Ben Gardner picks out five moments which defined day three at Trent Bridge, as India set England a would-be-world record 521 to win.
Pujara’s long-awaited fifty
When, from the last ball of the 54th over, Cheteshwar Pujara clipped Stuart Broad through the leg-side and trotted a single, he completed a half-century that was a long time coming in more ways than one. It took all of 148 balls, summing up India’s approach on a day which they began in an almost-impregnable position – slow and steady, grinding England into the dirt rather than pounding them into a pulp.
Alastair Cook and Jennings might have survived to stumps intact, but it was no easy passage to safety. Two deliveries from Ishant Sharma in the day’s penultimate over demonstrated the scale of the task, the first whistling past the outside edge off the seam, and the second which kept a bit low and took an under-edge through to the keeper.
All through the Test match there has been seam movement on offer, while on the third day there were signs throughout of variable bounce. India just need 10 balls on target to do something. The task facing England is immense.
