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England and India draw fourth Test to set up series decider at The Oval

England captain Ben Stokes shakes hands with India's Ravindra Jadeja after they drew the fourth Test at Old Trafford
England captain Ben Stokes shakes hands with India's Ravindra Jadeja after they drew the fourth Test at Old TraffordDarren Staples / AFP

England and India drew the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Sunday after a fine rearguard action by the tourists.

India, who had been 0-2 in their second innings, finished on 425-4 in reply to England's first-innings 669, with skipper Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar all making hundreds before the teams shook hands after tea on the last day.

England still lead this five-match series 2-1 ahead of next week's finale at the Oval.

This match was a personal triumph for England captain Ben Stokes as he became just the fourth England cricketer to score a hundred and take five wickets in the same Test, his 141 on Saturday following a haul of 5-72 in India's first-innings 358.

Stokes is now only the third cricketer in Test history to have both scored 7,000 Test runs and taken 200 wickets after outstanding West Indies all-rounder Garfield Sobers and South Africa's Jacques Kallis.

But he appeared to be in pain while bowling Sunday, repeatedly clutching the top of his leg - a worrying sign for England given the all-rounder's history of hamstring trouble.

England's Joe Root, meanwhile, leapfrogged former Australia captain Ricky Ponting into second place in Test cricket's list of all-time leading run-scorers while making 150 - his 38th hundred at this level.