BOWLERS TO RESCUE AFTER BATSMEN FAIL

BRYDON CARSE came charging down the slope to give England hope of another Bazball miracle at Lord's.

- By Mike Walters

And then Ben Stokes uprooted nightwatchman Akash Deep's off-stump to rattle India in this barmy, barnstorming, bad-tempered third Test.

For much of a bleak sabbath, Stokes was staring down the barrel after 12 of England's 20 wickets to fall in the match were clean bowled - the most scattered timber at a Test in this country.

But as India were set a modest 193 to win, pace bowler Carse pinned skipper Shubman Gill and Karun Nair lbw in a fiery spell towards sunset before Stokes struck at the death to leave them 58-4, still needing another 135 on the final day to go 2-1 up in the series.