India A vs England Lions Live Score, Day 3: Indian bowlers struggle to break stand as Lions in cruise control at Tea

India A vs England Lions, Live Score Day 3: Nitish Kumar Reddy from the other end. Dan Mousley hit him for a boundary to take the Lions past 350. 6 runs came off the over. His economy of 6.30 is not a good sign for India.  ENG Lions 353/5 in 80 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score Day 3: Dan Mousley with a maximum to break the shackles. The left-handed batter charged down the ground and smashed it over cow corner for a maximum. 8 runs came off the over as England Lions are close to 350 now.

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Action resumes with Nitish Kumar Reddy bowling the first over after Lunch. Excellent from the Indian all-rounder here as he hit the tight lines. India A need the big wicket of Haines here to bounce back. England Lions 336/5  in 76 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Mukesh bowled with a lot more venom in this session, getting his lengths correct and he was rewarded with three wickets of Holden (101, 101b), Lions’ skipper James Rew (8) and Rehan Ahmed (3).

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Lunch! Harsh Dubey continued from the other end and Haines hit him for a boundary and moved to 140s. India A bounced back well in this session courtesy of three wickets from Mukesh Kumar. Max Holden scored his century earlier on Day 3 but was dismissed right after that. Meanwhile, Tom Haines is still in the middle unbeaten on 142. England Lions 333/5 in 75 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Mukesh Kumar gets his third here and dismisses Rehan Ahmed for 3. It was a poor shot as Rehan decides to throw his hands at the ball outside off stump, only to edge it to the second slip, where Sarfaraz Khan grabbed a fine catch. ENG Lions 326/5

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Mukesh Kumar strikes again and gets the better of James Rew for 8. It was hit on the front pad after Rew tried to go across the line and got trapped in front of wicket. Wickets in quick succession here. ENG Lions 322/4 in 72 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Tom Haines continues to grind here in the middle and is testing the Indian pacers’ patience with his solid technique. Meanwhile, James Rew also looked solid so far here. ENG Lions 320/3 in 70 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Finally, a wicket for India as Mukesh Kumar provided the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Max Holden with an absolute beauty here. Holden thought it was coming in, but it kept straight and he edged it behind the stumps to the wicketkeeper. England Lions 312/3 in 67.1 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Max Holden completes his century off 99 balls. Excellent counter-attacking knock from the left-handed batter to expose the weakness of the Indian pace attack here. ENG Lions 302/2 in 66.1 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: The England Lions have strengthened their grip over the game now, and Holden is also approaching his century here. 7 runs came off the last over as their run rate is also close to 4.5, which is not good for India. ENG Lions 290/2 in 65 overs 

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Shardul Thakur into the attack, first change of the day. A tight over from Shardul and two runs came off it. India need wickets here, but there is no assistance from the surface at the moment. ENG Lions 277/2 in 63 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Harshit Rana once again got hit for a couple of boundaries. He has struggled to get the ball away from the batter and has constantly been hitting with the angle, which has made him quite predictable. England Lions 269/2 in 60 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Anshul Kamboj almost got the better of Holden, but the ball didn’t carry towards the wicketkeeper. A tight over from Kamboj here as one run came off it. ENG Lions 261/2 in 59 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: A short ball from Harshit Rana and it hit Max Holden on the helmet. Harshit looked better than yesterday with the ball so far, but he needs to get the ball moving away from the batter to cause some trouble here. He got hit for a couple of boundaries in the last over. ENG Lions 253/2 in 56 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Score: Only two runs came off the first over on Day 3, while Harshit Rana from the other end here to exploit the conditions. India A need wickets here to strengthen their position. England Lions 239/2 in 53 overs

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Tom Haines and Max Holden are in the middle to resume England Lions’ innings. Anshul Kamboj has the ball in hand.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: All eyes will be on Anshul Kamboj, who was impressive in his opening spell on Day 2, swinging the ball both ways and maintaining good control. The right-arm pacer had a fine domestic season and now he will look to garner further attention from selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Karun Nair, returning to the Indian Test setup after eight years, displayed his class with a sublime 204 off 281 balls, including 26 boundaries and a six. He made a solid case for himself for a place in India’s XI for the first Test against England.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Half an hour from when we get going for the third day’s play at the Spitfire Ground in Canterbury. Usually the best day for batting as it flattens out but before the pitch starts to deteriorate. Early wickets will be essential for India A, otherwise expect a long, long day in the field chasing a little red ball around.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: It hasn’t been the best of matches for Nitish Kumar Reddy so far, only scoring 7 and then bowling 3 overs in which he was taken down for 27 runs on day two. A young player who impressed on his first tour, there will always be the risk of a sophomore slump, but Nitish’s skillset and temperament make him a player India won’t want to lose out on confidence. If he can contribute on day three, it might translate into a strong summer for him, but he needs to sharpen things up.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Earlier on day two, Karun Nair ensured he made the most of a phenomenal day one performance to add on to his overnight total and reach a well-deserved double-century, further increasing his odds of playing in the Headingley Test when June 20 rolls around. However, he was only able to add 18 runs and finish on 204, his wicket giving England the window to go on and wrap up the India A innings quicker than expected.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Shardul Thakur’s role in the Indian Test team has always been to extend the batting and to provide a relief pace option how has the tendency to take wickets against the run of play. Well, the run of play is against India A at the moment. Having earned a recall to the Test squad, Shardul will want the boost of a strong performance in the A games. Breaking this partnership and chipping in with wickets will be a start.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: A forgettable outing for Mukesh Kumar and Harshit Rana, both of whom continue to struggle to find form after subpar IPL seasons. Both were scored at an economy of over 5 against, meaning not only they failed to take wickets, but were also expensive and let the Lions batters establish an upper hand. Much better effort needed from them on day three if India A have intentions of maintaining their advantage.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: For India, the two wickets were taken by Anshul Kamboj, returning from a solid stint with CSK to take the wicket of Ben McKinney, while spinner Harsh Dubey picked up the scalp of Emilio Gay. That was the last of the good news for India before Haines and Holden’s partnership of 106* and counting.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Against tiring legs and bodies late on day two, India A got an early taste of what Bazball has in store for them. With 8 fours and a six, Max Holden raced away to 64* at more than run-a-ball, showing his intent on this straightforward batting track. He will have to be a tad more measured in the first hour of play today morning, but once he has his eye in, don’t expect him to slow down.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: A good day for Sussex opener Tom Haines, who opened the batting and finished with 103*, carrying his bat into day three. In good, flat batting conditions, Haines was solid and put the pressure back on India’s fairly timid bowling, punishing balls that were there to be hit while showing his familiarity with the conditions to stick through the first part of the innings. Gunning for a big one on day three.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Day 2 was a good day for England Lions, not bleeding too many runs to the Indians overnight before racking up 237-2 in their own innings. Only losing a couple of wickets means they are in a good position heading into the remainder of this four day match, which will frustrate the India A bowling.

India A vs England Lions, Live Updates: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 of the ongoing first unofficial Test between India A and England Lions.

India A in desperate need of wickets in a bid to take a first-innings lead. Stay tuned for all action.