After 8 years, the Dawson returned to the Test and hunted in his second over of Yashasvi Jaiswal; Watch video
On the first day of the Old Trafford Test, a special turn came in England’s return when the Dawson, who returned after a long time in the England Test team, showed his impact. India’s young top order batsman was playing carefully, but the entry of this spinner created an atmosphere to change the match.
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss by winning the toss at Old Trafford on the first day of the fourth Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, being played from 23 July. Till lunch, India scored 78 runs without losing wickets, but in the second session, the English bowlers returned and took three important wickets.
The most important of these came in the 41st over, when Liam Dawson, who returned to Test cricket after eight years, sent Yashasvi Jaiswal to the pavilion. On the second ball of his second over, Dawson got a light drift. Jaiswal came to defend the front-foot, but the ball lightly took the edge of the bat and went into the first slip of Harry Brook. Jaiswal played a brilliant innings of 58 runs from 107 balls, but could not transfer his half -century innings into a big innings.
VIDEO:
Well Worth the Wait, Daws!
Jaiswal cauth by brook off dawson 🤲
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– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) July 23, 2025
Talking about the match, the English bowlers returned in the second session after scoring 78 runs without losing wickets till lunch and took three important wickets of India, due to which India scored 149 for 3 wickets till T-Brake. Sai Sudarshan (26*) and Rishabh Pant (3*) stood at the crease. Apart from Dawson for England, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes took one wicket each.
Teams for this match
India (playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Anshul Kamboj.
England (playing XI): Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer.
