Duckett and Pope lead England reply after India all out for 471 at Headingley
LEEDS, England (AP) — England negotiated Jasprit Bumrah to reach 107-1 after bowling out India for 471 by tea on day two Saturday of the test series opener at Headingley.
Opener Ben Duckett, 53 not out, and Ollie Pope, 48 not out, were spearheading England after Zac Crawley was dismissed by Bumrah in the first over.
Bumrah, the world’s best fast bowler, got Crawley to nick to first slip then turned his attention on Duckett and Pope.
Both batters squirted edges through vacant spaces in the slips cordon and Duckett survived an lbw review on 1 and was dropped on 15 by Ravindra Jadeja at backward point.
Then the batters could breathe after Bumrah completed his first five-over spell during the best bowling conditions of the match yet.
It clouded over after lunch, and began raining lightly, forcing the stadium lights on. Then the innings break was delayed for 40 minutes because of the rain sprinkles.
Once Bumrah rested, sloppy fielding, including errors by Bumrah and captain Shubman Gill, helped Duckett and Pope milk singles on a pitch that offered little threat as the clouds broke up.
The only scare was for Pope on 34, when he narrowly survived an lbw review by Mohammed Siraj on the umpire’s call. At tea, Pope was 48 off 63 balls.
Duckett reached his 19th test fifty with his eighth boundary, swept behind square.
India went to lunch on 454-7, losing four wickets in the morning including Gill for 147 and Rishabh Pant for 134. Those two combined for 209 runs.
After lunch, India’s tail didn’t last long.
The 471 total was underwhelming seeing as India was 430-3 and 550 looked on the cards.
India’s last seven wickets fell for 41 runs in 68 balls. The main beneficiary was pacer Josh Tongue with 4-8 in 17 balls.
India’s innings was the first in a test in England where a side scored three hundreds and three ducks.
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