Another run chase taken on at warp speed will reach its thrilling conclusion at Edgbaston on Tuesday as England, powered by their Yorkshire engine room of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, look to boldly go where no England team has gone before. Set 378 to win this fifth Test against India, they will, quite remarkably, resume on 259 for three from 57 overs, needing 119 more runs to draw a series that began nearly a year ago.
Root is 76 not out, Bairstow 72 and the heroics of Ben Stokes at Headingley in 2019 could well be surpassed for England’s highest successful chase of all time. A bumper crowd is expected for what could amount to a mere hour of cricket given the way the hosts have already approached this target.
