ENGLAND RATINGS

LAWRENCE BOOTH’S

ALEX LEES 7/10

Got the chase off to a flyer — his best innings yet for england. Gave Kohli as good as he got, but has now been run out in successive Tests.

ZAK CRAWLEY 6

Fans got a glimpse of the ‘high ceiling’ england keep talking about when Crawley helped Lees put on 107 in the second innings.

OLLIE POPE 2

Keeps blowing hot and cold — not helped by a wild drive in the first innings. Found himself in the eye of a Bumrah storm in the second.

JOE ROOT 9.5

Stepping down from the captaincy was the best thing he ever did. received a first-innings brute from Siraj, but batted like a deity in the run-chase.

JONNY BAIRSTOW 10

Two hundreds in the Test, four in his last five innings. The world is his oyster.

BEN STOKES 8

Imbued his players with an endless supply of confidence, and bowled the spell in India’s second innings that kept england in the hunt. Hell-bent on setting the example with the bat, too.

SAM BILLINGS 7

Helped Bairstow take england to a workable total in the first innings, and kept tidily enough.

MATT POTTS 6

Four big wickets, including Kohli, but costly in the first innings. even so, keeps making a good impression.

STUART BROAD 4

Ticked off 550 Test wickets, but went for 35 in an over after being instructed by Stokes to bounce Bumrah. His 15 Test wickets this summer have cost 38 each.

JACK LEACH 5

Was hit about by Pant on the opening day. removed him quickly second time round, after Stokes had the courage to throw him the ball.

JIMMY ANDERSON 8.5

A phenomenon. Six more wickets, including a 32nd Test five-for, takes his haul for 2022 to 18 at 22 apiece. To think england dropped him for the Caribbean.