Although the deficit for England currently looks enormous, they have won all three matches that they have conceded 500 or more runs in an innings during the Stokes/McCullum regime. Speaking after the second day’s play, England’s spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel has said the group are not fussed about any external noise.

In a devastating second over of the morning, Siraj removed two of England’s biggest pillars — Joe Root and Ben Stokes — in successive deliveries, pushing the hosts deeper into trouble. Root, looking solid on 22,

BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) -India were dismissed for a commanding total of 587 in the first innings on the back of skipper Shubman Gill's record-breaking knock of 269 on day two of the second test at Edgbaston on Thursday.