England v India: first Test, day two – live!

18th over: India 26-0 (Rohit 13, KL Rahul 10) A quiet Anderson maiden. I guess this is where we find out India’s red-ball mentality, on a maiden-heavy morning.

Andrew Benton is musing into his elevenses: “I always think that cricket is a bowler’s game, and we will have the last laugh in that regard in this match, so fingers crossed we won’t need to be saved by the rainy weather.
Last cuppa for Silverwood, I say!”

17th over: India 25-0 (Rohit 13, KL Rahul 9) Robinson beats Rohit with a gorgeous delivery, on a good length, which bounces and beats the outside edge of the bat. Next ball, Rohit swivel-shifts him to the leg-side boundary for four and the first runs of the morning. Guy Hornsby, you’ll have enjoyed that penultimate ball from Robinson.

16th over: India 21-0 (Rohit 9, KL Rahul 9) Anderson opens with a wide one and then sends one skimming past Rahul’s bat, who seems phlegmatically unbothered. A third consecutive maiden. The cameras pan to Chris Silverwood, feeling the pressure this morning, a cup of coffee in his hand, and John Major, who becomes a better prime minister with every passing year.

15th over: India 21-0 (Rohit 9, KL Rahul 9) Root plumps for Ollie Robinson from the Ratcliffe Road end, a big fellow, thundering through. He finds pace and an lbw shout, which after much face pulling England decide not to review. Wise decision.

14th over: India 21-0 (Rohit 9, KL Rahul 9) It’s the under-used Anderson to start the day, yellow soled shoes chasing him to the crease. Rahul is tempted to go at one, and it just passes the bat, carrying through high into the gloves of Buttler.

The players are out with Jerusalem blaring out over Nottingham. Food for thought from Tim:

A cheerful missive wings into my inbox from Em Jackson:

“Well, you can’t tell until each side’s batted once can you, can you?”

Can you improve on Selv’s bit of advice for England this morning?

Do you need a catalyst to your nightmare, a sop for your dreams? Look at this:

On Sky, the stattos have worked out that yesterday the swing movement was double the global average. Something to soothe the brows of Dan Lawrence and Jos Buttler. This is a great love letter to that India attack.

Good morning! And welcome to the day after The Big Calamity, the Glorious Shambles, the lowest score at Trent Bridge by a Test side choosing to bat first since 1967.

It was a pretty disastrous day for England, bowled out for a song. But could it be that all the hot air is overblown? That England bowl India out for 150 today, squeak 200 in their second innings and go on to a remarkable win? Unlikely. Yet possible.

But…all the reasons why the scheduling this summer looked so wonky have come to pass. With Test players saying how “unusual” and “different” the summer had been before the Test started, it really can be no surprise to anyone that England’s batsmen struggled out of the blocks – Joe Root, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, who I thought played with great restraint, and Sam Curran excepted.

India, though, were excellent – as befits the second best Test side in the world. Tight, probing, good enough to leave R Ashwin on the bench. There is no shame in coming second to them, the only question is how.

At Trent Bridge, this morning, for the Indian batters, the sun is out.