Roland-Jones takes four wickets in first 33 balls in Test cricket

A day Toby Roland-Jones will not forget ever. A debut that saw him rip through the top order of the Proteas. After Stokes had helped the hosts cross 350, clouds obliged and rolled the carpet for a grand welcome for the debutant,

who smiled through flashes and scripted a history of his own. Tomrrow will be about Root's decision making. Does he have the faith in his pacers to ask South Africa to come back again or will he chance the fact the Philander is trying to debug his system in some hospital

South Africa bowler Vernon Philander has been taken to hospital

South Africa bowler Vernon Philander has been taken to hospital during the third Test against England. The 32-year-old only bowled 12 overs on day one at The Oval as he complained of reoccurring stomach pain. Despite struggling, Philander took two wickets – removing opener Keaton Jennings and skipper Joe Root – before leaving the field.
The experienced paceman returned on day two but was forced off again after bowling a further five overs. And now Philander has been taken to a nearby hospital to undergo tests – with the bowler reportedly suffering from dehydration. Philander, who has taken 10 wickets in the series, will miss the rest of the day’s play and it is not known whether he will be able to play any further part in the game. Despite Philander’s impressive spell, England surpassed 350 in their first innings thanks to Ben Stokes’ century and Alastair Cook’s 82.

4th Test: India reeling at 103/5 at end of Day 3

London: Ian Bell brought up his maiden double hundred in Tests and Graeme Swann took 3/27 as England took a firm grip on day three of the fourth and final match agasinst India at the Oval on Saturday.

At stumps India were 103/5, and still trail England by 488 runs after the hosts declared their innings at 591/6.

Swann ended a 55 run partnership between Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar by having the little master caught by James Anderson for 23.

India lost their second wicket when VVS Laxman (2) was caught behind by England wicketkeeper Matt Prior off the bowling of Stuart Broad.

Earlier, Virender Sehwag's horror run on the tour continued when he was trapped leg before wicket by Anderson for just eight.

Tea was taken after a heavy downpour after lunch wiped out the entire second session.

Ian Bell struck his maiden Test double hundred as England played themselves into a commanding position.

The hosts were 591/6 at lunch with Ravi Bopara unbeaten on 44 and wicketkeeper Matt Prior giving him company on 18.

Bell's marathon innings finally came to an end when he was dismissed by part time spinner Suresh Raina for 235.

Bell was given out leg before wicket by umpire Simon Taufel after he failed to connect with an attempted sweep shot.

S Sreesanth got the wickets of nightwatchman James Anderson (13) and Eoin Morgan (1) early on to leave the hosts five down.

While Anderson was caught by VVS Laxman at second slip, Morgan offered a simple catch to Indian skipper MS Dhoni behind the stumps.

Like many similar instances in the series, India lost the plot once again when their bowlers let the England batsmen off the hook on the second day of the fourth Test on Friday.

After keeping things under control in the first session of the second day, the Indian bowlers erred in their line and lengths after lunch and gave Bell and Kevin Pietersen a chance to cut loose, which they accepted gleefully.

Before being dismissed at the fag end of the day, Pietersen had already smashed 175 while Bell was still batting on 181 with night-watchman Anderson on three.