India's pack hunters and the thrill of their pursuit

It ends at 6.37 PM, the evening sky resplendent with hardly a cloud over Lord's. But James Anderson, still holding his defensive pose, can sense them gathering around. Mohammed Siraj runs past him and grabs a stump he's just disturbed. The bodies of Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami cascade in a scrum on one side of the pitch while Virat Kohli sprints without a general sense of direction.

Squeezing into the Anderson freeze frame in a distant blur from the side-on camera is India's only boundary rider, Jasprit Bumrah, leaping and punching the cold London air in delight by himself. It is a poignant shot that completes the set of the four-prong pace pack, familiar protagonists of a very memorable final day of Test cricket that can stack up among the best this famous arena has witnessed over its history.

At 6.27 PM, with less than 10 overs to go, and India's hopes seemingly fading in the face of the Jos Buttler and Ollie Robinson's resistance, it is Bumrah who conjures magic with a 50-over-old ball. Shifting angles to around the stumps, he pushes Robinson back with a bouncer and then bowls a devilish slower ball, an Ashwinesque off-break if you will, that catches Robinson off-guard in his crease.

After six hours of