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Time to wrap this up as we all have another sporting occasion to savour. Thanks for your company and correspondence.
It’s been a fine series, well won by England, who had to come from behind. Harry Brook has proved himself a very good captain on the field, brave and imaginative. Can he please become a good one off the field too?
Meanwhile, in New Jersey … do join the great Rob Smyth.
England had several men of the match. Ben Duckett made 141, the highest ODI score at Lord’s, but he was upstaged by Jos Buttler with a barnstorming 41 off 13 balls. Joe Root, almost unnoticed, made yet another unbeaten fifty. Then Jacob Bethell added some wily bowling to an innings of 91. But the bowler who made all the difference, after a resplendent hundred from Rohit Sharma, was Sam Curran, who took four wickets in no time with his licorice allsorts.
ENGLAND WIN THE SERIES!!
50th over: India 360-7 (Gurnoor Brar 18, Arshdeep Singh 15) Brook goes back to spin in the shape of Adil Rashid, who took the first wicket, that of Shubman Gill, several days ago. Gurnoor swings him for a consolation six, summing up a very spirited run chase. But England win by 27 runs and, like their football counterparts last night, they are all smiles.
49th over: India 348-7 (Gurnoor Brar 7, Arshdeep Singh 14) Archer to bowl his last over. Another four from Arshdeep, who sees a full toss and guides it for a rather elegant four. And another, dropped by Buttler – a tough chance, though it seems unlikely to matter as India now need 41 off the final over.
48th over: India 339-7 (Gurnoor Brar 2, Arshdeep Singh 9) Hang on, Ashdeep wants a word! He hits a meaty four over mid-on and then a more artful one past extra-cover. But the rate still climbs, mercilessly, to 24. And Sam Curran can be very proud of his figures: 10-0-75-4.
Wicket! Axar Patel c Jacks b Curran 2 (India 329-7)
Another one for the lethal Sam Curran! Another skier, another calm catch. The run rate is now 22 and India have only the tail left.
47th over: India 328-6 (Axar Patel 2, Gurnoor Brar 1) Brook had taken Jacob Bethell off at last, with the very respectable figures of 7-0-49-1. And like so many of Brook’s bowling changes today it went well. Back came Archer, and although he went for those two fours, again it’s a price England can easily afford to pay. They have a safety net here, supplied, unusually, by some pyrotechnics – that series of explosions from Jos Buttler earlier.
WICKET! KL Rahul b Archer 12 (India 327-6)
KL Rahul greets the returning Archer with two cuts for four, but then Archer homes in on the off bail and Rahul misses. And India have lost four wickets for 23 in three overs, which should settle the matter.
46th over: India 319-5 (KL Rahul 4, Axar Patel 2) So Sam Curran, such a fierce competitor, has taken three wickets in seven balls after we had only seen five in the whole day up to a few minutes ago. He has silenced the India supporters, some of whom are now caught trickling out. And he has left India with two new batters at the crease, who somehow have to score another 69 off four overs.
WICKET! Kohli c Brook b Curran 74 (India 315-5)
Sam Curran does it yet again! And it’s the big one. Virat Kohli holes out into the off side, Brook makes no mistake, and Kohli has to settle for his highest score at Lord’s, rather than the hundred India needed him to get.
45th over: India 314-4 (Kohli 74, KL Rahul 1) Brook, emboldened – not that he needs to be – keeps Bethell on for a seventh over. This isn’t captaincy, it’s a high-wire act. Bethell starts well, conceding only four off the first five balls, before Kohli whacks a six. India need 74 off the last five overs at a rate of 14.8.
44th over: India 304-4 (Kohli 63, KL Rahul 0) So India’s less experienced batters have failed to rise to this steep challenge. And Sam Curran has bowled a fabulous over – four runs, two wickets. He celebrated the second as if he felt this was now in the bag, but Kohli may have something to say about that.
WICKET! Shreyas Iyer c sub (Rehan Ahmed) b Curran 0 (India 304-4)
Same slower ball, same fielder, same result – but a different kind of catch, as Rehan races in, tumbles over and takes it inches from the turf. Is that the turning point?
