First Test day three: England 246 & 316-6; India 436Surrey player unbeaten on 148 with lead of 126 runs
Some of the messaging from the England camp can sound delusional at times but internally it clearly has merit. They approached this third day in Hyderabad as if memories of the previous two had been wiped like a politician’s WhatsApp messages, a sublime century from Ollie Pope pushing back against India when all hope appeared lost.
The prospect of this adding up to anything but a 1-0 lead for the hosts still felt an outside bet at the close, England reaching 316 for six and 126 runs ahead. But the fact nothing was settled was to their credit, likewise the architect being one of the players who looked so lost on that grim pandemic tour of India three years ago.
Full report from Hyderabad to follow …