England vs India live: score, updates from day four at Edgbaston

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a day ago

While we are waiting for the start of play, shall we take a chance to laugh at the Australian top order? We've just been having a discussion in the press box, and we think this is their worst top order since around 1984/85 — John Dyson anyone? Graeme Wood? Steve Rixon?
Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja are both out in Australia's second innings. Cameron Green can't buy a run. One theory is that they'll bring Nathan McSweeney back in to the fold for the Ashes.
Players have been through their warm-ups. It's grey but dry.
Decent view from the press box though — there's our esteemed correspondent wandering all over the square. Give us a wave, Athers!
Harry Brook had quite the day yesterday, posting 158 in a remarkable partnership worth 303 with Jamie Smith, but England still ended their innings 180 runs behind India, who now lead by 244 with nine wickets in hand.
See his full press conference below.
Mohammed Siraj proved yesterday that India are not a one-man show led by Jasprit Bumrah. But after such a dominant bowling display, and capable Indian batting to boot, you feel you still can't write England off.
Jarrod Kimber and Jon Norman from talkSPORT chat through why the hosts will still feel like they're in with a chance.
Friday was a quite extraordinary day's play at Edgbaston, as England posted one of the most peculiar scorecards probably ever seen in Test cricket. Six ducks, two scores above 150 (we all love a daddy hundred), a 303 partnership and England still ended their innings 180 runs behind.
Neil Manthorp and the former England bowler Steve Harmison discuss the day.
Mike Atherton, at Edgbaston
It is almost a year to the day that Jamie Smith made his Test debut. At the time some wondered why, when there were so many established options to choose from like the combative Jonny Bairstow and the smooth-as-silk Ben Foakes. England were certain of their man, though, throwing him into the cauldron at Lord's against West Indies, and since then he has showed exactly why they were keen to do so.
What England's selectors saw was a competent wicketkeeper — even though he took the gloves rarely for his county in first-class cricket — but also a batsman who could change a game in an instant, Adam Gilchrist-style, in a counterattacking way. That is exactly how he played here, flirting with the record for England's fastest hundred, and taking the highest score by an England wicketkeeper from Alec Stewart, his boss in county cricket, who was at Edgbaston to see the baton passed on.
Read the full report here.
A very good morning to you from not so sunny Birmingham.
The good news is that the threatened rain doesn't seem to have materialised, at least not yet, it is quite grey and murky overhead but it's perfectly pleasant temperature of 19C, and England won't mind the cloudy conditions. Hopefully the ball will swing a bit, because the pitch still isn't offering much, and doesn't appear to be breaking up.
India will be planning on batting for most of the day if possible they won't wanna give England any sniff of a chase given what happened at Headingley but equally will want to give themselves enough time to have the chance to take ten wickets.
Strapping, we could be in for another fascinating day in what is an absolutely absorbing series.