Lord’s Test Day 1 Weather forecast: Cloudy conditions, but continuous play is possible
The second test between India and England starts on Thursday at the famous Lord’s Cricket ground.
The first Test was heading towards an exciting finish on the final day before rain washed out any chances of a result but at Lord’s it is likely that the first day of the match won’t see any interruptions caused by rain.
While India were in a better position to win the first Test before the heavens opened up on the final day, the first innings score of 278 was still below par as none among Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane scored runs. All three haven’t scored heavily in the past two years and save Rahane, who got a hundred in Melbourne, the other two batting mainstays haven’t been able to convert a lot of their half-centuries into three-figure marks.
WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE LIKE AT LORD’S?
According to data published on the United Kingdom Met Office’s website, much of the morning session and some parts of the second session will be played under heavy cloud cover. Chances of precipitation will hover at around 10 per cent until around 2pm.
INDIA & ENGLAND SQUADS
England: Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley, Mark Wood.
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav.
