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England captain Ben Stokes praised his team’s skill and mindset after a record fourth-innings chase to defeat India in the first Test at Leeds. He credited Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley’s opening stand and hailed Josh Tongue’s game-changing spells.

Electing to bat, England laid a solid foundation with contributions from Duckett, Root, and skipper Jos Buttler (34 off 35 balls)

The Surrey pacer dismissed Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Southee with consecutive deliveries in his ninth over

On day three of first Test at Old Trafford, Wood left the field immediately after bowling two deliveries into his 11th over in Sri Lanka's second innings. he remaining deliveries of the 56th over were bowled by Joe Root, who managed to pick up the wicket of Milan Rathnayake with his part-time off-spin.

Spin maestro Kuldeep Yadav's sensational 5-72 and Ravichandran Ashwin's 4-51 orchestrated England's downfall as they were bowled out for 218 in 57.4 overs.

At lunch, England stood at 100/2, with Crawley (61* off 71 balls, including nine fours and a six) remaining unbeaten at the crease.

Ashwin dismissed Zak Crawley in the final session to join Anil Kumble as the second Indian, and fifth overall, to take 500 wickets in Test history

At lunch, England stands at 32/0 in six overs, trailing India by 364 runs. Duckett secured his first boundary, an inside edge against Mukesh Kumar, after facing off Jasprit Bumrah's opening over.