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07/14 10:32 CDT Jadeja and India tail fight to keep hopes alive in thrilling
Lord's test finale
Jadeja and India tail fight to keep hopes alive in thrilling Lord's test finale
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- Ravindra Jadeja and the India tail kept alive hopes of a
miracle win against England in the Lord's test by surviving to tea on the final
day Monday.
India was 163-9 at the interval in pursuit of 193 to win the match.
India needed 30 more runs but had only one wicket left and 10 overs before the
second new ball was available to England.
Jadeja was on 56 from 162 balls --- his second half-century of the match ---
and No. 11 batter Mohammed Siraj on 2 off 20.
Their partnership was 16 runs off 8.3 overs.
India was 112-8 at lunch and staring at imminent defeat.
But Jadeja and No. 10 batter Jasprit Bumrah were determined to drag India to
the finish line. They defied a relentless England attack with help from a soft
ball and dead track.
Jadeja shielded Bumrah until after Jadeja hit India's first six of the innings
and trusted giving his teammate more of the strike.
They dropped India's target below 80, 70, 60 then 50 but after combining for 35
runs in 22 overs, Bumrah hacked at a Ben Stokes short ball and top-edged to
mid-on. Bumrah scored 5 in 54 balls.
India still needed 46 more runs and England wasn't going to sweat until 30 was
needed.
But after an extra half-hour to get out the last wicket, Jadeja and Siraj
reduced India's target to 30 with one more session left.
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