India in trouble against England

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, July 01 (AFP): James Anderson marked his return to England duty with two wickets to leave India 53-2 at lunch on the first day of the delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Friday.

Anderson missed the conclusion to England's 3-0 rout of world Test champions New Zealand -- their first series under the new leadership duo of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum -- with an ankle problem.

But the 39-year-old, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, was soon back in the groove in Birmingham after Stokes won the toss on an overcast morning.

Shubman Gill had made 17 with 16 runs in boundaries when he fended a rare short and wide ball from paceman Anderson to Zak Crawley at second slip.

The same England combination then removed Cheteshwar Pujara, India's other opener, for 13.