Leeds, June 24 -- England made a strong statement in their pursuit of a challenging target of 471, reaching 117 for no loss at lunch on Day 5 of the ongoing Test, with openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett laying a solid foundation under overcast conditions.
Despite the gloomy skies and early movement, Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj kept things tight in the first hour, but the breakthrough eluded them. Prasidh Krishna showed flashes of promise but struggled with consistency in his line. Shardul Thakur bowled just three overs, while Ravindra Jadeja found little assistance from the surface and did not extract much turn.
Duckett took advantage of Krishna's erratic lengths, cruising to a fluent half-century off 66 balls, pepper...