England v India: third men's cricket Test, day four
Date: 2025-07-13T09:15:16.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Sunday morning coming down? Hardly.
This third Test between England and India is on a knife edge. But more than that. How about a trapeze artist in 7inch heels tottering along a greased up machete above shark infested waters. In a howling gale. Something like that I suppose.
England lead by the grand total of two runs on first innings and things got a bit spicy on the third evening last night.
Zak Crawley gave a cynical/hilarious/his best Daniel Day Lewis impression to make sure England only had to face one over at the close, it was less My Left Foot and more My Right Glove (there will be definitely wasn't any blood). Shubman Gill and his men took umbrage and it all got a bit shouty and pointy at the close.
A bit of good old fashioned needle to keep us all on our toes this morning then. England will likely try and force the game along in the first session but with that comes a certain risk. We wouldn't want it any other way, eh?
Play begins at 11am, Jim here at a muggy Lord's (dare I say it could be bowling conditions…) on the tools until this afternoon when Rob Smyth will take you tenderly by the hand at lwead you through the rest of the day.
Do give us a shout if you are tuning in. Thought, theories, predictions and pension advice all welcomed.
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