Old Trafford, Manchester is the venue for the fourth test match between England and India, the game gets under way on Wednesday and England lead the series 2-1 with two to play
It's been a cracking series so far with England winning the first test by 5 wickets and India levelled things up with a 336 run win in the second contest. The third match took place at Lords and England came out on top by 22 runs. Both sides scored 387 in their first innings, England posted 192 in their second knock and India were bowled out for 170 in the run chase.
This was how the teams lined up at Lords.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Series Top Run Scorers
Shubman Gill 3 matches, 6 innings, 607 runs average 101.17
Rishabh Pant 3 matches, 6 innings, 425 runs average 70.83
Jamie Smith 3 matches, 6 innings, 415 runs average 103.75
KL Rahul 3 matches, 6 innings, 375 runs average 62.50
Jadeja 3 matches, 6 innings, 327 runs average 109.00
Series Top Wicket Takers
Mohammed Siraj 3 matches, 13 wickets
Jasprit Bumrah 2 matches, 12 wickets
Ben Stokes 3 matches, 11 wickets
Akash Deep 2 matches, 11 wickets
Josh Tongue 2 matches, 11 wickets
The Venue, Old Trafford, Manchester
Over the course of the last decade England have played 9 test matches at this venue, winning 7, losing 1 and there has been 1 draw
In August 2024 England (358 and 205/5) beat Sri Lanka (236 and 326) by 5 wickets
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The Betting
At the time of writing England are now 0.87/1 to win with the draw at 3/1 and India can be backed at 1.85/1 with Sportingbet
Prices subject to change
The Verdict
India have had their chances in the two games they eventually lost and had they been more clinical a series win would have already been in the bag. They could pay for that here with England looking to close out the series on a ground they have done well at and I'm leaning towards the home side in terms of the match result.
For the betting interest I'll look for a Harry Brook 50 in the first innings and I'll nibble at Chris Woakes to be top England bowler
Bets: 1st Innings Harry brook to score a 50? yes at 14/10 with Sportingbet
1st Innings Top England Bowler Chris Woakes at 3/1 with Sportingbet
