England captain Root keeps India at bay in first Test

England captain Root keeps India at bay in first Test

Yahoo - Sports·2021-08-07 21:00

England captain Joe Root's second fifty of the match checked India's advance in the first Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

England were 119-2 in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day, still just 24 runs ahead.

Dom Sibley was 27 not out and Root 56 not out, with their third-wicket partnership so far worth 73 after Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah had reduced England to 46-2.

England resumed on 25 without loss, 70 runs adrift of India's first innings 278.

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