Interesting to see how our Middle/Lower order finally cope without insane pressue to recover!
Clearly looks a good strip that should deteriorate, and has to be a 500 + 1st Innings type game. Wonder whether the lads can now knuckle down and take a decent first day total to the realms of a winning total.
Day 2 Moeen and Stokes to continue,
hopefully a good day at the crease followed by putting the Indian’s in, with an hour and half to play and skittling them out.
Moeen gets his century and were away
Ffs wake get shit together turn tv on before going work.
Bowler runs in Moen leaves a straight one, like perfect timing.
343-5 reckon need 180+ more yet
Moeen fails to capitalise and its 343 for 5
400-5
Bairstow hits a six and is on 29
Stokes is dropped twice, once on 60 and again on 61
Woakes is out straight after lunch
England 451 for 7
465-8
Lower middle order dribbling away still think we need 500+ on this pitch
Tail definately not wagging
And thats the ton for Stokes
England 478 for 8
3 centuries in the first innings of the first test match cant be all bad can it ?
And that is the 500 up for England
Stokes 120
Ansari 9
With Stokes feeling a leg injury now is the time to declare and ut the Indians in
BTripz
10 November 2016 10:29
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537 all out in the end
Ansari put 32 on the board
India currently 44-0, I can see this petering out to a draw
BTripz
10 November 2016 11:10
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Stumps Day 2 India 63-0 trail by 474 runs
Think our bowlers need some Red Bull to fire them up