edge off

A top edge off Krishna, Siraj underneath it, time standing still.

England were slipping towards disarray when third slip Crawley missed Sudharsan's sharp edge off Overton, yet Atkinson stepped up again with a shooter than resulted in a leg-before decision.

Nair had only four from his first 26 balls and he escaped on 12 when an inside edge off Woakes just missed the stumps.

Chris Woakes was rewarded for a fine spell by an edge off Rahul, left-arm spinner Liam Dawson struck with his seventh ball after eight years out of Test cricket to remove Jaiswal, and Stokes had opposing captain Shubman Gill lbw playing no stroke.

It was a rare lapse in concentration that resulted in the tame edge off Bashir.