England vs India 2nd Test, Day 2: Joe Root Helps Rescue England But India Remain On Top

England vs India: England finished Day 2 at 119/3 after bowling India out for 364 in the second Test at Lord's.

England captain Joe Root's latest rescue mission with the bat could not prevent India maintaining their grip on the second Test at Lord's on Friday. The hosts were 119-3 at stumps on the second day, still 245 runs adrift of India's first-innings 364. But amid yet another top-order collapse, star batsman Root was 48 not out. Root had come in with England struggling at 23-2 after Mohammed Siraj took two wickets in successive deliveries -- with the recalled Haseeb Hameed out for a golden duck. Together with Rory Burns, Root repaired some of that damage in a third-wicket partnership of 85 before the left-handed opener was lbw to Mohammed Shami for 49. The second ball after tea saw Dom Sibley, on 11, tamely chip Siraj to midwicket -- a repeat of the struggling opener's careless first-innings dismissal during last week's rain-marred drawn first Test in Nottingham. His exit brought in Hameed, playing his first Test since the last of his three previous caps, all in India five years ago. During the absence he suffered injuries and a loss of form that saw the now 24-year-old move from Lancashire to Nottinghamshire. Hameed had replaced Zak Crawley, averaging just 11 in Tests this year.