Headingley test set to have weather have a massive say with the test fascinatingly poised and all three results on offer.
Weather could have a say in fifth day’s action in Headingley Test.
What has turned out to be a thrilling conclusion to the Headingley Test between India and England could be influenced by the weather. According to the early-morning prediction for Leeds, there will be showers up to 11 a.m. local time (3.30 p.m. IST) and then sporadic showers throughout the day. If this forecast comes to pass, the day may have a stop-start flow.
After the first innings exchanges, in which India scored 471 and England responded with 465, barely six runs apart, the two teams concluded on an even keel, leaving the game tantalisingly poised.
With one day remaining, England has chopped 21 off their target of 371 after India scored 364 in their second innings.
“[We will] just go for the win. That’s the clear message in the changing room,” Josh Tongue, who cleaned up India’s tail in the second innings for figures of 3 for 72, said after the fourth day. “It’s just [about] being as positive as we can. They’re going to bowl well at times tomorrow. It’s just crucial we soak up that bit of pressure and reapply it. I don’t see why we can’t chase that down.”
“There’s definitely going to be a result,” KL Rahul, century-maker in India’s second innings, said. “That’s what England have said very openly, and their style of cricket suggests that as well. It gives us a good opportunity to pick up ten wickets. We know how they’re going to come out and bat on day five.
“The wicket today was a very tricky wicket: I spent a lot of time batting there and I didn’t feel set at all at any given stage. The wicket’s taken a beating, and tomorrow might break even more… We know their style of cricket, so [we’ll] try to keep that in the back of our heads and try to see what lines and lengths we can bowl and how we can get them out.”