India vs England: Can Bazball strike again as Ben Stokes’ side attempt record run-chase in India?
England seamer James Anderson: “The chat last night from the coach [Brendon McCullum] was that if they get 600, we were going to go for it”; follow over-by-over text commentary of the second Test in India from 3.45am on Monday (first ball at 4am)
England closed day three in Vizag on 67-1, reducing the equation to a further 332 required after battling their way back into the contest by dismissing India for 255 in their second innings.
James Anderson was instrumental in that, kick-starting the day with the wickets of openers Rohit Sharma (13) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) before Shubman Gill (104) scored a third Test century to ensure England still have a sizable mountain to scale.
Not that this England side, led by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, fear the task, with 41-year-old Anderson even proclaiming after the day’s play: “The chat last night from the coach was that if they get 600, we were going to go for it.
