What a match, and what irony that it should be settled England’s way by a No.11 defending an off-break like an opening batter – soft hands and with the middle of the bat. But that’s great Test cricket, unsurpassable drama decided as often by the innocuous moment as the grand gesture.

This was a throwback of a last day when every wicket and run was eked out in front of a near full-house and the tension became unbearable

England beat India by 22 runs on an extraordinary final day of the third test at Lord's on Monday to move 2-1 ahead in the series.

(Reuters) -Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson has replaced injured Shoaib Bashir in England's 14-player squad for the fourth test in the five-match series against India, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday.

Spin-bowling allrounder Liam Dawson is in line to make a Test comeback after eight years after he was added to the England squad for the fourth Test against India, starting on July 23 at Old Trafford.

The 35-year-old played the most recent of his three Tests against South Africa in 2017 but comes in for the injured Shoaib Bashir