\/p>\n 57th over: India 184-6 (Nair 43, Sundar 8) A single to point adds one to Washington\u2019s total, then we cut to Ollie Pope and I wonder about him as vice-captain. I can\u2019t speak for his cricket brain, which perhaps is such as to make him an obvious choice. But it\u2019s hard not to wonder if status will keep him in the team at some point \u2013 perhaps it already has \u2013 and maybe Duckett would be a better pick. Anyhow, Nair drives towards the cover boundary and Woakes diligently sets off and scoops back, saving one \u2026 before landing heavily on his shoulder, sitting up in quite some pain. You fear that it\u2019s a dislocation and he\u2019s quickly helped off, arm in a sling, boyish gooduns grimacing in pain. And the even worse news is it might get even worse \u2013 if the joint needs putting back, I might hear the yowl in north London \u2013 and I doubt we see him bowl again this Test. Given Overton and Tongue\u2019s struggles, have India been offered a reprieve?<\/p>\n Ooof. Chris Woakes looks in a bad way here. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.37 EDT<\/p>\n 56th over: India 179-6 (Nair 40, Sundar 6) The sole of my foot won\u2019t stop itching, however much I scratch; anyone got any ideas? Meantime, in less important news, Washington edges with soft hands, the ball dropping short of slip, then he takes a single and Nair guides two past mid-on. The partnership is 26 and if these two can India towards 250, they\u2019ll feel they\u2019re competitive if the weather stays the same.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55th over: India 176-6 (Nair 38, Sundar 5) Washington turns into the on-side for one then, offered a half-volley on middle-and-leg, Nair flicks around the corner for four, exactly what Overton\u2019s delivery deserved. His fifth effort, though, is excellent, seaming away and beating Nair\u2019s bat; when the line and length are right, it\u2019s not at all easy batting on this.<\/p>\n \u201cAtherton has just said it\u2019s sometimes more difficult to face a bowler spraying it around rather than a bowler landing it on a sixpence who you can set yourself against,\u201d writes Phil Sawyer. \u201cHas anyone mentioned Glenn McGrath to him?\u201d<\/p>\n This sentence is sponsored by the word \u201csometimes\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54th over: India 170-6 (Nair 33, Sundar 4) Tongue returns, going at Nair from over \u2013 his two wickets came when he went around to lefties, swinging the ball in then moving it away. His first three balls are dots, the fourth too, but well wide of the off, then Nair takes a single to mid-on; I think that was the most normal over we\u2019ve seen Tongue bowl today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53rd over: India 169-6 (Nair 32, Sundar 4) Nair turns off his hip for a single, and knows that this is a crucial knock for him. If he doesn\u2019t score here or in the second innings, he might find he\u2019s out of the side for good, but if he does, he should get a run. That\u2019s a lot of pressure, but he\u2019s now at the other end; at the striker\u2019s, Washington is beaten by one that jags into him, somehow beating bat and stumps.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems Tongue\u2019s skill is his scattergun approach bringing unexpected wickets from the surprise good balls,\u201d asserts Ton van der Gucht, \u201cbut what is Overton\u2019s role? I get the impression even he was surprised when he was selected and I\u2019m not referring to his brother … I\u2019m hoping he\u2019ll prove me wrong and take a hat-trick as I type this, yet I\u2019m doubtful.\u201d<\/p>\n I think that\u2019s a little harsh \u2013 Tongue ran through the India tail twice, while Overton has been around the team a long time, which tells us they like him. He has pace and bounce, can also bat and field \u2026 though ultimately, I agree, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s quite good enough to be a consistent factor at this level.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52nd over: India 168-6 (Nair 31, Sundar 4) Atkinson has a full over at the new batter, but Washington is in nick and when he gets a straight one \u2013 that\u2019s a no-ball too \u2013 he glances to fine leg for four. Those are the only runs from the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51st over: India 163-6 (Nair 31, Sundar 0) India desperately need something significant from this partnership.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>REVIEW! NOT OUT!<\/p>\n Umpire\u2019s call on impact and missing leg stump. Ollie Pope resumes normal service.