Siraj akash

Tendulkar Trophy Test: Zak Crawley’s 52 not out has propelled England to reach 109/1 in 16 overs trail India by 115 runs at lunch on day two of fifth Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at The Oval on Friday.

Resuming from 204/6, India’s innings ended within 30 minutes and 34 deliveries of the morning session’s start. Atkinson took three of the final four wickets to finish with 5-33 from 21.4 overs, including eight maidens. Josh Tongue took one more scalp to end up with 3-57, as India lost their last four wickets for just 20 runs.

In reply, England put on an entertaining 92-run opening stand off only 12.4 overs – with Ben Duckett hitting 43 off 38 balls. Crawley at his rollicking best, especially when playing effortless drives, to hit 12 boundaries and be unbeaten on 52 off 43 balls – his 19th Test fifty. Giving him company is skipper Ollie Pope, who’s unbeaten on 12 off 16 deliveries.