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IND vs ENG Lord's Test: England's assistant coach Marcus Trescothick issued a bold "hopefully we get six wickets in the first hour" warning to India ahead of the pulsating Lord's 5th Day, calling the crowd to fuel the team's one final surge to tilt the balance the home team's way at famous old ground- 'Home of Cricket.'

Chasing 193 for victory, India ended day four at a precarious 58 for four. At stumps, KL Rahul was unbeaten on 33 after Ben Stokes cleaned up night-watchman Akash Deep with the last ball of the day.

India lost opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), Karun Nair (14) and skipper Shubman Gill (6) cheaply to trail by 135 runs heading into the final day.

The India batters will need to be wary of the wobbled seam deliveries, going by what has transpired on the first four days.

“You kind of see a bit more bounce bowling from the nursery end while bowling from the pavilion end, maybe a bit more use of the slope where it angles back towards the stump. That's hopefully what we'll see again tomorrow and hopefully it'll seam everywhere and we'll get 6 wickets in the first hour," Trecothick said in the press conference at the end of the day’s play.

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"A couple of late wickets in the day gives them that hope that, we're bang on the money, so it will revolve around the first hour of the day tomorrow. How positive India can be, how dominant we can be with the ball, and how many early wickets we can get,” he added.

Providing an update about the off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who suffered a finger injury on his non-bowling hand while bowling on day three but came out to bat on day four, Trecothick said, "Bashir is fit to bowl. He can come on when he is needed."

England coach also revealed the team was aiming to set a target in excess of 250.

“We always wanted 250-plus. In the first innings, it was hard to judge what a decent score would be. We have something to push on for tomorrow."

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England were egged on by a sellout crowd in the last 30 minutes of play, and that helped the players on the field, said the batting coach.

“If I knew who would win tomorrow, I would relax a little bit. Both teams are desperate to win. Amazing four days of cricket. The last half hour was amazing. The crowd was behind the team and we love that sort of situation. Buzz around the ground gave the boys hope they needed. A lot will revolve around the first hour of play tomorrow,” reckoned Trescothick.