England vs India, First Test, 4th Day, Trent Bridge, Live

Live coverage of the fourth day's play of the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge

3rd & 7 37yd

After 117 overs, England is 415 for 9, with Root on 108 and Anderson on 51.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:03:46 AM
The run-rate this session has been 5.3. India have only bowled 11 overs so far though. Dhoni fallilng behind the over-rate as usual. He could well end up banned for a match during this series. Wouldn't that be interesting?

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:04:28 AM
Time for Sir RJ. Will this Test continue to follow the same pattern?

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:04:43 AM
Manjrekar saying he would have bowled Jadeja first up this morning and set an in-out field.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:06:00 AM
It was the seamers who took the wickets yesterday though, so can't fault Dhoni for wanting to stick with what was working.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:06:43 AM
FOUR! The reverse-sweep beats everyone. Anderson moves to 55. England to 420. They could well take a first-innings lead at this rate.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:07:13 AM
Anderson is so sick and tired of bowling that India might never get him out.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:07:46 AM
This is England's third highest 10th wicket partnership. The record is 130 #EngvInd
— BBC TMS (@bbctms) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:08:15 AM
Shami still trying to bounce Anderson.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:08:45 AM
The pitch is slow enough to reduce the threat though. Full and fast would seem to be to be the option.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:09:04 AM
FOUR! Anderson gives himself room and slashes Shami over point. All too easy for England now.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:09:34 AM
So far 233 partnership runs for the 10th wicket in this #EngvInd Test match - the most partnership runs for that wkt in any Test in history.
— Cricket Record (@cricinfo_record) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:09:50 AM
Anderson takes a single to move to 60. This is now the highest score made by an England No. 11 in history. How teams must lick their lips at the thought of facing India's bowling.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:11:03 AM
Funky field.... #engvind #TheBigTest pic.twitter.com/fPcTEKytG8
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:11:23 AM
Did Anderson get a glove on that? Doesn't matter because Dhoni makes an almighty hash of the take, pushing it from one glove into the other and then on to the turf.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:13:04 AM
It might have been shirt though, not glove. And indeed it was shirt.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:13:25 AM
RJ beats Anderson with one that turns between bat and pad. Problem is it beats Dhoni too and England gets four byes.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:14:15 AM
There hasn't been a single maiden over in England 10th wicket partnership...that's a startling stat. #TheBigTest
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:14:39 AM
Dropped catches, wides, no-balls, defensive captaincy...apart from that, India have been excellent today. #ENGvIND
— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:14:53 AM
Root and Anderson break the record for the highest 10th wicket partnership by England in tests. Previous record set in 1903 #bbccricket
— BBC TMS (@bbctms) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:15:47 AM
England trail by just 24 now. Manjrekar says it is time to set a normal field and hope for the best.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:16:06 AM
Shami continues forlornly. Wither Stuart Binny?

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:16:56 AM
Jadeja not finding much purchase from this pitch.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:19:39 AM
Root steals a single off the fifth ball of Jadeja's over.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:20:45 AM
Anderson goes for a wild reverse-sweep. He misses everything. The ball ends up in slip's hands. India go up in appeal. The umpire tells everyone to calm down.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:21:11 AM
After 122 overs, England is 434 for 9, with Root on 114 and Anderson on 60.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:21:41 AM
Hawk-eye, however, suggests that might have been out lbw. Everyone missed that one.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:22:46 AM
Ishant bowls a perfect outswinger. Draws Root forward and gets the ball to leave him on the drive. Unfortunately for India, it is too good for Root to nick it.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:23:20 AM
Stuart Binny has bowled only 6 overs in 122 overs...we ended up playing with only 4 bowlers. #fact #TheBigTest
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:23:36 AM
Sometimes Dhoni's tactics are head-scratching. And since he rarely, if ever, explains himself, we have no idea why he does what he does and can only speculate.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:24:06 AM
How will Dhoni get this final English wicket? It looks like he doesn't have a clue at the moment.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:27:33 AM
FOUR! Anderson laconically sweeps Jadeja to the square leg boundary. That was top class shot.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:28:07 AM
England just 17 shy of India's total now.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:28:22 AM
Anderson is on 64 now. And his strike-rate is 79. This has been a remarkable innings.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:29:23 AM
I am loving this, but eventually it will end, and then we’ll have to wait for the other 9 wickets to fall before the fun starts again.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) July 12, 2014

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:30:37 AM
Manjrekar wants someone to whisper Stuart Binny's name to Dhoni.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:30:50 AM
Dhoni did this to Stuart on his ODI debut too. Bowled him for just one over in that game. Gave Ambati Rayudu, who doesn't bowl in first-class cricket, more overs.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:31:26 AM
He can be inscrutable and odd, can MS.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:31:36 AM
Meanwhile Ishant beats Root again by somehow getting the ball to move off this pitch. He has produced some top deliveries has Ishant.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:32:07 AM
Root manages a single to third man off the fifth ball.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:33:01 AM
Still short to Anderson. Still easily played. England 443 for 9, just 15 runs shy of an improbably first-innings lead.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:33:37 AM
Only India can lose this Test match from here. Given the nature of the pitch though, a draw is the favourite result.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 11:34:05 AM
Joe Root and James Anderson are walking back out to the middle. They have so far spent 48.3 overs in the middle together.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 1:09:31 PM
India will be hoping that lightning strikes again after a break, as has been a pattern in this Test.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 1:09:49 PM
The middle session has also been the most successful for the bowlers from either side to this point.

by FP Staff 7/12/2014 1:10:12 PM