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51st over: India 163-6 (Nair 31, Sundar 0) A square-drive earns Nair two, then Overton offers one on the pads and he refuses to miss out, flicking away for four behind square before opening the face to fence four more wide of the scrabbling gully. The second of those deliveries, though, was much better, full and moving away; we then have a break when the batter asks a worker of some sort to move, and she tries pressing in a door code knowing there are cameras on her. Anyroad, another decent ball bounces and straightens, hitting the pad; there\u2019s an appeal, refused, and England review. I\u2019m not surprised, it looked close to me\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to observe that at the fall of India\u2019s fifth wicket the scoreline read one two three four five,\u201d says Alan Belk. \u201cA totally insignificant but cool observation don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n I do indeed \u2013 I noticed myself as I typed it, then forgot to announce it. Old age is a miserable thing.<\/p>\n The ever-youthful Mick Jagger watches on from the stands. Photograph: Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.01 EDT<\/p>\n 50th over: India 153-6 (Nair 21, Sundar 0) In comms, Nasser reckons the bounce was made the difference there; meanwhile, Sundar lets go three balls not that far from his off-peg. I wonder if it\u2019s bantorious out there, and whether anyone\u2019s asked if he needs Brook and Duckett brought on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Jurel c Brook b Atkinson 19 (India 153-6)<\/p>\n For all the difference it makes! Next ball, Jurel looks to cut but doesn\u2019t have room nor does he make it, instead tamely edging to two, where Brook takes a really smart catch at shoulder-height, moving and turning right . India are in big trouble, the series slipping away from them; throughout the series, Gill losing tosses hasn\u2019t mattered, but it has today and Atkinson deserves that wicket.<\/p>\n Gus Atkinson and Harry Brook celebrate after taking the wicket of Dhruv Jurel. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.28 EDT<\/p>\n REVIEW! NOT OUT!<\/p>\n Yup, the ball was missing the off-bail.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Jurel lbw b Atkinson 19 (India 153-6)<\/p>\n This looked like it was missing off-stump to me \u2013 impact is very close to it, the ball didn\u2019t seem on-line, and may also be high. Jurel reviews\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.22 EDT<\/p>\n 49th over: India 153-5 (Nair 21, Jurel 19) Overton replaces Woakes and, offered one short and wide, Jurel doesn\u2019t miss out, leaping and stretching to ensure he earns four over the cordon. Tongue\u2019s getting all the attention, but Overton has had a diluted version of the same day, sending down dross and beauties, just to less intense effect. Oh, and his fourth delivery is right there, pitching on off and seaming away, far too good for Jurel, who then plays a straight one into the ground for a single.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48th over: India 148-5 (Nair 21, Jurel 14) During the last over, we saw Mick Jagger in the crowd; I\u2019d be interested to hear what he makes of Tongue\u2019s bowling today. In comms, meanwhile, Punter praises Atkinson\u2019s bowling today, noting that if he pushes harder off his front foot, he can get even better. Three dots are then followed by a three, Nair driving towards cover, then a ball is directed into the pads and the bowler likes it, but when umpire says no, the England players contemplate a review for as long as it takes for no-ball to be signalled. A single then completes the scoring from the over, and that is drinks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47th over: India 143-5 (Nair 18, Jurel 13) Jurel is, as we know, a proper batter, and he waits for Woakes\u2019 first delivery, then helps it to the fence at deep backward square \u2013 India have been offered far too many release-balls today. And, after four dots, there\u2019s another, into the pads and flicked away for two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46th over: India 137-5 (Nair 18, Jurel 7) There\u2019s something about Atkinson that I can really believe in in which I can really believe: I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a special bowler, necessarily, but the confidence, certainty and attitude are elevating, and make facing him a constant challenge with nowt given for nowt. His latest over yields three singles.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45th over: India 134-5 (Nair 17, Jurel 5) I\u2019ve just had to flick on a light and I\u2019m not facing 85mph bowling; I wonder if we\u2019ll get to 7.30 with quicks, or if it\u2019ll take Root and Bethell to keep us going. As I type, though, the sun comes out in the ground and Nair takes a single to midwicket, then one keeps low for Woakes and Jurel does pretty well in the end, going back to dig out, before adding a single himself. Batting does not look easy, and there\u2019s a strangulated appeal when the final delivery of the over hits Nair on the pad, but the ball was going down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44th over: India 132-5 (Nair 16, Jurel 4) Atkinson replaces Tongue and refrains from both the sublime and ridiculous, sending donw his six maiden of the day. Bo-ring.<\/p>\n Re: Simon McMahon\u2019s ice lolly preferences, beings David Wall, \u201cI too used to be a big fan of Mini-Milks when I was a kid but haven\u2019t been able to have one for almost 30 years since going vegetarian. I don\u2019t think i\u2019ll ever get over the deprivation. I mean, why would you put gelatine in an ice lolly!