THE OVAL — Cricket, eh? Just as this undulating, ill-tempered series was building towards a stunning crescendo, rain cut short the gripping drama that was promising to deliver a blockbuster conclusion to the Test summer.
The call, made by the match officials at 6.03pm on this fourth day, seemed early given it came 39 minutes before the official cut-off point for a resumption.
Inevitably, the rain soon stopped and the skies brightened over this corner of south London.
Harry Brook survives! Mohammed Siraj takes the catch but then stumbles over the boundary, it's a six! pic.twitter.com/J2KUnyGHvp
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) August 3, 2025The good news is that day five here is also a sell-out so the dramatic finale to a series that has ebbed and flowed violently throughout should not be played out in front of empty stands.
England were cruising in pursuit of the second-highest run chase in their Test history during a 195-run stand between Root and Harry Brook, whose innings of 111 was perhaps the best of his career given it completely changed the complexion of this match.
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In keeping with what has gone before, we are no closer to knowing who will actually come out on top heading into the 25th day of this series.
Yet the night’s rest will also suit India’s weary bowlers, especially with a second new ball just 3.4 overs away.
Without talismanic captain Ben Stokes through injury and a bowler down since Chris Woakes dislocated his left shoulder late on day one, they have performed admirably to fight their way back into this.
If things go down to the wire on the final day, Root confirmed at the close of play that Woakes will indeed come to the crease to occupy an end and, if needed, bat with only one working arm.
Things were a lot more straightforward for England when Root and Brook were making hay against a bowling attack that had completely lost the plot during an afternoon session that saw the hosts post 158 runs.
GOT HIM! India are fighting!Joe Root's wonderful innings comes to an end pic.twitter.com/S72EcRZ9kx
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) August 3, 2025By the time they were parted, Brook caught charging Akash Deep shortly before tea and losing his bat in the process, that equation came down to 73.
By that time, he had chalked up his 39th Test century, Root paying tribute to the late, great Graham Thorpe by taking off his helmet and donning a headband, his mentor’s trademark, before raising his bat.
England, with Smith and Overton at the crease, still needed 37.
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Mother nature then intervened to ensure there will be one more thrilling chapter to this captivating Test summer.
The early losses of Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope tempered that hope.
Yet India went into lunch wondering just how costly their reprieve of Brook on 19 would be after Mohammed Siraj stepped onto the boundary rope taking a catch.
It may still yet be the most pivotal moment of the series.
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