England beat India by 27 runs in third and deciding men’s cricket ODI – as it happened
After a cascade of wickets during the much-criticised Test here six weeks ago came a landslide of one-day international runs. In the end, despite a ferocious century from Rohit Sharma that turned Lord’s into his personal playground, England had enough on the board to seal a 2-1 series victory against India.
Harry Brook must have thought it was mission accomplished for his side at the halfway stage, with Ben Duckett’s 141 from 135 balls having powered them to 387 for three. Both were men’s ODI records at Lord’s, with Duckett having surpassed Viv Richards and the unbeaten 138 made during the World Cup in 1979.
But amid speculation about his international future – reports of a recent tap on the shoulder – Sharma erupted with a display of controlled brutality. His 138 from 110 balls, first allied with another glossy 77 from Shubman Gill, had India tracking with the target and their vocal supporters dreaming of a famous heist.
That was until Jacob Bethell, fresh from 91 with the bat, finally slid one of his left-arm tweakers past a sweep shot and into the stumps to see India 262 for two in the 39th over. It was the key moment in a run chase that eventually saw the tourists finish on 360 for seven and go down by a margin of 27 runs.
Time to wrap this up as we all have another sporting occasion to savour. Thanks for your company and correspondence.
It’s been a fine series, well won by England, who had to come from behind. Harry Brook has proved himself a very good captain on the field, brave and imaginative. Can he please become a good one off the field too?
Meanwhile, in New Jersey … do join the great Rob Smyth.
England had several men of the match. Ben Duckett made 141, the highest ODI score at Lord’s, but he was upstaged by Jos Buttler with a barnstorming 41 off 13 balls. Joe Root, almost unnoticed, made yet another unbeaten fifty. Then Jacob Bethell added some wily bowling to an innings of 91. But the bowler who made all the difference, after a resplendent hundred from Rohit Sharma, was Sam Curran, who took four wickets in no time with his licorice allsorts.
50th over: India 360-7 (Gurnoor Brar 18, Arshdeep Singh 15) Brook goes back to spin in the shape of Adil Rashid, who took the first wicket, that of Shubman Gill, several days ago. Gurnoor swings him for a consolation six, summing up a very spirited run chase. But England win by 27 runs and, like their football counterparts last night, they are all smiles.
47th over: India 328-6 (Axar Patel 2, Gurnoor Brar 1) Brook had taken Jacob Bethell off at last, with the very respectable figures of 7-0-49-1. And like so many of Brook’s bowling changes today it went well. Back came Archer, and although he went for those two fours, again it’s a price England can easily afford to pay. They have a safety net here, supplied, unusually, by some pyrotechnics – that series of explosions from Jos Buttler earlier.
42nd over: India 295-2 (Kohli 61, Ishan Kishan 11) Brook keeps Jacks on too. Not sure I like that … but Kohli does! He hits the first ball of the over for six, and the fourth too – one down the ground, the other whipped over deep square. The first one brings him his first 50 at Lord’s. What took him so long?
That’s 17 off the over, which brings the rate down a touch … to 11.62.
41st over: India 278-2 (Kohli 45, Ishan Kishan 10) Brook liked that wicket from Bethell so much, he’s kept him on for a fifth over. Is this wise? It goes OK at first (ones and a two), but then Ishan Kishan helps himself to a slog-sweep for four, seeing it so early that he hits it straight. Eleven off the over!
Ishan Kishan, by the way, does not rhyme, at least according to Shubman Gill. At the toss on Thursday he pronounced his name I-SHARN Kish’n.
40th over: India 267-2 (Kohli 42, Ishan Kishan 3) Rohit made 138 off 110 balls with 17 fours and five handsome sixes. What a giant he has been. He added 147 with Shubman Gill and 113 with Virat Kohli – captains the lot of them. Now here is Ishan Kishan, who brings less authority but will have faced this sort of challenge many times in Twenty20s. He;’s a left-hander, so Brook brings back Will Jacks’s off-breaks. He does well, going for just five singles.
With ten overs left, India need 121, so the rate is above 12 for the first time.
39th over: India 262-2 (Kohli 39, Ishan Kishan 1)
“England’s only hope,” said Oli Booth, just before that. “Get Cartwright, Illingworth and Shackleton on!” A line aimed at our older readers.
38th over: India 253-1 (Rohit 132, Kohli 37) Curran almost nabs Rohit, whose square drive is close to Root at cover point – but no cigar, and away it goes for four. And then he thinks he has nabbed him, with an LBW shout, as Rohit misses a sweep … No finger, a review, and it’s umpire’s call! That was the moon ball, 48mph. Curran likes it so much he tries another one, which Rohit lofts for four.
India need 135 from 12 overs at 11.25. Steep but not impossible.
