Lead Of Zero! India-England Script Test History At Lord's With Exact Same Scores

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Fighting tooth and nail, India ended up scoring the exact same score that England put up in the first innings. Getting bowled out for 387, the second innings ended without any lead for India, as they equalled England's 387.

India, England Finish Exactly Same At Lord's

It is turning out to be a thrilling encounter at Lord's in London, where India and England entered the record books with their unique score. England batted first in the third Test at Lord's, where they put up 387 before getting bowled out after playing 112.3 overs, with a century from Joe Root who put up 104, whereas in reply, India, on the back of KL Rahul's 100, also scored 387, as they were able to survive 119.2 overs by the end of Day 3.

With this, it was only the ninth time in history that no team has been able to gather a single run's lead in Test cricket after the conclusion of the second innings, as the teams ended up with the same score.

The first time this happened was between England and South Africa in Durban back in 1910, when both sides scored 199, whereas the highest score that has ever been equalled was between England and West Indies in Antigua back in 1994, where they scored a massive 593.

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In the ongoing Test, 387 stands in fifth position, whereas 199 is the last on this occasion. Interestingly, India features thrice on the list; the first time they did this was against the West Indies in 1958 at Kanpur, where they put up 222, while the second time was against the Three Lions at Birmingham in 1986, scoring 390, while the ongoing game turned out to be the third occasion. Additionally, the teams have achieved a result four times out of eight, with the remaining four occasions ending in a draw.

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England End Day 3 Without Any Loss

After getting bowled out in the final few minutes of day three of the third Test, England came out to bat with around eight minutes remaining for the day's play to end.

Marking their territory, English openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett took their time, as they were successfully able to waste enough so that India were not able to deliver a second over, as the lone over that was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah ended up with two runs and a lot of heated exchanges in the middle.

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