India are aiming to fightback as play resumes after Lunch, having been completely dominated by England so far on Day 2 of the fifth and final Test at The Oval. England have reached 110/1 in just 17 overs, trailing India by 115 runs, with Zak Crawley and stand-in captain Ollie Pope at the crease. Crawley slammed his fifty in 42 balls, being part of an explosive 92-run opening partnership with Ben Duckett. The latter was dismissed by Akash Deep and given a cheeky send-off. Earlier in the day, India’s lower middle-order and tail fell apart, as they lost four wickets in 34 balls, lasting only 28 minutes with the bat on Day 2. India have a mountain to climb from here if they are to win the Test and level the series.
Complete domination from England in the first couple of hours of the day. First, they skittled out India’s tail in no time, taking 4 wickets in 34 balls. Then Crawley and Duckett came out to bat with supreme intent. Crawley has slammed a fifty, Duckett narrowly missed out on his. England have nearly scored half of India’s entire total already.
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