Wicket! Ishan Kishan c sub (Rehan Ahmed) b Curran 14 (India 304-3)
The moon ball does the business! Ishan has to wait for it and he can only plop it up into the blue London sky. Rehan Ahmed, motoring in from deep midwicket, takes it a nice calm catch.
43rd over: India 300-2 (Kohli 63, Ishan Kishan 14) It’s still Bethell. And it works as the batters manage only ones and twos. India need 88 off 42 balls, or 12.57 an over in old money.
Kohli’s first 50 at Lord’s!
42nd over: India 295-2 (Kohli 61, Ishan Kishan 11) Brook keeps Jacks on too. Not sure I like that … but Kohli does! He hits the first ball of the over for six, and the fourth too – one down the ground, the other whipped over deep square. The first one brings him his first 50 at Lord’s. What took him so long?
That’s 17 off the over, which brings the rate down a touch … to 11.62.
41st over: India 278-2 (Kohli 45, Ishan Kishan 10) Brook liked that wicket from Bethell so much, he’s kept him on for a fifth over. Is this wise? It goes OK at first (ones and a two), but then Ishan Kishan helps himself to a slog-sweep for four, seeing it so early that he hits it straight. Eleven off the over!
Ishan Kishan, by the way, does not rhyme, at least according to Shubman Gill. At the toss on Thursday he pronounced his name I-SHARN Kish’n.
40th over: India 267-2 (Kohli 42, Ishan Kishan 3) Rohit made 138 off 110 balls with 17 fours and five handsome sixes. What a giant he has been. He added 147 with Shubman Gill and 113 with Virat Kohli – captains the lot of them. Now here is Ishan Kishan, who brings less authority but will have faced this sort of challenge many times in Twenty20s. He;’s a left-hander, so Brook brings back Will Jacks’s off-breaks. He does well, going for just five singles.
With ten overs left, India need 121, so the rate is above 12 for the first time.
39th over: India 262-2 (Kohli 39, Ishan Kishan 1) Top marks to Bethell and to Brook, for giving him a fourth over amid all this tension. Nine off the over, but that’s a price England will happily pay for the wicket.
“England’s only hope,” said Oli Booth, just before that. “Get Cartwright, Illingworth and Shackleton on!” A line aimed at our older readers.
WICKET!! Rohit b Bethell 138 (India 260-2)
Rohit swings Bethell for six, tries to do it again .. and misses! He gets a standing ovation that is so well deserved, because he’s been immensely cool, calm and selective. Until now.
38th over: India 253-1 (Rohit 132, Kohli 37) Curran almost nabs Rohit, whose square drive is close to Root at cover point – but no cigar, and away it goes for four. And then he thinks he has nabbed him, with an LBW shout, as Rohit misses a sweep … No finger, a review, and it’s umpire’s call! That was the moon ball, 48mph. Curran likes it so much he tries another one, which Rohit lofts for four.
India need 135 from 12 overs at 11.25. Steep but not impossible.
37th over: India 243-1 (Rohit 123, Kohli 36) Brook keeps Bethell on for a third over. He starts well before dishing up a long hop, on a platter. Kohli helps himself to a pull for four, then drives for two. Seven off the over, so Bethell has 3-0-15-0, which is a great effort in the circumstances, even if Rohit is struggling with his cramp.
36th over: India 236-1 (Rohit 122, Kohli 30) Curran continues and beats Kohli outside off – twice in a row. Brook might want to put a slip in. “Only four off his last 11 balls,” Mike Atherton says of Kohli, who then manages a single. Can Rohit produce another of his effortless fours? Not this time. He sends a dab past Rashid at backward point, but Duckett sweeps up. Curran bowls a slow bouncer, which Kohli misses as he dances down the track. Then there’s a better shot from Kohli, who drives past cover and picks up two. But it’s only four off the over, so the required rate rises to 10.85.
And now Rohit has cramp too. Where’s a magnesium-infused powder when you need it?
35th over: India 232-1 (Rohit 121, Kohli 27) Brook, who will never die wondering, risks a second over from his seventh bowler. Bethell repays his faith by reeling off three dots. Kohli takes a single and Rohit makes the difference, again, with a slog-sweep for four. Only five off the over: somewhere up there Garry Sobers, who was a Bethell fan and a fellow Bajan, has a smile on his face.
