Chris Woakes hit his lady Test century as England pounded home their leeway over India in the second Test at Lord s.

Chris Woakes hit his lady Test century as England pounded home their leeway over India in the second Test at Lord's.

The all-rounder shared a 6th wicket remain of 189 with Jonny Bairstow, who missed the mark regarding his very own hundred, to push England to 357-6, a lead of 250, when awful light concluded day three.

Having been knocked down some pins out for 107 on day two, India will have harbored any expectations of in any event constraining England's lead when they lessened the hosts to 89-4 at lunch.

Be that as it may, Woakes (120no) and Bairstow (93) batted them out of conflict either side of tea and, after the very first moment and quite a bit of day two were washed out and more rain figure for Sunday and Monday, the climate may give India their most obvious opportunity with regards to getting away with a draw. 

While the overcast cover that had helped England's bowlers on day two was missing on a brilliant morning in St John's Wood, there was as yet plentiful development for the Indian seamers amid the morning session. 

Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings' opening stand advanced peacefully to 28 preceding they were expelled in the space of six balls, Jennings (11) lbw to Mohammed Shami before Cook (21) scratched Ishant Sharma (1-88) behind.

That brought 20-year-old debutant Ollie Pope to the wrinkle and he absolved himself well, getting off the check with a limit whipped behind square and quickly achieving 28 preceding Hardik Pandya slid one however to trap him in front. 

Joe Root (19) had struggled through a troublesome spell when he initially went to the wrinkle and was set to be compensated with more positive conditions toward the evening, just to be fixed by Shami with a ball that touched back and remained low in the last finished of the morning. 

Bairstow and Jos Buttler went in all out attack mode instantly after the interim, rapidly taking England past India's first innings add up to, at the same time, while Bairstow stayed to exact further harm on India, Buttler withdrew for 24, turning into Shami's (3-74) third lbw casualty in the wake of being beaten for pace as he progressed and moved over his stumps to attempt and work the ball to leg. 

Woakes joined Bairstow and, while Shami and Sharma were taking care of business the ball to invert swing and there was some uneven bob, the England match arranged their way through the precarious spells previously starting to quicken and raising their 100 association in the first finished of the night session. 

Woakes breezed past his past Test-best score of 66 and in the long run overwhelmed Bairstow. In an innings generally overflowing with poise, he survived two or three brazen plays-and-misses in the 90s to achieve his hundred with three pulled over mid-wicket. 

Britain's lead passed 200 soon a short time later however Bairstow was not able join Woakes in achieving three figures as he went for a major drive and edged Pandya (2-66) behind, Dinesh Karthik taking a wonderful one-gave get as he plunged full length on his right side. 

Sam Curran (22no) capitalized on some flighty knocking down some pins from Kuldeep Yadav to help England's lead further and, climate allowing, he and Woakes will continue with the bat on the fourth morning. 

It may not be long however before their consideration - and England's - swings to rocking the bowling alley and attempting to compel through a win to put their side 2-0 up in the arrangement.