IND vs ENG, 2nd Test: Chris Woakes slams century, England 357-6 at stumps
Chris Woakes
England lead this five-match series 1-0 after a 31-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston last week.
Chris Woakes slammed his maiden Test century as England were 357 for six, with a lead of 250 runs at the end of day three in the first inning of second Test at Lord's cricket stadium on Saturday.
Earlier, England had collapsed to 98 for four at lunch when Indian star pacer Mohammad Shami struck thrice and thrashed the top batting order.
However, Woakes salvaged England's inning when hefound a determined ally in Jonny Bairstow (93) and scored 189 runs together to put England in a good position.
It was England's record for the sixth wicket in Test matches against India, beating the 171 put on by Ian Botham and Bob Taylor in 1980.
Woakes, who isbatting120 will resume the game on day 4 along with Sam Curran who is batting at 22.
The 29-year-old Woakes impressed with his magnificent strokesfollowing his two wickets on Friday.
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Unlike Woakes, Bairstow failed to reach the three figures as he fell seven-run short when wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik took a splendid one-handed catch off Hardik Pandya's delivery.
Earlier, openers Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings started England's inning but Jennings lost his wicket after scoring 11 runs.
Soon after that, Cook (21) walked back to the pavilion after losing the wicket to Ishant Sharma's swinging delivery.
Debutant Ollie Pope left a mark after playingsome positive shotsat number four but as lunch approached he was trapped lbw by Hardik Pandya.
Shami took Jos Buttler's wicket just a few minutes after lunch.
In the first inning, team India scored 107 runs after losing all the wickets.
England lead this five-match series 1-0 after a 31-run win in the first Test at Edgbaston last week.