inswinger

The second-innings effort was more difficult for Konstas, as he reached only eight before Bumrah gained some revenge with an inswinger that hit middle stump having gone through the gate.

His 199th was that of 19-year-old debutant Konstas who, having scooped Bumrah three times in his first-innings 60, was bowled by an inswinger for eight without repeating the shot in his 18 balls.

Against the second new ball and on 168, Root was pinned by a Naseem Shah inswinger and a review just about upheld umpire Kumar Dharmasena’s not-out decision.

I would predominantly swing the ball away from right-handers when the ball was reverse-swinging, to drag them and their head across their crease and to threaten the outside edge, then bowl an effort-ball inswinger when the batter was least expecting it.

I was dragging Root across the crease, moving his head outside off stump and then tried my first inswinger.