India, July 15 -- The difference between winners England and India was 22 runs, but if you take grit and resolve into account, both teams proved equals. The play on a fascinating final day showed that Test cricket can challenge you in ways undreamt of. The slow grind, the marathon spells, the unexpected stand and finally, the heartbreaking defeat.
In the end, it was off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, bowling with a broken (non-bowling) hand, who produced a delivery that Mohammed Siraj (4 off 30 balls) seemed to defend well before it rolled back onto the stumps to take down one of the bails after tea on the final day's play at Lord's.
England won the third Test to take a 2-1 lead in the series, bowling India out for 170, but they know that winni...
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