Published on 12:00 AM, August 05, 2021

India pacers trouble England

India pacer Mohammed Shami is the toast of his teammates following his dismissal of England batsman Dom Sibley during the first day of the first Test at Nottingham on Wednesday. Photo: REUTERS

England captain Joe Root became his country's leading run-scorer across all international formats before India's Mohammed Shami dismissed Jonny Bairstow with what became the last ball before Tea on the opening day of the first Test at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.

England were 138-4 at the interval, with Root 52 not out after Bairstow had fallen lbw for 29 to end the Yorkshire duo's stand of 72.

Bairstow had looked increasingly fluent until Shami's nip-backer struck him in front of the stumps. At Tea, Shami had fine figures of 2-18 in 13.2 overs after removing opener Dom Sibley for a laboured 18 earlier in the session.