India, July 3 -- Published during the lunch break in the UK, #MidMatchMemo delivers sharp analysis from the first session of play, and picks up where we left off the previous day.

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COMING TOGETHER at the fall of Nitish Kumar Reddy's wicket on Wednesday, Indian skipper Shubhman Gill and the team's senior statesman Ravindra Jadeja began their partnership with the score at 211/5. And by the time the latter fell for 89 just before lunch on the second day of the Edgbaston Test, the duo had put together a commanding 203-run partnership. A mammoth first innings total looked to be on the cards as India sought to bat England out of the game. It should be stated that this isn't the worst strategy considering bowling is probably not the visitor...