37th over: India 243-1 (Rohit 123, Kohli 36) Brook keeps Bethell on for a third over. He starts well before dishing up a long hop, on a platter. Kohli helps himself to a pull for four, then drives for two. Seven off the over, so Bethell has 3-0-15-0, which is a great effort in the circumstances, even if Rohit is struggling with his cramp.
36th over: India 236-1 (Rohit 122, Kohli 30) Curran continues and beats Kohli outside off – twice in a row. Brook might want to put a slip in. “Only four off his last 11 balls,” Mike Atherton says of Kohli, who then manages a single. Can Rohit produce another of his effortless fours? Not this time. He sends a dab past Rashid at backward point, but Duckett sweeps up. Curran bowls a slow bouncer, which Kohli misses as he dances down the track. Then there’s a better shot from Kohli, who drives past cover and picks up two. But it’s only four off the over, so the required rate rises to 10.85.
And now Rohit has cramp too. Where’s a magnesium-infused powder when you need it?
35th over: India 232-1 (Rohit 121, Kohli 27) Brook, who will never die wondering, risks a second over from his seventh bowler. Bethell repays his faith by reeling off three dots. Kohli takes a single and Rohit makes the difference, again, with a slog-sweep for four. Only five off the over: somewhere up there Garry Sobers, who was a Bethell fan and a fellow Bajan, has a smile on his face.
34th over: India 227-1 (Rohit 117, Kohli 26) Curran backs up Bethell’s good work – dot, dot, false shot as Kohli gets away with a miscue into the gap at cover. But then Rohit shows his old mate how it’s done by going inside-out over extra-cover, and he celebrates with a flip-flick for four more. Too good!
That takes him to 1000 runs in ODis against England at an average of exactly 50. Nine off the over, and India are 15 ahead of where England were at this stage.
33rd over: India 218-1 (Rohit 109, Kohli 25) Bethell, purveying his gentle slow left-arm, starts with an appeal for LBW against Rohit, who misses a sweep but collects two leg-byes. After managing a pair of dots, Bethell bowls a wide, but he gets out of the over with just five from it. Good effort.
India need 170 from 17 overs, so the arithmetic is straightforward, even if the task is not.
32nd over: India 213-1 (Rohit 108, Kohli 24) England, to paraphrase Fagin in Oliver!, have gotta take a wicket or two. Sam Curran beats Rohit with a low, slow thing, too low to yield a catch behind. And beats him again by going wide-ish of off as Rohit backs away. Jos Buttler gives that a round of applause. But it’s third time lucky for Rohit as Curran goes pace-on, allowing a cut for four.
Ian Ward notices that Harry Brook is off the field, possibly asking Brendon McCullum what the hell to try next. So Jacob Bethell is in charge, at a tender age (22) and from an unlikely position (deep square). Brook comes back on and seems to be telling Bethell he wants him to bowl. Brave, minister, very brave.
31st over: India 206-1 (Rohit 102, Kohli 23) Swansong, what swansong? As Rashid returns, Rohit swings his googly for four to reach a gorgeous hundred – 102 off only 84 balls, after a sedate start. kohli adds a straight drive for four.
The fifty partnership has come up too: it’s now 59 off 40 balls. And that’s drinks, with the Indians looking very comfortable for a team attempting the second-highest run chase in ODI history. They need 182 from 19 overs at 9.57.
30th over: India 194-1 (Rohit 96, Kohli 17) Brook takes Jofra off, saving his last two overs for the death. On comes Sam Curran, with his left-arm seam Variety Pack of slower balls. Five singles and a two: good from Curran, but the momentum is still with the elderly gentlemen. After 30 overs, England were 192-0, so there’s nothing in it – but England did go berserk at the end, with Jos Buttler and Joe Root making 62 off the last three overs.
29th over: India 187-1 (Rohit 92, Kohli 14) Rashid gets a breather (6-0-40-1) as Brook brings back Josh Tongue. Kohli attacks him, lacing a cut shot with a dash of savagery, but Sam Curran makes a magnificent stop and it’s only a single. India need something big and Rohit strokes an on-drive over midwicket for six, then goes over long-off for six more. That takes him to his highest score at Lord’s, apparently (Kohli’s is 45!), and it brings the crowd to life. The rate nudges down to 9.57.
28th over: India 172-1 (Rohit 79, Kohli 13) Brook, longing for a second wicket, keeps Archer on for his eighth over. Rohit gives him the charge to the wrong ball – a lifter – and gets away with a slice, coming back for two. Archer looks pensive as he walks back to his mark. He beats Kohli’s attempted pull with a short ball that keeps low and appeals for LBW. No raised finger, and no review either. With the commentators saying Kohli will just see out the last ball, he surprises them by stepping away to leg and belting a pull over midwicket.
Eight off the over, so the rate nudges up to 9.81. But it does feel as if India can do this.