- WTC final, day three: India 217 all out, New Zealand 101-2
- Jamieson takes five for 31 in immaculate bowling display
The sounds of the Bharat Army’s drummers rung around the Ageas Bowl on the third day of the World Test Championship final and in the end this energy finally told, India striking moments before bad light ended proceedings at 6.27pm to peg back New Zealand’s march towards a position of strength.
It was Ishant Sharma, the old warhorse of Virat Kohli’s attack, who claimed this precious breakthrough. Devon Conway had become the first batsman to register a half-century in what is proving a low-scoring affair, only to chip a ball on his pads to mid-on and terminate an otherwise resolute 54 from 153 balls.
