Joe Root (150) headlined another day of English dominance at Old Trafford as hosts buried insipid India under an avalanche of runs in the fourth Test. At stumps, England were 544-7. The former captain skipped past Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting, in that order, to become Test cricket’s second most prolific run-getter (13,409), behind the peerless Sachin Tendulkar, to celebrate a magnificent 38th century, his second of the series, on a warm, run-drenched Friday.

Jadeja, Sundar strike late 

With conditions ideal for batting until spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar — strangely not introduced until the 69th over despite his four-wicket haul in the second innings at Lord’s — found purchase late in the day, England amassed a total of massive proportions with every batter in the top six except Harry Brook filling their boots.