1st Test : India tour of England at Birmingham

83 - 1 after 28 overs

Win the toss, go to Lunch ~

Current Partnership :
57 runs, 19.1 overs, RR: 2.97 (JE Root 31, KK Jennings 26)
Last Bat :
AN Cook b Ashwin 13 (38m 28b 2X4 0X6) SR: 46.42
FoW :
26/1 (8.5 ov)

Eng 148-3

Root 63, Bairstow 16

The last 10 times Joe Root has reached fifty, he's failed to go on and score a century.

His last hundred was against West Indies in the day/night Test here last year.

Eng 153-3

Jonny Bairstow isn't going to let Ashwin settle. He hits a positive drive on the first ball and then heaves one over the infield to the mid-wicket boundary a ball later.

Eng 242-6

Stokes 20, Curran 1

Ravichandran Ashwin will want six deliveries at Sam Curran here.

The India off-spinner gets them but young Curran keeps out all six well. A maiden.

Eng 250-7

Adil Rashid plays a fairly nervy clip in the air but it's wide of mid-wicket and he picks up two.

That's 250 up for the hosts. About four more wickets down than they looked like being at this point though.

Ishant Sharma is on for his first bowl of the evening session, with one over left until the new ball is available.

The new ball is available but India aren't going to take it for now as Ravichandran Ashwin stays in the attack.

Sam Curran (20y-59d) is the second youngest England player to appear in a Test match against India. The youngest: 19y-297d Haseeb Hameed in Nov 2016

India have had a nice balance when bowling to Sam Curran. The seamers have hung the ball out wide, whilst Ashwin attacks his stump. They're playing on his patience, given that Curran averages 78.50 with the cut shot in FC cricket, and won't leave it alone for long.