Mohammed Siraj is giving it all the pieces at The Oval, and it’s paying off. After bowling 5 overs in a single stretch, Siraj was seen having a quiet chat with India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel close to the boundary. Quickly after that transient alternate, Siraj returned to the assault — and it didn’t take lengthy for him to strike. He bowled a few jaffas after which received the massive wicket of Ollie Pope, trapping him lbw with a ball that reduce in sharply. It was a textbook Siraj nip-backer, coming in from a large angle and jagging in off the seam. Pope performed outdoors the road, utterly undone by the motion. The ball struck him flush on the knee roll and would have crashed into center and leg, as confirmed by Hawkeye. He reviewed after a protracted chat, however it was in useless. Pope walked again for 27.

This was Siraj’s second wicket of the innings, having already eliminated Zak Crawley late on Day 3 with a searing yorker that crashed into the stumps. With 20 wickets within the sequence to date, Siraj is now the main wicket-taker within the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

He has already bowled eight overs on the trot on this innings, displaying outstanding vitality and starvation for wickets. Earlier, Ben Duckett fell to Prasidh Krishna for 54. On the time of writing, England are 114 for 3 in 30 overs and wish 260 extra runs to win. India stay on prime, however the struggle continues.