\u201d<\/p>\n I guess it\u2019s how you get that slight but unmistakeable soft stretchiness. They\u2019re a bit bland for me as it goes, though how any of them it\u2019s possible to consume is not unredemptive.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43rd over: India 132-5 (Nair 16, Jurel 4) Enjoyable malapropism from Broad, he praises Woakes\u2019 \u201cprestigious swing\u201d though, in his defence, I guess it is. Jurel then turns two to deep square before snaffling a single, but Nair is slow to take off and Bethell, having to run around his right hand, dives to shy with left \u2026 missing, though the batter would\u2019ve made it home in any event. An edge for for follows, Woakes pushing one straight knowing the batter expected outswing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42nd over: India 125-5 (Nair 12, Jurel 1) Another amusingly dreadful delivery from Tongue, Smith diving to collect \u2013 but the umpire still signals wide. Now, though, two wickets to the good, the bowler can see the funny side, and with 2-33 off eight-and-a-bit, his figures aren\u2019t even bad. I\u2019m not sure, though, that his bosses will consider his behaviour acceptable, and he needs a fine dive from Bethell at backward point to save three when Jurel drives another full toss.<\/p>\n \u201cTongue\u2019s danger for batsmen lies partly in his utter unpredictability,\u201d reckons Colum Fordham. \u201cspraying the ball all over the place and then, just when the batter feels comfortable, bowls an absolute jaffa that surprises the bowler, let alone his started victims (Sudharsan and Jadeja).\u201d<\/p>\n I agree \u2013 though it\u2019s worth noting that Tim Bresnan did that too, but without the spraying.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41st over: India 123-5 (Nair 12, Jurel 0) Woakes is, perhaps, a good partner for Tongue, nagging away in classical style while his partner does the opposite \u2013 not unlike when, say, Pietersen and Bell were batting together. And after three dots he finds a beauty, the ball jagging away off the seam, far to good for Nair\u2019s shuffle across, before completing his first maiden of the innings.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40th over: India 123-5 (Nair 12, Jurel 0) India are in big trouble; Josh Tongue is a punchline (and an REM song).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Jadeja c Smith b Tongue 9 (India 123-4)<\/p>\n Chortle! Cackle! After another disastrous start to an over, Tongue again reaches into his toolbox and removes a jaffa therefrom; what\u2019s it even doing there?! This delivery is very similar to the one which lozzed Sudharasan, swinging in from around, cramping the batter, then straightening, fading away a little, demanding the edge, and you can only laugh.<\/p>\n Ravindra Jadeja is out and India are in all sorts of trouble. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.36 EDT<\/p>\n 40th over: India 123-4 (Nair 12, Jadeja 9) Gosh, Tongue again sends one down leg side, it swings late, and Smith is powerless to prevent the ball zipping away for four byes; the next delivery is wide of off, so Jadeja unloads the suitcase, lashing four more over the slips, terrific shot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39th over: India 115-4 (Nair 12, Jadeja 5) Roundhead Pope has had enough of avant-garde line and length, restoring Woakes to the attack. He sends down three sots, then Jadeja pushes to mid-off, the stand-in skipper fumbles, and they run three. And goodness me, more noteworthily than that, it incites the nicest man in the world to dispense anger \u2013 it\u2019s like Elmo vandalising Hamleys.<\/p>\n \u201cI do have a strong suspicion\/fear they will find a place for Woakes in the team in Australia,\u201d emails Laim Crowley. \u201cThey seem to like the idea of an elder \u2018leader of the attack\/ which to me has always been more about the quality of the player rather than experience, it just happens that Anderson was both the best and most experienced for so long. As a Bears fan I should be happy about this, but we do this dance with Woaked every year. Half-decent to outstanding English summer, then bowl him for little to no result abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll want him around, but given Stokes, Archer and Wood will be three of the frontline bowlers, I\u2019m not sure how they get him in because I reckon they\u2019ll want Atkinson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38th over: India 112-4 (Nair 12, Jadeja 2) Back comes Tongue, he overpitches, and Nair turns a full ball into a half-volley, stepping down to time four through cover. The response isn\u2019t bad, but then he angles into the pads and Nair gives the delivery what it deserves, flicking four to fine leg. I know Stokes likes Tongue, but we\u2019ve seen over the last few weeks \u2013 consider his words with Archer and Dawson, for example \u2013 that he also like bowlers he can set a field for.<\/p>\n