Leeds Weather update, IND vs ENG Test Day 5: Rain set to affect potential Headingley thriller today? | Cricket News

Leeds weather update, India vs England Test day 5: India and England are set to headline a potentially horic day of Test match cricket at the Headingley grounds on Tuesday after seesawing battle over the last four days. Amidst their intense skirmishes over the first three innings, the intriguing Leeds weather played a crucial role in setting up a potential thriller on the final day where the hosts need 350 runs for a record-breaking win.
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Ben Stokes’ Bazballers are primed to go all guns blazing at a target at a venue which has seen the highest-ever runs scored a team on the final day of a Test to win the match back in 1948. However, all the anticipation and build-up could be dampened the mercurial clouds around the iconic Leeds venue.
According to the UK Met Office department, wet weather is likely to pers throughout the morning and afternoon in Headingley, Leeds with chances of rainfall peaking post noon between 12 and 1 pm (6:30pm ). However, the Met department predicts the weather to be carrying “light rain changing to sunny intervals early evening.”
Leeds weather today (UK Met Office)

Local Time ()
Chances of Rain
Temperature °C

10AM (3:30PM)
50%
18°

11AM (4:30PM)
80%
18°

12PM (5:30PM)
90%
18°

1PM (6:30PM)
80%
18°

2PM (7:30PM)
60%
18°

3PM (8:30PM)
60%
19°

4PM (9:30PM)
60%
20°

5PM (10:30PM)
50%
20°

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The Shubman Gill-led side is looking to start their new ICC World Test Championship cycle with a win ahead of the second Test slated to be played next week in Edgbaston. Meanwhile, hosts England are targeting one of their highest-ever Test chases in hory. Only once before has 350 runs been achieved on the final day of a Test in a victorious result, 77 years ago Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ in the 1948 Ashes, in a match that also incidentally took place at Leeds.
Aided bright and sunny weather on the opening morning last Friday, India entered their new Test era with a comprehensive batting performance led centuries from captain Gill, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. After earning a slender six-run lead, India put on another sturdy second-innings display with Pant and KL Rahul breaching the three-figure mark. The five centuries in the match are the highest-ever India in their Test hory.