<p>London: Senior batter Joe Root made a patient fifty as England slow-walked to 153 for two at tea on Day 1 of the third Test against India here on Thursday.</p>.<p>Root (54 batting) and Ollie Pope (44 batting) were guarding England’s fort at the interval.</p>.<p>It was Root’s 67th fifty in Test cricket.</p>.<p>India’s both success came in the first session of the day when pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed openers Zak Crawley (18) and Ben Duckett (23) in the same over.</p>.<p><strong>Brief Scores</strong></p><p>England: 153 for 2 in 49 overs (Joe Root batting 54, Ollie Pope batting 44; Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/35).</p>
<p>London: Senior batter Joe Root made a patient fifty as England slow-walked to 153 for two at tea on Day 1 of the third Test against India here on Thursday.</p>.<p>Root (54 batting) and Ollie Pope (44 batting) were guarding England’s fort at the interval.</p>.<p>It was Root’s 67th fifty in Test cricket.</p>.<p>India’s both success came in the first session of the day when pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed openers Zak Crawley (18) and Ben Duckett (23) in the same over.</p>.<p><strong>Brief Scores</strong></p><p>England: 153 for 2 in 49 overs (Joe Root batting 54, Ollie Pope batting 44; Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/35).</p>