England v India 2025- Test Match Series

Liam Dawson has been called up as a replacement For Shoaib Bashir who is out with a fractured finger.

Dawson is a solid bowler pick plus he can bat too so that might be in the selection thinking.

England v India 4th Test Old Trafford Day 1 Close
Toss England elected to bowl
India 264-4 (83 overs) Rahul 46 Jaiswal 58 Sudharsan 61 no Pant 37 retired hurt Stokes 2-47

England confirmed yesterday that Dawson would replace Bashir. India make 3 chances, at No.3 Nair is out after 2 Tests with Sudharsan returning after playing at Headingley. Both Reddy & Akash Deep are unfit, Thakur returns to the side & Anshul Kamboj makes his International debut.

(23-07-2025 09:32 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England v India 4th Test Old Trafford Day 2 Close
Toss England elected to bowl
India 358 (114.1 overs) Sudharsan 61 Jaiswal 58 Pant 54 Rahul 46 Thakur 41 Sundar 27 Jadeja 20 Stokes 5-72 Archer 3-73
England 225-2 (46 overs) Duckett 94 no Crawley 84 Pope 20 no

(24-07-2025 10:56 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(23-07-2025 09:32 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England v India 4th Test Old Trafford Day 3 Close
Toss England elected to bowl
India 358 (114.1 overs) Sudharsan 61 Jaiswal 58 Pant 54 Rahul 46 Thakur 41 Sundar 27 Jadeja 20 Stokes 5-72 Archer 3-73
England 544-7 (135 overs) Root 150 Duckett 94 no Crawley 84 Pope 71 Stokes 77 Dawson 21 no Washington 2-57 Jadeja 2-117

Root passes Ponting in the all time Test Match run scoring list, with only Tendulkar ahead of him.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

(25-07-2025 10:04 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(24-07-2025 10:56 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(23-07-2025 09:32 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England v India 4th Test Old Trafford Day 4 Close
Toss England elected to bowl
India 358 (114.1 overs) Sudharsan 61 Jaiswal 58 Pant 54 Rahul 46 Thakur 41 Sundar 27 Jadeja 20 Stokes 5-72 Archer 3-73
England 669 (157.1 overs) Root 150 Stokes 141 Duckett 94 no Crawley 84 Pope 71 Carse 47 Dawson 26 Washington 2-107 Jadeja 4-143 Bumrah 2-112
India 174-2 (63 overs) Gill 78 no Rahul 87 no Woakes 2-48
Trail by 137

It looks like we will see the first drawn Test of the series. The Manchester weather will help with heavy showers expected around the 11am start time which should fade out into the afternoon with some play possible.
Not much assistance from the pitch other than some variable bounce at time, but generally good to bat on, fairly lifeless with very little swing or seam movement aside from the new ball. The odd ball spinning, mainly out of the rough.
England were hampered by Stokes reluctance to bowl yesterday, the rest of the seam attack looked tired with Dawson ineffective on a benign pitch.
A draw isn't the worst result with England 2-1 up, but with a 300+ lead they would've had designs on forcing a win & wrapping the series up.
Still great to see Stokes complete his century yesterday, hope there is no serious injury concerns.