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England triumph in final-day Lord’s thriller as India fall short despite Jadeja heroics

England 387 & 192; India 387 & 170. Eng win by 22 runsShoaib Bashir takes final wicket after tense run chaseAt the end of an undulating Test match that morphed into an intense battle of the wills, it was England who emerged victorious. India were 23 runs short of their target when, at 4.54pm local time, Mohammed Siraj repelled a bouncing delivery from Shoaib Bashir, only to see it trickle back onto the stumps and send a bail falling to the ground.It was a galling way for the tourists to go 2-1 down, while the hosts still resembled the survivors of a disaster movie. Both sides deserve credit for five dramatic days; the second of two back-to-back Tests that began in a heatwave and hit boiling point once a row about time-wasting blew up on the third evening. Unlike similar scenes at Lord’s four years ago – Virat Kohli’s “60 overs of hell” match – England just about kept their heads.More to follow... Continue reading...

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