Oval downpour leaves England and India series on knife-edge

Harry Brook and Joe Root both hit hundreds before England's series finale against India was left on a knife-edge after an Oval downpour cut short Sunday's fourth day.

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England were 339-6 when play was abandoned at 1703 GMT, with the hosts now needing a further 35 runs to reach a target of 374 on Monday's final day.

India, meanwhile, require four wickets to end the five-match series level at 2-2.

England were faltering at 106-3 following the loss of stand-in captain Ollie Pope.

But the Yorkshire duo of Brook (111) and Root (105) turned the tide with a fourth-wicket stand of 195 that left England cruising to a 3-1 series win with more than a day to spare.

But Brook's exit sparked a mini-collapse that saw England lose three wickets for 36 runs, with Root also unable to finish the job.

And when bad light halted play at 1630 GMT, England were 339-6, with Jamie Smith (two not out) and Jamie Overton (nought not out) on their Surrey home ground.