Ben Stokes

…take a bow!

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That is something else!

Are you watching KP?

They just put on 300 and neither of them had their clothes chucked out of the dressing room window because everyone hates them.

It’s called teamwork.

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You follow cricket! Absolutely brilliant this morning, in a beautiful setting with 10k England fans in full voice. :trophy:

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Bairstow gets his first test ton too :lou_lol:

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Was just thinking we needed a thread on this! Absolutely astonishing cricket.

Old batsmen always talk with pride of having scored a century before lunch. This morning, Stokes scored 130 before lunch, passing 100 and 200 in the process; England’s score went from 317/5 to 513/5. And all of this from a mere 25 overs bowled in the session.

This could be a truly mammoth total.

It was worth getting out of bed for.

There are some tasty old bowling figures too!

600 up :lou_lol:

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Bairstow dropped on 138 :lou_lol:

Morkel drops a dolly - and it goes for 4!

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Stokes hits 2 sixes, dropped then run out! What an innings!

Bairstow 150 sees the declaration at 629-6.

Awesome

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150 up for Bairstow and England declare.

Blimey.

On balance I think we had the upper hand in that session.

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Should give him a bowl now

Originally posted by @SO5-4BW

Should give him a bowl now

And here he is!

Just like a 20/20 game this morning…fantastic Cricket.

That will live long in the memory. Proper ‘where were you when…’ moment.

Listening to TMS on a rainy January Sunday - that’s where. Perfect New Year antidote.

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And then forgot to bow / acknowledge his error to the England fans massed behind him, who were loving every minute!