34th over: India 227-1 (Rohit 117, Kohli 26) Curran backs up Bethell’s good work – dot, dot, false shot as Kohli gets away with a miscue into the gap at cover. But then Rohit shows his old mate how it’s done by going inside-out over extra-cover, and he celebrates with a flip-flick for four more. Too good!
That takes him to 1000 runs in ODis against England at an average of exactly 50. Nine off the over, and India are 15 ahead of where England were at this stage.
33rd over: India 218-1 (Rohit 109, Kohli 25) Bethell, purveying his gentle slow left-arm, starts with an appeal for LBW against Rohit, who misses a sweep but collects two leg-byes. After managing a pair of dots, Bethell bowls a wide, but he gets out of the over with just five from it. Good effort.
India need 170 from 17 overs, so the arithmetic is straightforward, even if the task is not.
32nd over: India 213-1 (Rohit 108, Kohli 24) England, to paraphrase Fagin in Oliver!, have gotta take a wicket or two. Sam Curran beats Rohit with a low, slow thing, too low to yield a catch behind. And beats him again by going wide-ish of off as Rohit backs away. Jos Buttler gives that a round of applause. But it’s third time lucky for Rohit as Curran goes pace-on, allowing a cut for four.
Ian Ward notices that Harry Brook is off the field, possibly asking Brendon McCullum what the hell to try next. So Jacob Bethell is in charge, at a tender age (22) and from an unlikely position (deep square). Brook comes back on and seems to be telling Bethell he wants him to bowl. Brave, minister, very brave.
“G’day Tim!” says Mehmet. “I’m getting vibes of the remarkable South Africa-Australia series, where record run chases were achieved. This being a record chase on this ground.” If it happens!
A hundred to Rohit Sharma!
31st over: India 206-1 (Rohit 102, Kohli 23) Swansong, what swansong? As Rashid returns, Rohit swings his googly for four to reach a gorgeous hundred – 102 off only 84 balls, after a sedate start. kohli adds a straight drive for four.
The fifty partnership has come up too: it’s now 59 off 40 balls. And that’s drinks, with the Indians looking very comfortable for a team attempting the second-highest run chase in ODI history. They need 182 from 19 overs at 9.57.
30th over: India 194-1 (Rohit 96, Kohli 17) Brook takes Jofra off, saving his last two overs for the death. On comes Sam Curran, with his left-arm seam Variety Pack of slower balls. Five singles and a two: good from Curran, but the momentum is still with the elderly gentlemen. After 30 overs, England were 192-0, so there’s nothing in it – but England did go berserk at the end, with Jos Buttler and Joe Root making 62 off the last three overs.
29th over: India 187-1 (Rohit 92, Kohli 14) Rashid gets a breather (6-0-40-1) as Brook brings back Josh Tongue. Kohli attacks him, lacing a cut shot with a dash of savagery, but Sam Curran makes a magnificent stop and it’s only a single. India need something big and Rohit strokes an on-drive over midwicket for six, then goes over long-off for six more. That takes him to his highest score at Lord’s, apparently (Kohli’s is 45!), and it brings the crowd to life. The rate nudges down to 9.57.
28th over: India 172-1 (Rohit 79, Kohli 13) Brook, longing for a second wicket, keeps Archer on for his eighth over. Rohit gives him the charge to the wrong ball – a lifter – and gets away with a slice, coming back for two. Archer looks pensive as he walks back to his mark. He beats Kohli’s attempted pull with a short ball that keeps low and appeals for LBW. No raised finger, and no review either. With the commentators saying Kohli will just see out the last ball, he surprises them by stepping away to leg and belting a pull over midwicket.
Eight off the over, so the rate nudges up to 9.81. But it does feel as if India can do this.
27th over: India 164-1 (Rohit 76, Kohli 8) India need a big over from these two old gents. Rohit obliges by swinging Rashid for four, and then Kohli joins the fun with a straight drive for four more, hit with some venom. Thirteen off the over! India need 224 from the last 23 overs at a rate of 9.73. Still possible.
