Well good start at least All the way into double figures for no loss We will need to bat a bit better than the first innings to win this...
Wish I was there today and not yesterday. A truly horrible day that had the atmosphere sucked out of it by the shambles of a batting performance.
stokes has now scored 1 off 32 deliveries, making his innings the fourth longest of the game by an england player.
Stokes was brilliantly mature there... 2 from 50.... if they get through the first hour tomorrow the win is on...!!
Well, I never saw that coming, I even feel for Roy, he was out to an absolute beauty. Ten overs or so until the new ball, if they can get past that with just 3 down I'll start to believe!
I said first thing this morning it was on ifwe batted a little better Ye, all ye in fact, of little faith...
But a very valuable innings in the context of the match. Keep your wicket in tact and all England have to do now tomorrow is treat it like a one day game where we need a bit over 200 to win with seven wickets in hand. Or just over three an over. As no-one took me up on my offer of buying my ticket for Sunday when I offered it yesterday I'll just have to use it myself.
Arf Set up nicely now, and few could have expected that after yesterday's shower of ****. Will the real England please turn up tomorrow?
Thats how to bat in a test match, against some fantastic bowling. Just find a way of hanging on in, until you hope it gets easier. I do feel it's gonna have to get a lot easier though to have a sniff. Problem is their bowling attack gives **** all away. One early wicket is probably Ashes gone, and Root has a horrible habit of getting out early the next morning when appearing well set. I still dont think we'll get 250. We've got Buttler playing for his test future, Jonny and Woakes massively under pressure. Is that a good thing??
