England ended a third day curtailed by early evening rain on 224-8 and, with two full days remaining, will be confident of wrapping up a 3-1 series win. Jonny Bairstow, whose first-innings 99 had been key to England's lead, soon departed for 10, leaving Moeen with only the lower order for support. England had struggled against the spin of Keshav Maharaj who was making the most of the rough outside off-stump to the left-handed batsmen. Three times Moeen hit Maharaj for six and his confidence, shot selection and execution raised the question of why he is batting down at number eight. James Anderson ended with his best figures in a Test on his home ground of 4-38 in 17 overs.

Source: India Today August 07, 2017 02:03 UTC