James Anderson’s 100th Test wicket at Lord’s gave England a great start in their pursuit of victory on the fourth day of the second match of the series against India.
Anderson had Murali Vijay caught behind for a duck as the tourists’ second innings began in familiar fashion, becoming the first man to take a century of Test wickets at the home of cricket.
England had earlier extended their lead to 289 after declaring on 396 for seven immediately once Sam Curran was dismissed.
What a jaffa! ? wickets at Lord’s for @jimmy9! ?
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Curran fell 10 short of a second successive Test fifty when he got a thick edge down to third man as he aimed a big hit at the start of a new spell from Hardik Pandya.
England’s seventh-wicket stand therefore ended on 76, with Chris Woakes, who went past 1,000 Test runs, remaining unbeaten on 137 when Joe Root called him in.
Anderson then made a perfect start for England to leave India nought for one, with Vijay bagging a pair.
That left Lokesh Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara to lead an unlikely recovery, with more rain looming.
