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ENGLAND NEED 169 TO WIN
For much of that innings, England were in some control. But with India there is usually chaos at the death, and today was no exception. They (I say, it was mainly Hardik Pandya) smashed 88 off the last seven overs to take India to what looks like a total.
A word for Chris Jordan, the figures of 4-0-43-3 do not do justice to some very good death bowling.
Updated at 09.39 GMT
WICKET! India 168-6 (Pandya hit wicket 63)
Pandya smashes Jordan devastatingly over midwicket for six, then pulls a full toss for four. He bowls the last ball to the boundary as well, but steps on his stumps in the process and is out. Those four lost runs could be vital. Still, this is an incredible innings from Hardik Pandya – 63 off 33 balls with five sixes, including 59 off his last 24 deliveries.
Updated at 09.37 GMT
WICKET! India 158-5 (Final Over 6)
Pant takes a wide full toss for a single, which puts the rampant Pandya on strike again. He pings a yorker into the cover sweeper for a single, an outrageously good shot for one, then Pant misses a wide yorker.
Pandya charges down the wicket, deliberately getting Pant out so he can get the strike back. Under the circumstances, this is smart cricket. (If it had been a catch, the new batter would have been on strike, but since it was an out they are allowed to cross.)
There are three balls left.
Chris Jordan will make the last…
Rooftop walkers watch the action from the top of the members’ stand. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/AFP/Getty Images They’ve got a good view from up there – they’re in the right-hand stand. Photograph: Mark Brake-ICC/ICC/Getty Images
Updated at 09.33 GMT
19th over: India 156-4 (Pandya 52, Pant 5) Sam Curran’s last over is gone for 20! Pant leaves room to slice his first ball over backward point for four, then flicks a yorker for a single.
Another wide yorker is deftly headed for four by Pandya, who then blasts a monstrous six over midwicket. The over ends with a vicious clip towards the cow corner that not even the diving Stokes can stop. This brings up a punishing half-century from Pandya. He scored 4 off his first 9 deliveries; has 48 belts from the last 20.
Sam Curran, England’s leading death bowler, finishes with R-rated figures of 4-0-42-0.
Ben Stokes as half the population at Christmas: face full of Toblerone
— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) November 10, 2022
Updated at 09.39 GMT
18th over: India 136-4 (Pandya 37, Pant 0) This was a good catch from Rashid, and ends a very intense over. The new batsman is Rishabh Pant.
Updated at 09.23 GMT
WICKET! India 136-4 (Kohli c Rashid b Jordan 50)
Virat Kohli is out, and if that’s not worth an exclamation mark, I don’t know what is! But first, back to the beginning of the end…
Jordan tries to surprise Pandya with a short ball first. Pandya surprises Jordan by hitting him into the crowd at mid-off. This is his second six, and he gets the third off the next ball with an incredible shot. Jordan didn’t finish nailing a leg-stump yorker, and Pandya chopper flicked it sweetly over backward square leg.
Jordan, who was tagged for death in last year’s semi-final, must be having flashbacks. But his response is admirable – a bouncer that beats Pandya and then a perfect yorker that Pandya can only squeeze for a single.
Kohli drives two through extra cover to bring up his usual half-century: 39 balls, four fours, a six. But he falls to the side of the ball, lobbing a wide yorker to Rashid at short third man. Virat Kohli is out!
Updated at 09.23 GMT
17th over: India 121-3 (Kohli 48, Pandya 24) Here comes Sam Curran. He has been England’s banker at the death in this tournament, but this is a different challenge altogether.
His first ball is short, wide and fiercely hit the short square boundary for a six by Pandya. Kohli punches the air with delight.
The next ball is lifted to deep square leg, where the sprawling Hales does well to save two runs. Curran nails a wide yorker that is crumpled down the ground, with non-striker Kohli running away for two. This is excellent performance.
But it’s also an excellent comeback from Curran: six from the first ball, five from the next five.
Three overs to go, and there is absolutely no consensus on what would be an even score.
Do not think that this argument is entirely simple. 170 could be a winning score
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) November 10, 2022
Needs a great finish. This is not enough on this surface. You need a minimum of 160 it seems
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 10, 2022
16th over: India 110-3 (Kohli 48, Pandya 13) Kohli smiles at his compensation and then drives Jordan’s next ball over extra cover for four. Glorious Baptism
A misfield from Livingstone gives him a single, and then Pandya pulls another one to deep square. India score 10 for the third consecutive over.
KOHLI IS NOT OUT!
