Good day for England. Superb fielding, two blinding catches by Brook and Pope and a debut seven for. Watched a lot of it before my bedtime ( I got up three hours later to watch the football ).
Don't think it will take long to wrap up this morning. Come on give Jimmy one more test to surpass Warne
It's true though Bure. Too many needless attacks whatever the consequencial situations happened. I only saw up to your 5pm so did not see the last five wickets. When I got up this morning I expected Stokes to be well over his ton. Surprised we were all out
Weather looks to be ok for the whole day. Wish I was there, haven't been to a test match since the 1980's. Used to go quite often when I was in the RAF.
Root and Brook both made centuries, 420/8 so a lead of 379, be a good psychological goal to get the lead >400, not sure we will do that though
Bashir came good on a pitch that wasn't greatly helpful. First five for at Trent Bridge since 2006 when a certain Muralitheran got five. Whatever happened to him?
Looks like change is afoot in the one day/ T20 game. Mott on his way seems certain and Buttler not likely to keep captaincy. Brook has distanced himself from the captain's job, and rightly so in my opinion. He will be a major player in all formats so he does not need the extra agro.
Looks good now Bure. Smith, Root, Stokes and Woakes with runs to give us a good lead, then knocked off two wickets before the close. Wasn't sure about the selection of Smith at the beginning of the series but his keeping has been good and he is getting runs.
What a finish. Wood takes 5 for nine runs in six overs after lunch before Stokes scores England's fastest ever half century on the way to an emphatic ten wicket victory with the 82 run target reached in 44 balls. Stokes was opening as Crawley injured a finger in dropping a catch earlier.
Sir Lanka fought back before lunch, but lost their last wickets quickly England 10 without loss need another 195 to win
