Sahil Malhotra

Ollie Pope: Ben Stokes is okay, just cramping. The amount he has bowled… he has pushed himself to serious limits but will be good to go tomorrow.

Day 3 at Old Trafford: Flat body language, flatter tactics timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket…

Ollie Pope on Joe Root breaking Sachin Tendulkar record: The way he is batting, I am sure he will be driven to be No.1. The hunger he has, I won’t be surprised if he chases it down.

Morne Morkel on Kuldeep Yadav: He is bowling very well right now, he is a quality bowler but at the moment due to batting depth and balance of the side.

Morne Morkel on picking Anshul: We needed someone who could bowl volume and is accurate. His name was in the mix for a long time. On Shardul: Tough one when you have four seamers and going at over 5. On Washi: Shubman made that call to stick longer with seam option.

Morne Morkel on reduced speeds of quicks: We are trying to wrap our heads around it. Not too much to judge in that but it was a heavy outfield. But we need energy on the ball on a surface like this.

Morne Morkel: Much better today with the ball. Yesterday was a tough day. Siraj and Boom starter well today. Bumrah rolled his ankle going down the stairs, Siraj also rolled his ankle. Both are fine.

Mohammed Siraj is off the field now. Was in discomfort while taking the stairs to the change room.

Both are back. Looks like some issue with Boom’s left ankle/foot. He was stretching while fielding in the deep.

Looks like an emergency meeting in the dressing room. Jasprit Bumrah went off the park after bowling one over with new ball and Shubman Gill followed him after what looked like a message from Sai Sudharsan

Where is Jasprit Bumrah? 👀

Shardul Thakur: Giving bowling is captain’s call. Not in my hands. Captain decides when to give. I could have bowled two overs more today but that is captain’s call. Difficult to find rhythm but I try and use my experience

Shardul Thakur on Rishabh Pant batting again: It will be his call. He didn’t come in bus today because he was in hospital. He wasn’t at ground when we were warming up. It is a fracture - the news is already out.

Shardul Thakur: We could have been better with the new ball. Runs just kept flowing. It wasn’t difficult for bowlers… we could have been patient. We have to evaluate which deliveries to stick by. Bowlers were trying to find swing - on bowlers moving towards pads

Shardul Thakur: It was always our plan… (Rishabh Pant to bat). Medical team did a great job but he was still in a lot of pain. Whatever runs we got on the board was a good effort, ball was doing a lot. We leaked runs in first 10-15 overs, runs kept flowing.

Zak Crawley on Rishabh Pant: Not many would have come out to bat on one foot

Zak Crawley: I wasn’t aware that we were 90 seconds late at Lord’s. We sit in our spot till umpires go out.

What a stud!

Ishan Kishan to step in as cover for Rishabh Pant? No, he can't. Selectors did reach out to Ishan but he had stitches on his left foot after an accident and is not fit. Plaster on left ankle right now. @pratyush93_raj reports for @toisports timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket…