Stuart Broad furious over early end of Day 4 at The Oval: There is a different suspense and drama in the fifth Test match being played between India and England at the Oval. India has given England a target of 374 runs to win, from which the hosts are only 35 runs away. By the end of the fourth day of the match, they have scored 339 runs after losing 6 wickets. It has become impossible for India to win the match from here.
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Stuart Broad: Although the decision of this match would have been taken on the fourth day itself, but due to rain, the umpire first stopped the game and later announced its early end. Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad looked very angry with this decision of the umpire. He called this decision a lazy decision. After the day’s play ended, Broad wrote on X,
Stuart Broad: “There are still 20 minutes left for the expected start time. All the spectators at the train station are wearing glasses. I felt that the spectators deserved to see the end of this Test match. I think it was a lazy decision to cancel the match at 6 pm. I wonder, who makes these decisions?”
Siraj missed Harry Brook’s catch
Still 20 mins away from possible start time, everyone has their sunglasses on at the train station. Felt the supporters deserved to see a finish to that Test Match today. Felt a lazy decision to call it off at 6pm in my opinion. I wonder who makes it?
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) August 3, 2025
India is looking for 4 wickets to win this match. After the fourth day’s play started, it seemed that India would win this match easily, but Harry Brook and Joe Root‘s centuries turned the whole game around. Actually, Mohammad Siraj made a big blunder by dropping Brook’s catch on the boundary line. When he missed this catch, Brook was playing after scoring just 19 runs.
Actually, in the 35th over of the innings, Brook hit a pull shot on Prasidh Krishna’s bouncer. The ball was in the air but near the boundary. Siraj was under it. He also caught the catch at deep fine leg, but during this he went a step back and his foot touched the boundary rope, which gave England 6 runs and Harry Brook got a lifeline. In this way, this catch proved costly for Team India and Brook then completed his century by batting brilliantly.
