LONDON — England faces an uphill battle to save the second Test at Lord's after slumping to 105 for four at the close of Sunday's fourth day in pursuit of 319 to beat India. England, chasing a first Test win in 10 matches after series defeats by Australia and Sri Lanka, lost three wickets in 20 balls to leave it teetering at 72 for four. Joe Root (14) and Moeen Ali (15) ensured there was no further damage, and will resume Monday needing a further 214 runs for victory as England eyes its second-highest successful fourth-innings chase and biggest at Lord's. Its target is at least 50 runs more than it would have liked, but a thrilling 99-run, eighth-wicket stand between Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took India's lead past the 300 mark. Having lost Sam Robson for seven in a tricky period before tea, Alastair Cook and Gary Ballance set about building a platform after the break. They put on 58 for the second wicket before Ballance (27), who hit 110 in the first innings, was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the first ball of Mohammed Shami's second spell, a hint of away movement taking an edge. In the next over, Ian Bell (1) missed a straight ball from Ishant Sharma to leave his side teetering at 71 for three, and shortly afterwards the willowy right-armer also got rid of the out-of-form Cook for 22, caught again by Dhoni behind the stumps. With Matt Prior and Ben Stokes both struggling for form, much rests on the shoulders of Root and Moeen should England have any hope of avoiding defeat on the final day. Earlier Jadeja and Kumar put on 99 runs in 100 balls as they hit the England attack to all corners of the ground. Jadeja, frequently booed by the Lord's crowd over a clash with England paceman James Anderson during the drawn first match at Trent Bridge, brought up his maiden Test half-century off 42 balls before falling for 68. Number nine Kumar continued his fine start to the series, passing 50 for the third time in four innings, having taken career best bowling figures of 6-82 in England's first innings. He was last man out as India was dismissed for 342. — Reuters Scoreboard India (1st Innings) 295 England (1st Innings) 319 India (2nd Innings) Vijay c Prior b Anderson 95 Dhawan c Root b Stokes 31 Pujara c Prior b Plunkett 43 Kohli b Plunkett 00 Rahane c Prior b Broad 05 Dhoni c Bell b Plunkett 19 Binny c Cook b Ali 00 Jadeja c Cook b Stokes 68 Kumar c Bell b Stokes 52 Shami c Prior b Ali 00 Sharma not out 00 Extras (b19, lb9, w1) 29 Total (all out, 103.1 overs) 342 Falls: 1-40 (Dhawan), 2-118 (Pujara), 3-118 (Kohli), 4-123 (Rahane), 5-202 (Dhoni), 6-203 (Binny), 7-235 (Vijay), 8-334 (Jadeja), 9-338 (Shami), 10-342 (Kumar). Bowling: Anderson 29-11-77-1; Broad 23-6-93-1 (1w); Stokes 18.1-2-51-3; Plunkett 22-6-65-3; Ali 11-3-28-2. England (2nd Innings) Robson lbw b Jadeja 07 Cook c Dhoni b Sharma 22 Ballance c Dhoni b Shami 27 Bell b Sharma 01 Root not out 14 Ali not out 15 Extras (b5, lb13, w1) 19 Total (4 wkts, 46 overs) 105 To bat: M Prior, B Stokes, S Broad, L Plunkett, J Anderson. Falls: 1-12 (Robson), 2-70 (Ballance), 3-71 (Bell), 4-72 (Cook). Bowling: Kumar 8-4-10-0; Shami 7-1-20-1; Sharma 10-5-13-2; Jadeja 16-4-32-1; Vijay 4-1-11-0 (1w); Dhawan 1-0-1-0.
