It was a good ball mind. He gave it extra air and the extra bounce that caused did for Siraj. Still a bit of fortune mind, and a top order batsman would have kicked it away. Mind, you, Bashir wouldn't have been bowling if my telling at the telly had an effect! Another sign of Stokes' genius as a captain. Never seen anyone line him. Just keep him away from Green Kryptonite!
I was at the dentist when India needed 50 and he (my dentist) put it on the stream (TMS) so while I was being treated I listened to it! Private dentists are the way to go!
I watched it until just before lunch then had to go out for a monthly get-together with former colleagues in Newcastle (life is hard). They probably think I'm a rude indifferent c*nt because I was on my phone every 5 minutes checking the score
Ben Stokes' left leg. He's had a lot of trouble with his knee, both of them actually. But watching today, and this series, I've noticed him getting his front leg braced ramrod straight again at the delivery point. This is something he was struggling a bit to do, bowling with his knee slightly bent. But since his operations he can do it again, and a straight front leg is where you get the extra pace from, (clock Mark Wood!). Just a guess mind, but for a 34 year old to be bowling high eighties, sometimes ninety, in long bursts after having half of his body bashed up is ridiculous. Some bloody specimen that bloke!
