London, July 10 -- Following an embarrassing 336-run defeat in a high-scoring Edgbaston Test while chasing 608 runs, England turned off the 'Bazball' switch during the first day of the third Test at Lord's, instead resorting to a more traditional form of Test cricket.

At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Joe Root (99*) and skipper Ben Stokes (39*) unbeaten. Despite quick early strikes from Nitish Kumar Reddy in the first session, that reduced them to 44/2 and quick wickets from Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in the final session, the day largely went to England as they chose to accumulate a solid volume of runs over fiery aggression that could have cost them wickets.

251/4 at day end is the smallest aggregate of run...