Cricket-Rain plays sports, Nottingham’s test ends in a boring draw

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) -The opening test between India and England ended in a boring draw when rain washed away the last day’s humdinger.

England Captain Joe Roots ’Star Century and Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrahs’ bowling skills had organized a fascinating last day in bad weather conditions.

India, aiming for a victory of 209, went to the final day with little advantage and needed 157 runs with nine wavelengths to win 1-0 in a series of five tests.

Ollie Robinson from James Anderson made a great block.

Both Root and his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli apologized for the weather that robbed the viewing game of an exciting outcome.

By day five, we felt we had the opportunity ahead of us, Kohli said.

We definitely felt like I was at the top of the game. We bowled well enough and beat well enough to stay in the race and then getting in the lead was crucial …

Too bad we couldn’t meet the fifth day.

Root was judged a player in the match in the 21st century, pulling England back into the race after reaching the 95th run.

It was a great test match, Root said after picking up his prize. The weather demanded of us what could have been a very entertaining last day.

Root felt his team had won the victory, but for the weather.

We certainly believed so. After spending a lot of time on that fairway, it must have felt like nine opportunities had come. It’s a shame the weather won today, he said.

There was just an exception in the fragile top order of England, but they also received several catches.

There are still certain areas we want to improve, the home team captain said.

Wed of course we want to make more runs at the top of the order, we want to take every opportunity and make our lives a little easier …

The second test is scheduled for the Lords starting Thursday.