Well, I thought it was feathering, but it was actually just cutting the leg stump. That means it’s a call by the umpire and Kohli survives. I can’t decide if this is a very good decision by Paul Reiffel or a really bad one.
Updated at 09.10 GMT
15.2 overs: India 102-3 (Kohli 43, Pandya 10) Chris Jordan has bowled 10,000 Yorkers into the nets, all for a moment like this. If all goes according to plan, it will come out of this ending. He starts inauspiciously, with a wide leg side to Pandya, then drops Kohli with a sensational yorker.
Paul Reiffel says he won’t be out, but England go to the review. If it’s the bearing first, it’s a plumber.
Updated at 09.08 GMT
15th over: India 100-3 (Kohli 43, Pandya 9) Livingstone does continue; I suspect this is Woakes’ fourth about him bowling, he would love three from Jordan and two from Curran.
After his usual watchful outing, four off nine balls, Pandya smacks a terrifying boundary just past the umpire’s head. After a couple of useful dot balls for England, Kohli hit a superb boundary through extra cover. Not even Jordan, who has been running for a long time, could stop it.
India have scored ten runs in each of the last two overs. If they keep this up, they’ll hit 150, but I suspect they’ll be looking closer to 170.
England go with the short straight to the field (technically a short straight but that’s not such a good name)
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) November 10, 2022
Updated at 09.04 GMT
14th over: India 90-3 (Kohli 38, Pandya 4) Kohli whips Woakes past short third man for four, his first boundary since the seventh over. He’s so good at shifting gears at the death, so England won’t be at all comfortable while he’s at the crease.
Waakes goes wide as Pandya misses a hook shot. It seemed pretty clear to me. A single discount from every other installment makes it ten from the end.
13th over: India 80-3 (Kohli 31, Pandya 2) Livingstone returns, and Pandya gets through with back-to-back deliveries just short of a fielder, first short third man and then backward point.
There is quite a bit in this field for the spinners, which will interest Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin. A good pass from Livingstone, three from him. England have filled their quota of fifth bowlers, although they could give Livingstone another one after that.
Updated at 08.59 GMT
12th over: India 77-3 (Kohli 29, Pandya 1) Rashid ends another masterful spell with figures of 4-0-20-1. The only boundary he conceded was off his first delivery.
The difficulty level of hitting a spinner for 6 with extra cover is right up there. Off the seams is much easier because of the pace of the ball. From a spinner you have to make the beat and absolutely burn it!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) November 10, 2022
Updated at 08.59 GMT
WICKET! India 75-3 (Suryakumar c Salt b Rashid 14)
Adil Rashid has taken the big wicket! Suryakumar charged down the track and cut the ball in the air to deep point, where Phil Salt took a simple catch. It was a very good delivery, slower and spinning enough to take the lead. Suryakumar goes for 14 off 10 balls; England will take it all day and all night.
England’s Phil Salt takes a catch to dismiss Suryakumar Yadav. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/ICC/Getty Images
Updated at 09.02 GMT
11th over: India 74-2 (Kohli 27, Suryakumar 14) Ben Stokes returns to the attack. The first ball beats Suryakumar’s attempt at violence, but you can’t shut him up forever. Or even 10 minutes. After a relatively slow start (4 off 7 balls), he lifts a spectacular hook over the keeper’s head for six. He probably didn’t want it to go that well, but he certainly wanted it for six. The next balls are fired over extra cover for four. It’s on!
“Too pumped up for any rational analysis here,” Andy writes. “Maybe tough on Brook! Good catch by Curran though and really good by Jordan.
10th over: India 62-2 (Kohli 26, Suryakumar 3) Suryakumar sweeps Rashid off middle stump for a single. The ball came in beautifully, and for a split second England thought it was going to be LBW at lead.
Kohli, who is batting with formidable certainty, lifts two more down the ground. But then he berates himself for only managing to hit a full pitch for a single.
That’s good stuff from Rashid, 3-0-17-0. Drink time
9th over: India 57-2 (Kohli 23, Suryakumar 1) SKY bowls his first ball into deep square for a single.
“I don’t agree that this was a lesser opportunity for Brook (5th over),” Andy writes. “He went like a rocket, but not full stretch and had full palm … at least half a chance. Brook’s game has been questionable in the tournament overall.”
Tough people!
WICKET! India 56-2 (Rohit c Curran b Jordan 27)
Chris Jordan, who replaces Mark Wood, replaces Livingstone. He doesn’t nail his second yorker, and Rohit pings it imperiously over extra cover for a four off a bounce. Non-striker Kohli swings his bat in celebration.
But, pick that cheesy course, it’s England…