Root and Burns steady England ship but India remain in driving seat

The door to the England dressing room had barely swung shut by the time Haseeb Hameed found himself walking back through it, his return to Test cricket after a five-year absence having been spectacularly terminated for a golden duck.

Mohammed Siraj was fresh from extinguishing Dom Sibley with his second ball after tea and as he charged in to bowl, 30,000 people inside Lord’s held their breath in the hope that a one-time wunderkind who has rebuilt his career after a baffling slump in form might dodge the ill-fortune that is supposed to strike on Friday the 13th.

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