England all-rounder Liam Dawson made a memorable comeback to Check cricket as he changed Shoaib Bashir within the taking part in XI for the fourth Check in opposition to India at Emirates Outdated Trafford in Manchester, which commenced on Wednesday, July 23. Dawson, a left-arm orthodox spinner, final performed a Check match again in 2017 in opposition to South Africa at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Since then, he has remained on the fringes of choice, that includes recurrently in England’s home circuit however with no red-ball recall—till now.
Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissed as Liam Dawson breaks his Check wicket drought
In a heartwarming second for England followers, Dawson ended his eight-year-long look ahead to a Check wicket when he dismissed in-form Indian opener Jaiswal on the primary ball of the forty first over. It was a refined piece of bowling — flighted and drifting in — that did the trick. Jaiswal, who was strong in defence, performed for the flip however the ball went on with the arm, leading to a thick outdoors edge. The catch was safely pouched by Harry Brook at first slip, triggering wild celebrations from Dawson and jubilation amongst England supporters.
It was a very long time coming for Dawson, who had discovered Jaiswal’s edge in his earlier over however remained wicketless. His persistence paid off, and the second was made even sweeter because it marked his first wicket in Checks since 2017.
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Jaiswal matches Sunil Gavaskar’s Outdated Trafford feat
Regardless of the dismissal, Jaiswal left his mark by scoring a gritty 58 runs. With that, he grew to become the primary Indian opener to attain a fifty at Outdated Trafford within the final 50 years — the final being the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who additionally made 58 runs in opposition to England on the identical venue in 1974. Jaiswal’s composed innings was a vital contribution in India’s regular begin to the innings earlier than Dawson’s breakthrough introduced England a much-needed second of reduction.
Right here’s how followers reacted:
Dawson has deserved each little bit of this!
Stable sport plans and clearly has develop into a a lot significantly better bowler.🔥🔥Worth for over spin on this pitch👌 #ENGvIND
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 23, 2025
I couldn’t be happier for Liam Dawson. What a beautiful second for him. #ENGvIND
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) July 23, 2025
LIAM DAWSON STRIKES ON HIS RETURN!!! 🏴#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/MK65ieCxss
— England’s Barmy Military 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson will get his first Check wicket in eight years! #YashasviJaiswal #LiamDawson #ENGvsIND #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/96aNXrYEv3
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) July 23, 2025
Significantly better session for England’s bowlers! Woakes, stokes and Dawson maintaining the stress whereas Carse simply seems barely off it.
Completely made up for Liam Dawson getting that wicket on a vastly effectively deserved Check recall!
Extra of the identical subsequent session, please!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/nooHP8CIAm
— 2 Blokes Watching Sport (@2bwatchingsport) July 23, 2025
Cherished the captaincy of Ben Stokes, bringing in Liam Dawson for getting the wicket of Jaiswal.
Scoring charge is nearly the identical as first session. And India misplaced three wickets on this session.
India: 149/3
On the crease
Sai Sudarshan 26*(77)
Rishab Pant 3*(8)There’s a inexperienced…
— Rathin Dutta 𝕏 (@IamRathinDutta) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson will get two Check wickets 2900+ aside:
🎯Hashim Amla (8 years earlier than)
🎯Yashswi Jaiswal (8 years after)
Each wickets are of the nice openers. #INDvsENG
— Muhammad Uzair (@Uxair11khan) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Dawson’s first wicket in Check Cricket after 2017.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/pkpOyymFyq— Mrityunjoy 🇮🇳 (@Mrityunjoy_offl) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson is bowling superbly on his return👌
— Akshith Jha (@AkshithJha88423) July 23, 2025
I simply love when bowlers bowl with sun shades on. It exhibits who’s the boss imo.
Thanks Liam Dawson! 👍#ENGvsIND— Max Cady From Cape Worry (@patrikbateman62) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson has his first Check wicket in eight years!
Yashasvi Jaiswal is caught by Harry Brook at slip for 58! #ENGvIND #INDvsENGTest #Dawson pic.twitter.com/TSqAtIlzXc
— Crickupdate (@maulikchauhan13) July 23, 2025
Must ask why Liam Dawson hasn’t performed extra lately…
— Joe Robinson (@joerob_96) July 23, 2025
After watching 5 overs of Liam Dawson, I believe he ought to be on the flight to Australia and never Bashir.
— Prakash Mahtani (@PrakashMahtani1) July 23, 2025
Somebody in Sydney is already shaking of their bed room after seeing this ball from Liam Dawson. pic.twitter.com/0psQNPgcW2
— Silme (@silme47) July 23, 2025
Age is only a quantity for Liam Dawson 🔥🔥
— AntiBazballian ™ (Joe Root Paglu) (@rs_3702) July 23, 2025
After a niche of 2928 days and 102 Checks, Liam Dawson returns to Check cricket
— BavumaTheKing Temba (@bavumathek83578) July 23, 2025
Liam Dawson is an improve over Shoaib Bashir in all 3 departments of the sport.
— Vipul 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) July 23, 2025
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