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England’s Carse and Stokes take late India wickets to set up dramatic final day

Third Test, D4: England 387 & 192; India 387 & 58-4Carse dismisses Nair and Gill with India chasing 193This pivotal third Test has been an arm-wrestle but which team ends up slamming their opponents to the table remains a glorious uncertainty. The fifth day will be a short one, that much can be said, as can India being called marginal favourites. But after a dizzying fourth day signed off by Ben Stokes detonating off-stump, England still believed.Set 193 to win after an inspired collective performance with the ball, India will resume the chase four wickets down and 135 runs away from claiming a 2-1 lead with two to play. And yet if Stokes, his players, and the Lord’s crowd can recapture the cauldron-like atmosphere witnessed before the close – 17.4 overs of chaos that ended with nightwatchman Akash Deep castled – that final ascent will be anything but straightforward. Continue reading...

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