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Fifth Test, day four, The Oval – England lead series 2-1

Bad light and rain brings early end to day four with England needing 35 more to win and India four wickets

England are chasing 374 to win fifth Test and secure series victory

Would be their second-highest chase and a record at The Oval

Root reaches 39th Test century off 137 balls but edges behind with England still needing 37

Brook hits stunning 111 off 98 balls to get England within 73 of victory

Brook was caught at fine leg by Siraj, but India quick stumbles onto boundary rope. Brook was on 19 and England 137-3

Fifth Test, day four, The Oval – England lead series 2-1

We will be back on Monday at 10:30 BST for day five of the fifth Test, with England needing 35 runs to win.

Mohammed Siraj’s comic mistake turns Test for England as Harry Brook and Joe Root set up thrilling finale

So this brutal, gruelling series goes the distance, to the fifth day of the fifth Test just like all four Tests before it. England need 35 runs to win the match and the series; India need three and a half wickets to draw the series. The half is Chris Woakes, who was seen shuffling around the dressing room in full whites late in the day, with his dislocated shoulder in a sling, ready to go into battle should England need him.

England have Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton at the crease but they have Joe Root and Harry Brook to thank for getting to this position, only six sixes to the winning line as Brendon McCullum might see it. Chasing 374, the No 1 and No 3-ranked batsmen in the world both scored centuries as they demolished India’s towering lead. They rattled off the milestones at a rate of about one applause per over – Brook’s ton, their 150 partnership, 100 left to win, England’s 300th run – until Brook finally succumbed, charging Akash Deep and spooning the ball to cover.

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