A Lot Of Things In England's Favour - Root

There are still "a batch of things successful England's favour" arsenic they activity nan 35 runs needed to declare a thrilling bid triumph against India connected time 5 of nan 5th and last Test connected Monday, says batter Joe Root.

The hosts, chasing a challenging 374 to win, will resume connected 339-6 astatine The Oval aft India fought backmost pinch 3 wickets successful nan evening convention earlier bad upwind ended play early.

Root scored his 39th Test period successful a stunning fourth-wicket business of 195 pinch Harry Brook, who added a 91-ball period of his ain but Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton struggled towards nan extremity of nan time against India's fired-up seamers.

"It is rather a fitting extremity for really nan remainder of nan bid has gone. It has ebbed and flowed each of nan measurement done and this Test is precisely same," Root told BBC Test Match Special.

"We are successful for a cracker, we are successful a bully position. We person different dense roller available.

"Things mightiness hap quicker pinch caller ball, it mightiness beryllium easier to score.

"A batch of things are successful our favour. We person truthful overmuch expertise near successful nan dressing room and intelligibly they person had a bully transition of play but Monday could beryllium a existent bully opportunity to get crossed nan line."

There was speculation astir whether Chris Woakes would bat, considering his enarthrosis wounded sustained connected time one, but he was seen wearing his whites successful nan England dressing room and Root said he would beryllium prepared to bat if necessary.

Root was visibly disappointment astatine his ain dismissal, punching his bat aft nicking down disconnected Prasidh Krishna, but said it was successful consequence to his ain correction alternatively than a consequence to the pair's tense speech connected time two.

"I was really disappointment because I missed out, it was really disappointing to not still beryllium location coming and get america complete nan line.

"But we are still successful a really bully position, a batch of batting near and nan 2 guys retired location are very tin of seeing america home.

"It has been 1 hellhole of a series, 1 hellhole of a travel and we person nan assurance successful our dressing room."

India's seamers had nary answers to Brook and Root during their astonishing partnership, pinch Brook's counter-attacking sound taking each of nan momentum aft nan visitors had removed Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope early successful nan day.

But they looked a different side, understandably, erstwhile some had departed. Mohammed Siraj charged successful arsenic accustomed and Prasidh Krishna consistently deed a probing magnitude to unsettle England's mediate order.

Jacob Bethell was bowled by Krishna for a scratchy 5 from 31 balls, Overton and Smith could hardly get nan shot disconnected nan quadrate and nan hold - initially for bad ray and past for rainfall - halted India's abrupt and improbable complaint for victory.

"It [the delay] benefits England massively," said erstwhile England skipper Sir Alastair Cook connected BBC Test Match Special.

"It is simply a hammer rustle for India. The ambiance would person been unbelievable for India tonight. They were truthful connected top, nan only measurement England could get a tally distant was a leg-bye."

But WinViz has England arsenic dense favourites pinch an 84% chance of triumph which would spot them return a 3-1 bid triumph and an tremendous assurance boost into nan winter's Ashes.

"I deliberation England will get complete nan statement and I deliberation Jamie Smith will do nan job. I americium hoping Chris Woakes doesn't person to locomotion retired there," said erstwhile skipper Michael Vaughan.