LIVE: Duckett, Crawley put England in box seat before lunch

England kicked off the final day with impressive resilience, navigating the entire first hour without losing a single wicket despite the brilliant bowling from the Indian attack.

Duckett and Crawley, who had navigated a tricky period at the end of Day 4, continued their composed batting against India's frontline pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, as well as the second change bowlers of Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna.

The pair added only 42 runs in the opening hour and steadily chipped away at the target with a calm approach, shelving their usual aggressive approach. India burned an early review in the first session, challenging an LBW appeal against Crawley, only for replays to show the ball missing the stumps by a fair margin.

Crawley and Duckett continued to build the innings with composure, gradually reducing the target to under 300. In the process, Duckett brought up a well-crafted half-century, his 15th in Test cricket.

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