Reasonable? Frightened? Boring? Say what you want, but England came out on Lord’s 1. Day of the third test against India with a significantly calculated battery approach. The bother of the pool for the benefit of the more sober traditional template. With the stumps, they reached 251 to 4 out of 83 crossing on the surface, offered by pitchors much more help than feathers in Leeds and Birmingham. | Lord’s test day 1 most important – scorecard |
Joe Root, Torchbearer of England classic test batting, appeared directly at home in the middle of the restriction and finished only one running of the shy about what would be his 37th test century. The former captain was in his element and restored peace of mind to the branding unit, which has recently been something other than.
Only two months ago this very English party rattled in a single day of almost 500 runs.
On Thursday, however, instead of leaning their hats into the environment – the sacred lawn of Lord – and detonated, as if it were 2003, not 2025. Trailblazers of Bazball dialing it on a folded, almost conservative display and scoring 3.02 runs over.
From the beginning, England has decided to go against their character. After winning the throwing, England decided to bat for the second time in the era of Boveball at home.
England managed only 75 runs in the first session, followed by a rate of scoring 2.98 runs for the second-second lowest in the session at home during the Bazball era. However, there was it at the end of this, because England showed proper respect for the conditions and quality of the Indian bowling attack.
Gill’s Jab goes in vain
It is fair to say that the Indians were caught out of sight. SHUBMAN GILL and his men could expect Bazball Blitz, especially after Ben Stokes’ promise of a strong response to Birmingham. India was reinforced for English rock stars to start heavy metal. Instead of what they got, there was a jazz ensemble – a great, gentle performance led by root and Stokes, preferred the rhythm and restrictions over riffs and chaos.
In the second session Gill could not help but let the sharp sled, caught on the stump microphone:
“No more fun cricket, boys. Welcome back to boring test cricket, boys.”
A few crossed earlier, Mohammed Siraj had a slightly root to bring the basball pace back and urged him to leave his blockathon. But England, determined not to penetrate, stuck to your weapons.
At the end of the game they looked more content of both sides. They did not give India the chaos they desire, and still accumulated 250 runs with six goals still intact.
Reasonable and smart?
Critics often accused this English generation of life in a one -stage world – all attacks, no defense – incapable grinding or survival when it moves. But after their humiliation of the 336-Runa defeat in the second test, England seems to have redesigned its methods. For most of the day it was “Blockball”, yes, but ensured that they did not complicate on the playground where the smoothness was hard to earn.
Since 172 for 4, Root and Stokes, the ship with an uninterrupted 79-run stand stabilized, showing peace and clarity.
Cheteshwar Pujara, Indian Supreme Priest Atrractive cricket, welcomed the English approach and called it a “refined” version of Bazball. England Ollie Pope, on the other hand, gave recognition where it was due – impatient bowling efforts of India.
“It was a very slow day, but the confession of the way India bowed. I don’t think she offered a load after lunch – it was quite calm – but India kept their length well.
Disciplined India, Gill Shine
As Ollie Pope admitted, India was not missing. Captain Shaubman Gill was sharp with his bowling changes, including the inspired gambling to bring Nitish Reddy – a move that paid off in style.
He returned to the attack after sitting in Birmingham and Jasprit Bumrah made life unpleasant for English dough. Although he went without a goal in the first meeting, Bumrah refused to calm down. His perseverance paid off at the final meeting when Harry Brook World was cheap.
Ravindra Jadeja also rushed with the key goal of Ollie Pope, when England crashed from 153 to 2 to 173 for the 4 end of the game. However, the experienced duo Joe Root and Ben Stokes ensured that India was denied another success before the stumps.
England will try to stretch its partnership of the fifth goal to the 2nd day, but India will take the heart from the movement offered by the second new ball at the end of the day.
England atypical approach with BAT will only be confirmed if they can build on this platform and move their first shifts for 400.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
10th July 2025
Tune
