<p>Pacer Mohammed Siraj grabbed back-to-back wickets in opening session, but England fought back with Jamie Smith scoring a gritty unbeaten century as the hosts went to lunch at 249 for five on day three of the second Test against India at Birmingham </p><p>Resuming at their overnight score of 77 for three, England lost Joe Root for 22 runs, caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant off Siraj.</p>.Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy | Swashbuckling Gill puts India in safe zone; England at nervy 77/3 after Day 2 at Edgebaston.<p>The India pacer then struck on the very next ball to dismiss new batter Ben Stokes for a duck as England found themselves in a dire straits at 84 for five in reply to India's first innings' mammoth total of 587.</p><p>However at lunch, overnight batter Brook (91 not out) and Jamie Smith (102 not out) had stitched together a 165-run unbeaten partnership to put England back on track.</p><p>The hosts still trail India by 338 runs.</p><p>It is not often that Brook is outscored but it happened on Friday as Smith relentlessly attacked the Indian bowlers.</p><p>Smith got to his second Test hundred off 80, the third fastest by Englishman, with consecutive fours off Jadeja in the last over before lunch.</p><p>Strikingly, England hammered 172 runs in 27 overs in the first two hours of play.</p><p>(With inputs from Agencies)</p>
<p>Pacer Mohammed Siraj grabbed back-to-back wickets in opening session, but England fought back with Jamie Smith scoring a gritty unbeaten century as the hosts went to lunch at 249 for five on day three of the second Test against India at Birmingham </p><p>Resuming at their overnight score of 77 for three, England lost Joe Root for 22 runs, caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant off Siraj.</p>.Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy | Swashbuckling Gill puts India in safe zone; England at nervy 77/3 after Day 2 at Edgebaston.<p>The India pacer then struck on the very next ball to dismiss new batter Ben Stokes for a duck as England found themselves in a dire straits at 84 for five in reply to India's first innings' mammoth total of 587.</p><p>However at lunch, overnight batter Brook (91 not out) and Jamie Smith (102 not out) had stitched together a 165-run unbeaten partnership to put England back on track.</p><p>The hosts still trail India by 338 runs.</p><p>It is not often that Brook is outscored but it happened on Friday as Smith relentlessly attacked the Indian bowlers.</p><p>Smith got to his second Test hundred off 80, the third fastest by Englishman, with consecutive fours off Jadeja in the last over before lunch.</p><p>Strikingly, England hammered 172 runs in 27 overs in the first two hours of play.</p><p>(With inputs from Agencies)</p>
