England’s opening Test against India is finely poised ahead of Day Four at Headingley.
The tourists were put into bat on Friday morning and made 471 thanks to three centuries, including from new captain Shubman Gill.
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England then hit back with Ollie Pope scoring a ton in their total of 465.
India were 90 for two at stumps on Day Three, meaning we are set up for a thrilling final two days in Leeds.
England vs India: Date and how to follow
This opening Test of the series will run from Friday, June 20 to Tuesday, June 24.
It is being held at Headingley in Leeds and play will get underway at 11am each day.
For the first time ever, talkSPORT overseas listeners can tune into coverage of an England home Test series via the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube channel.
Our expert team taking you through ball-by-ball consists of England legend Steve Harmison, ex-New Zealand star Jeremy Coney and fans’ favourite David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.
They will be joined by talkSPORT’s experts Jon Norman and Neil Manthorp.
Unfortunately, UK-based listeners can’t tune in, but talkSPORT.com will be right across all the action to keep you up to date.
The match will also be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Cricket.
England vs India Test Series Fixtures
First Test: June 20-24, Headingley, Leeds – 11am
Second Test: July 2-6, Edgbaston, Birmingham – 11am
Third Test: July 10-14, Lord’s, London – 11am
Fourth Test: July 23-27, Old Trafford, Manchester – 11am
Fifth Test: July 31-August 4, The Oval, London – 11am
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England vs India: Team news
England have stuck with Pope at number three in their batting line-up to face India with Jacob Bethell missing out.
The home side are as expected elsewhere in the order, with pace bowlers Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse returning in place of Sam Cook and Gus Atkinson from the Zimbabwe Test.
For India, there is no Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma after the duo retired from this format of the game.
It marks the end of an era for India, with others now having to step up under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
England
- Zak Crawley
- Ben Duckett
- Ollie Pope
- Joe Root
- Harry Brook
- Ben Stokes (c)
- Jamie Smith (wk)
- Chris Woakes
- Brydon Carse
- Josh Tongue
- Shoaib Bashir
India
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- KL Rahul
- Sai Sudharsan
- Shubman Gill (c)
- Rishabh Pant (wk)
- Karun Nair
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Shardul Thakur
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
Toss:Â England won the toss and decided to field
Officials:Â Chris Gaffaney, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Saikat, Richie Richardson, Mike Burns
The latest scoreboard from Headingly can be found here.
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England vs India: What has been said?
Ollie Pope doubts Harry Brook will have any regrets about his dismissal after the Yorkshireman fell one run short of a hometown hundred against India.
“He was pretty gutted to get out,” said Pope. “I think he’d either like to keep it down or hit it for six next time; he was as frustrated as anyone to get out but he plays that shot pretty well.
“It was an unbelievable knock. Even the pull shot he hit in the first over of the day, I was like ‘where did that come from?’.
“Everyone knows what a fantastic player Harry is and to be able to put a guy like Jasprit Bumrah off his pace a little bit with a shot like that early on shows the confidence he has in his game.
“His ability to flip a game – if he batted for another hour, we could have been in an amazing position, it shows the skill and power he has.”
