<p>England openers Ben Duckett (64 not out) and Zak Crawley (42 not out) made a flying start in their huge chase of 371 as the hosts reached 117 without loss at lunch on the final day of the series-opener against India at Leeds.</p><p>Duckett and Crawley, who have together amassed over 2000 runs as Test openers, pounced on anything short or full to essay cuts, pulls and drives as England innings gained considerable steam, adding 96 runs in the first session after resuming from their overnight score of 21 for no loss.</p><p>With two sessions of play left, the hosts still need another 254 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.</p>.Pant reprimanded by ICC for showing dissent at umpire's decision.<p>Uncharacteristically for a team renowned for their ultra-aggressive batting, Crawley and Duckett took 99 balls to bring up their 50 partnership -- the longest it has taken the pair to do so for England.</p><p>The openers did start to play more shots, the second 50 coming in half the time, before the world's No.1-ranked Test bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, came back to cause a few problems.</p>.Jasprit Bumrah: Fast, furious, fantastic.<p>Besides pace spearhead Bumrah, the other Indian pacers — Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur — were erratic and gave enough freebies for England batters, who were more than happy to oblige.</p><p>The visitors will have to find better lines and lengths in the second session with the rather uneasy memories of the hosts chasing down 378 at Birmingham three years ago resurfacing.</p>.India, England players honour Dilip Doshi before start of day five.<p>Earlier, players from both sides wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence in the memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi before start of day five.</p><p>Doshi, a former India spinner who took 113 wickets in 33 Tests, died of a cardiac arrest in London on Monday. He was 77.</p><p>(With Agency inputs)</p>
<p>England openers Ben Duckett (64 not out) and Zak Crawley (42 not out) made a flying start in their huge chase of 371 as the hosts reached 117 without loss at lunch on the final day of the series-opener against India at Leeds.</p><p>Duckett and Crawley, who have together amassed over 2000 runs as Test openers, pounced on anything short or full to essay cuts, pulls and drives as England innings gained considerable steam, adding 96 runs in the first session after resuming from their overnight score of 21 for no loss.</p><p>With two sessions of play left, the hosts still need another 254 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.</p>.Pant reprimanded by ICC for showing dissent at umpire's decision.<p>Uncharacteristically for a team renowned for their ultra-aggressive batting, Crawley and Duckett took 99 balls to bring up their 50 partnership -- the longest it has taken the pair to do so for England.</p><p>The openers did start to play more shots, the second 50 coming in half the time, before the world's No.1-ranked Test bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, came back to cause a few problems.</p>.Jasprit Bumrah: Fast, furious, fantastic.<p>Besides pace spearhead Bumrah, the other Indian pacers — Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur — were erratic and gave enough freebies for England batters, who were more than happy to oblige.</p><p>The visitors will have to find better lines and lengths in the second session with the rather uneasy memories of the hosts chasing down 378 at Birmingham three years ago resurfacing.</p>.India, England players honour Dilip Doshi before start of day five.<p>Earlier, players from both sides wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence in the memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi before start of day five.</p><p>Doshi, a former India spinner who took 113 wickets in 33 Tests, died of a cardiac arrest in London on Monday. He was 77.</p><p>(With Agency inputs)</p>
