The Lord’s nailbiter was a throwback of a Test match where conditions dictated the way the game was played.
England realised they couldn’t use their usual template on that slow surface and bully the opposition. Instead, they had to eke out any runs they could to stay in the match, and ultimately went on to win it in dramatic fashion on day five.
India could only try to crawl to their target because their batters knew if they tried to do anything other than keep out the good deliveries and knock away the bads one, they were going to get out.
And the ball was so soft it made it very difficul...
