Overview:
The field was set for a short ball but Siraj went for a Yorker, surprising the English opener.
Mohammed Siraj produced a magical delivery to dismiss Zak Crawley in England’s second innings of the fifth and final Test. The field was set for a short ball but Siraj went for a Yorker, surprising the English opener.
The stumps were rattled and the batter couldn’t believe as it was the penultimate ball of the day.
Chasing 374 runs, the hosts were 50/1 and still need 324 runs to lift the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.Siraj has completed 100 wickets in overseas matches. In the first innings, the right-arm pacer picked up four scalps. Earlier, India accumulated 396 runs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring a hundred. Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar chipped in with fifties. Gus Atkinson (5 wickets) Josh Tongue (3 wickets) and Jamie Overton (2 wickets) were the wicker-takers.
Meanwhile, the visitors managed 224 runs in their first innings while England amassed 247.
England are leading the series by a margin of 2-1.
