LONDON, July 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Jasprit Bumrah marked his India return by 
gaining a coveted place on the Lord's honours boards with a five-wicket haul 
before England paceman Brydon Carse's maiden Test fifty frustrated the 
tourists.

Bumrah, the world's top-ranked Test bowler, took 5-74 in 27 overs as England 
were dismissed for 387 in their first innings after lunch on Friday's second 
day of the third Test.

Bumrah's haul included a brilliant burst Friday of three for one in seven 
balls that reduced England, who resumed on 251-4, to 271-7, with the fast 
bowler dismissing captain Ben Stokes, century-maker Joe Root and Chris 
Woakes.

But tailender Carse frustrated India with 56 after he shared a valuable 
eighth-wicket stand of 84 with Jamie Smith.

England wicketkeeper Smith made India pay for dropping him on five with an 
innings of 51.

That followed his impressive scores of 184 not out and 88 during India's 
crushing 336-run win in the second Test at Edgbaston last week.

That victory meant India levelled this five-match series at 1-1 despite 
resting Bumrah in Birmingham.

Initial interest Friday focused on whether Root, 99 not out overnight, would 
go on to make a hundred.

In all 17 previous instances in Test cricket, batsmen who were 99 not out 
overnight completed their centuries the following morning. Root maintained 
the sequence off Friday's first ball, pushing a wide Bumrah delivery past 
gully for four.

That fortunate boundary completed Root's 37th Test century, fifth on an all-
time list headed by India's Sachin Tendulkar with 51 hundreds.

Stokes, fit following a groin injury that hampered him on Thursday, had added 
just five runs to his overnight 39 when he was bowled by a Bumrah delivery 
that jagged back and smashed into off stump.

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Next ball, Woakes fell for a golden duck as he got a thin edge to reserve 
wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, still deputising after Rishabh Pant suffered a 
finger injury on Thursday.

Carse survived the hat-trick delivery but England were still struggling at 
271-7.

Their position would have been even worse had KL Rahul not dropped a 
relatively straightforward slip chance when Smith had made just five, with 
Mohammed Siraj the unlucky bowler.

Smith went onto complete a 52-ball fifty including a whipped four through 
midwicket off Bumrah, with Carse also flaying the paceman through the covers.

However, Smith was out shortly after lunch when he was caught behind off the 
persevering Siraj.

Bumrah then bowled Jofra Archer, playing his first Test after more than four 
years of injury exile, to complete his five-wicket haul.

Carse was dropped on 45 when Akash Deep failed to hold a tough chance running 
back towards deep midwicket.

But the unconcerned Carse went to fifty in style when he launched a Siraj 
slower delivery for a superb straight six to reach the landmark in 77 balls.

South African-born Carse was dropped again before he was last man out hitting 
across the line against a yorker from Siraj, who finished with 2-85 in 23.3 
overs.