England cricketer Joe Root on Friday scripted history on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Manchester.

England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

In Test cricket, injured batters are not permitted to have another player as a runner. The rule is stated in condition 25.5 of the International Cricket Council's Men's Test Playing Conditions. A batter is permitted to retire as not out due to injury, illness or any other unavoidable cause and is allowed to resume their innings.

Narayan Jagadeesan has confirmed his call-up for the fifth Test against England at the Oval. He reacted to the call-up, calling it the most significant step of his career, and thanked Robin Uthappa for his mentorship.

Root now has 104 fifty-plus scores in Tests, suprassing Ponting and Kallis' tally of 103. Again, only Tendulkar, with 119, have more.

Should artificial lighting at the ground not work, rules on natural lighting and weather will apply. For day/night Test matches, the home cricket board will decide the latest times at which the floodlights are to be switched on prior to the start of a day's play, and must inform the match referee.

During a tense passage of play on Day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England at Old Trafford, an unfortunate moment saw England’s Ben Stokes in visible agony after being struck in the groin area by a sharp delivery from Mohammed Siraj. The incident occurred in the 91st over of England’s first innings and briefly brought play to a halt.