Sir Geoffrey Boycott has given us his view on today’s action at Lord’s, and he says England need to bowl India out and take a lead of between 50 and 80 runs to give them a chance of winning the third Test at Lord’s.

KL Rahul 's imminent century gave England a chance, and they took it. Rishabh Pant was run-out in the last over before lunch as he tried to hand the strike over to his partner so that he could bring up the landmark. Apart from that mistake, though, India were ruling the roost on the third day at Lord's.

After seeing just 75 overs being bowled on day 2 of the third Test between Ben Stokes' side and India at Lord's, an exasperated former England captain Michael Vaughan wanted teams to mandatorily bowl full quota of 90 overs on all five days of a match.

Sunil Gavaskar criticised England's aggressive short ball tactics on injured Rishabh Pant during the Test. He called the approach unsportsmanlike and urged the ICC to enforce stricter fielding rules.

England won the toss and will bat first in the third test against India at Lord's on Thursday under sunny skies at the home of cricket and conditions that should favour the batsmen.India's crushing 336-run victory in the second test at Edgbaston levelled the series at 1-1 after England won the first match at Headingley by five wickets.

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Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton criticised umpires for managing the ball in the India vs England Test series, stating that players should be kept out of it.

Bumrah's fifer was among the interesting things that took place on the second day's play but there was much more. Check out the latest trending developments from the series in July 11's dispatch