The need to cone out and get in again tomorrow. Crawley is playing for career. Being really careful. Bairstow is bairstow
Crawley pushed on a bit this morning then got out. Did so much good work yesterday and undone it today, although at least he used up lots of balls to let the ball soften a bit. trail by 4 with 5 wickets left. Should be looking at a lead of 75+ minimum here
Good partnership between stokes and foakes. New ball available soon though. lead of 128 with 5 wickets in hand. Should be able to get up toward 200 here and put us in really strong position.
They've done well to dig in there. It's a better lead already than would have credited so really anything is a bonus from here. Having the best of the evening session conditions for a bowl would be nice though.
Nah. Try bat them out the game. Bat all day, get lead up towards 250 and push on tomorrow to try get 300/350 lead. with this england team, can never have a too big a lead!
Broad has done his job. They've not sent Robinson out. 20 runs for broad is a massive bonus. Sa still have not taken new ball.
Very good innings that. Mainly built around stokes and foakes but some decent contributions from Crawley, Bairstow and then broad and Robinson down the order. lead by 264. If can get 1 or 2 out before COP then set it up nicely for tomorrow
