Shoulder nudge, fiery spells and 14 wickets set up tantalising final day

THE atmosphere was crackling, like a heavy discharge of industrial-grade current. The hosts were under the pump and the visitors, who had begun the series with a loss, knew they had the rare chance of back-to-back Test wins outside Asia and the West Indies.

- FIROZ MIRZA @London

The feisty Mohammed Siraj had made contact with Ben Duckett's shoulder after a mistimed pull didn't clear mid-on. Nitish Reddy screamed in the general direction of Zak Crawley after the opener found one of the two gullies. Siraj was in a happy rage after finding Ollie Pope plumb and Akash Deep, who opened up about his sister's fight with cancer, had let out a visceral scream after spread-eagling Harry Brook's middle stump.