One-armed Chris Woakes is England’s last hope against India, a breakdown

played five test series one of them got drawn for rain so england won two india has won one

this is the fourth that will decide a winner so if england wins it they win the whole test series

if india wins it it's drawn two to two this particular match has come down to the fifth day

of five possible days england need to record

17 runs to win but india only need one more wicket they only need to get one more batsman

out and you're down to the end of your lineup which in cricket are actually bowlers like you

know nl baseball when the pitchers had to hit but all the bottom four are bowlers in the bottom

lineup so they're usually not good for a ton of runs here's siraj's first ball to atkinson

nice shape get some wood on it but they don't run the single because they can't trade strike

because then you have a one-armed batsman so it's got to be boundaries only to get these 17 runs

the next ball is in the slot and he slams it into the hands of no over what drama that would have

been a winning catch instead it goes for six and 17 runs needed becomes 11 siraj can't believe it

here it is this one pitched up a little bit and just barrels it that's what we'd say in baseball

but you

in cricket you say middles it just right off the middle on the eyes and look at that imagine if

that ended the game if that ended everything instead it bounces off his hands and goes for

six i think it would have went for six anyway so now it's 11 runs needed for england one wicket

needed for india atkinson is he gonna feel good siraj surely needs to mix it up is he gonna go

fuller no he goes shorter and says

i'm gonna make you uncomfortable that one just popped up but again they do not run for one run

because then wokes the one-armed man would have to face siraj which they don't want so fans are like

i wish we could get singles but we can't that one he goes fuller and it's just kind of tipped they

don't run and then it goes as full as you can go full toss it gets through the gate oh it beats him

but misses the stump

he can't believe it he's like that was the ball i thought i had him all the fans i can't believe it

but now it is the last ball of the over meaning atkinson has been here and siraj has been here

and he's bowled one two three four five he's gonna bowl his sixth and that ends it and then

the next set of deliveries is bold from this side one two three four five six

so they need to get the one-armed man out of there

now they need

need to switch places so Wokes does not face a delivery that's what they're up against he just

needs to you know baseball speak just kind of bunt this block it put it somewhere you gotta run for

one and everyone knows this even Siraj so he's gonna play something as wide as he can without

it being a wide and say flail your arms at this hopefully we catch an edge or you pop it up and

he misses all together they have a shot at the wickets and the keeper misses it Siraj oh come on

Jaiswal like none of my business I'll stay out of this Siraj is like what look here's the ball

so it's way away throw your arms at that he keeps his gloves on usually keepers will take their

throwing glove off so they can be more accurate all he needs to do is hit those stumps game over

India wins so now they've had a dropped catch would have been an amazing catch they've had the stumps

missed

and England are still in it and Wokes does not need to face a delivery we're just hanging on

by a thread there and they got another run out of it you're like what are you doing come on

oh no so Atkinson remains up 10 runs to win another six would be big he scans the field

where are they playing me where are the defenders where do I have the most room on the boundary and

now the next bowler is in he goes full right at the stumps that's put in play they run but they

got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the

ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the ball they got the

to run too because they cannot leave wokes up so they run too and wokes is like

running hurts too the fans appreciate it a lot of respect from everyone to see him run it

gun it out so the next ball from krishna tackinson beats him again does not hit the stumps kind of

like uh had some cut coming in lengthy guy look at the arms on krishna oh my good the fans can't

believe it he got beat again we didn't hit the stumps again we got beat again now he goes out

swing again he throws the bat out and misses again and then that off the stumps little bouncer and

now they have to do it again we have to run again because now it's the last ball of the over and we

can't get you stuck on strike to face siraj so i've got to block this ball and we've got to run

out a single and he's able to do just that that was much easier than the last time the fans

left the game

love it we're still alive we're still alive here we go okay get yourself another six siraj says no

i'm not missing this time beats him again hits the stumps india win a very very close one they

draw the series to a piece with the fifth one that got drawn the fans they got a treat i mean

they're happy that india won but what a spectacle even some of the british fans just clapping you

can see them and watch you finally beat

them and hits the stump with the full delivery and this time the celebration is just pure joy

probably not the noise he thinks would accompany that celebration but i like this side by side

when he beat wokes both times and one missed and one hit and you had the one on the left

where he's like no oh my goodness the one on the right where he's

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