Summary

  • England trail India by 70 runs as rain halts play again after tea

  • India 278: Rahul 84, Jadeja 56

  • Bumrah & Shami add 33 for last wkt

  • Robinson 5-85, Anderson 4-54

  • Anderson third on all-time list

  • Three drops; five missed run-outs

  • First Test, Trent Bridge, day three

  • Today at the Test, BBC Two, 19:00 BST

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton

  1. Farewell

    Right, that's it for another sadly curtailed live text.

    Join us from 10:45 BST tomorrow for a crucial day four at Trent Bridge.

    Stephan Shemilt's report of day three is here.

    The scorecard is here.

    The Test Match Special podcast will be available later here. And there is also a special episode with Windies great Michael Holding talking to Jonathan Agnew.

    And there's more live cricket coverage to come this evening as Welsh Fire take on Trent Rockets in the men's Hundred, starting at 18:45.

    For now, farewell.

  2. India's tail continued to wag, before Ollie Robinson ended it, completing his first Test five-for.

    India ended on 278, a lead of 95, before England openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley calmly reached 20-0 before the rain arrived.

    So England will resume 70 runs behind on day four, hoping for a lead of 200-250 to really test India. A tall ask, mind.

  3. Ravindra Jadeja proved a thorn in England's side by hitting a fine 56.

  4. That mess looked set to continue as Joe Root dropped KL Rahul, only for the opener to fall soon after, becoming James Anderson's 620th Test victim, taking him past India great Anil Kumble.

    Root then made amends by snaffling a much tougher chance to remove Shardul Thakur.

  5. England did remove Pant via a loose shot, but then made a bit of a mess before lunch with missed chances and a bad review..

  6. India resumed on 125-4, with KL Rahul set on 57 and Rishabh Pant in the mood to quickly add to his seven not out.

  7. Right, before we finish for the day, let's have a look back at the key moments of action we did get in between the rain...

  8. No signs of any riot at Trent Bridge, thankfully.

    The stands are almost entirely empty.

  9. Close of play

    Eng 25-0 (Trail India by 70 runs)

    Play is abandoned for the day! We go again tomorrow.

  10. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Trent Bridge

    It's blazing sunshine. If they call it off now, there will be a riot.

  11. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    You know you're not going to get fireworks from Dom Sibley, but he's been calm and controlled so far. He will be aware of the murmuring around his position in the team, but it's not just him. Burns, Lawrence and Crawley are pretty much in the same position.

  12. We've not seen many balls in England's second innings sadly.

    Rory Burns has hit a couple of belting boundaries though.

  13. It is frustrating. They do need to prepare the ground and there are concerns it would be dangerous for players to resume on a wet outfield.

    But it does so often result in players stood waiting on the sidelines, ready to come on, only for the rain to return just before they are able to.

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    Why after two mins of spitty rain do we now have to wait another half an hour before play will resume. Totally unacceptable for the paying public. Doubt I will bother driving 250 miles for a day at a Test match again. Very poor.

    Margaret, Dorset (currently at Trent Bridge)

  15. Moeen Ali, anyone?

  16. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    In the absence of Ben Stokes, England are always juggling and always seem to be a man short without him, either in the batting or bowling.

  17. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    We've had another deluge and this one has been more alarming because it came straight down and wasn't been blown sideways.

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    England batsmen - criticised for playing a Test like it's a T20, criticised for playing too slowly. I always thought one of the purposes of an opener was to stick around and blunt the attack.

    Richard in Sheffield

  19. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This innings could be a shoot-out in terms of whether Ollie Pope comes back into the side for the next game and if so, who he replaces. If Lawrence gets runs in this innings, Pope probably won't come back.

  20. That James Anderson screed was mainly a subtweet directed at my mate who once claimed Ryan Harris was a better bowler.