India in control of 2nd test despite England centuries by Brook and Smith on Day 3

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — England had big centuries from Harry Brook and Jamie Smith but little else to celebrate as India stayed in control of the second test on a turbulent Day 3 at Edgbaston on Friday.

Resuming on 77-3 in reply to India's mammoth first-innings 587 all out, England lost Joe Root and Ben Stokes to successive balls from Mohammed Siraj in the second over but recovered brilliantly purely thanks to a 303-run stand by Brook (158) and Smith (a career-best 184 not out).

After taking the second new ball, India claimed England's last five wickets for 20 runs in just 44 balls to dismiss the home team for 407 — Brook and Smith accounted for 342 of those runs — and take a lead of 180 into the second innings.

England had a remarkable six ducks in total and Siraj figures of 6-70.

Batting under cloud cover, the Indians reached stumps on 64-1 — with only the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal (28) — and will resume on Saturday 244 runs ahead and with a series-tying victory in their sights.

Lokesh Rahul was unbeaten on 28 alongside Karun Nair, on 7.

“We are quite ahead right now,” Siraj said, “but the plan is to get as many runs on the board because we know their attacking mindset.”

England was in a big hole that looked gargantuan when Root and Stokes departed to leave their side on 84-5 and still trailing by more than 500 runs.

Siraj dismissed England’s best batter — Root for 22 — by enticing a nick down the leg side, with wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant taking a diving catch, and then its captain for a golden duck. Stokes trudged back to the dressing room after a steeply rising and seaming delivery came off the shoulder of his bat and flashed to Pant.

England was rocked, but Smith and Brook played as if there was no pressure with a counterattacking riposte.

“Hopefully we’ve clawed ourselves back in the game,” Brook said. “I just tried to bat as long as I could and Smudge (Smith) tried to get the momentum back our way. He’s a phenomenal player.”

Smith came in to face a hat-trick ball, struck that for four, and went on to make the biggest score by an England wicketkeeper — surpassing Alec Stewart. He raced to his second test hundred before lunch in just 80 balls — the third fastest by an Englishman — and including an over when he pulled and smashed Prasidh Krishna for a six and four fours. Smith was dropped by Pant on 121 off a tough chance.

Brook compiled his ninth test hundred in 27 matches, getting to three figures — courtesy of a classy late cut for four — after being dismissed for 99 in the first test won by England at Headingley last week.

Brook, a star for England in all formats, reined in some slight frustration at India changing tactics and bowling wide outside off-stump to a lopsided field and looked good after going down with cramp.

Soon afterward, he was bowled by Akash Deep (4-88) — armed with the second new ball — and was serenaded as he walked off gingerly.

That precipitated England's late-order collapse that saw Nos. 9-11 — Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue and Shaoib Bashir — all being removed for ducks, joining Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Stokes.

Tongue responded by trapping Jaiswal lbw but India finished the day in the driving seat.

“If I hadn’t got out we would not be in this situation now," Brook said, "but we saw last week how quickly it can change.

"Hopefully we can put pressure with early wickets and make them crumble.”

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India's Mohammed Siraj celebrates the dismissal of England's Josh Tongue on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Harry Brook bats on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Jamie Smith celebrates after scoring a century on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Harry Brook plays a shot on day two of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Harry Brook celebrates after scoring a century on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England captain Ben Stokes reacts as he walks off the field after losing his wicket on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England captain Ben Stokes edges the ball before it is caught behind by India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

India's Mohammed Siraj, center, celebrates after the dismissal of England captain Ben Stokes on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Jamie Smith plays a shot on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

England's Jamie Smith celebrates after scoring a century on day three of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79.

Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband’s death to The Associated Press.

“Gov. Richard J. Codey passed away peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness,” Codey's family wrote in a Facebook post on Codey's official page.

"Our family has lost a beloved husband, father and grandfather -- and New Jersey lost a remarkable public servant who touched the lives of all who knew him," the family said.

Known for his feisty, regular-guy persona, Codey was a staunch advocate of mental health awareness and care issues. The Democrat also championed legislation to ban smoking from indoor areas and sought more money for stem cell research.

Codey, the son of a northern New Jersey funeral home owner, entered the state Assembly in 1974 and served there until he was elected to the state Senate in 1982. He served as Senate president from 2002 to 2010.

Codey first served as acting governor for a brief time in 2002, after Christine Todd Whitman’s resignation to join President George W. Bush’s administration. He held the post again for 14 months after Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.

At that time, New Jersey law mandated that the Senate president assume the governor’s role if a vacancy occurred, and that person would serve until the next election.

Codey routinely drew strong praise from residents in polls, and he gave serious consideration to seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2005. But he ultimately chose not to run when party leaders opted to back wealthy Wall Street executive Jon Corzine, who went on to win the office.

Codey would again become acting governor after Corzine was incapacitated in April 2007 due to serious injuries he suffered in a car accident. He held the post for nearly a month before Corzine resumed his duties.

After leaving the governor’s office, Codey returned to the Senate and also published a memoir that detailed his decades of public service, along with stories about his personal and family life.

“He lived his life with humility, compassion and a deep sense of responsibility to others,” his family wrote. “He made friends as easily with Presidents as he did with strangers in all-night diners.”

Codey and his wife often spoke candidly about her past struggles with postpartum depression, and that led to controversy in early 2005, when a talk radio host jokingly criticized Mary Jo and her mental health on the air.

Codey, who was at the radio station for something else, confronted the host and said he told him that he wished he could “take him outside.” But the host claimed Codey actually threatened to “take him out,” which Codey denied.

His wife told The Associated Press that Codey was willing to support her speaking out about postpartum depression, even if it cost him elected office.

“He was a really, really good guy,” Mary Jo Codey said. “He said, ‘If you want to do it, I don’t care if I get elected again.’”

Jack Brook contributed reporting from New Orleans.

FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)