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Marcus Trescothick has called on England to be ruthless at a packed out Lord's on Monday as they look to take the six wickets remaining to take a 2-1 series lead against India.
After England were bowled out for 192, a late burst from Brydon Carse helped leave India 58 for four at close, still 135 runs behind their target to set up a tantalising final day.
'It will revolve around the first hour of the day and how positive India can be or how dominant we can be and how many wickets we can get,' said Trescothick. 'We are desperate to win. It's going to be amazing.
'We've seen four amazing days of cricket and two games which have been well supported. The last hour, with the energy around the ground was amazing. Everybody was invested.
'From an England point of view, it was brilliant. We love those situations where the crowd is really behind the team. Hopefully we get more of that and push on to win the game. If we can create an atmosphere like that - it might take a wicket to get it like that or for Joe (Root) to wind them up again, but the support has been brilliant throughout.
'Everyone loves their cricket and we will have a full house which gets to see the finale of an amazing Test,' the England batting coach added.
England batting coach Marcus Trescothick has called on England to be ruthless on the final day against India
Brydon Carse picked up two wickets on day four to leave the game finely poised ahead of the final day
Ben Stokes, meanwhile, grabbed a wicket of his own with the final delivery of day four
Jofra Archer got rid of Yashasvi Jaiswal before Carse removed both Karun Nair and Shubman Gill and in the last over of the day, Ben Stokes bowled nightwatchman Akash Deep to leave the game on a knife-edge on a pitch that sprung into life on Sunday, with 14 wickets falling.
'I think the majority of what we have seen is variation in bounce from quick bowlers and people who can bowl wobble seam - that's the talk of the town,' said Trescothick. 'It's a dangerous ball on this pitch. We've seen a bit more bounce from the Nursery End than the Pavilion End. Hopefully it seams everywhere and we get six wickets in the first hour,' he added.
Meanwhile, Washington Sundar, who took four for 22 for India, insisted that the tourists are confident of pulling off the run chase, with KL Rahul, who scored 100 in the first innings, unbeaten on 33 and Rishabh Pant set to join him at the crease.
'We'll take it any day. We'll really come out positive,' said Sundar. 'We have some solid batters in the dressing room and winning a Test at Lord's is going to be amazing,' he added.
Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who damaged his finger on day three, is available to bowl for England, with Trescothick confirming that Bashir is fit and ready if required.
