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Let’s move things forward, right, with the eternal question, “A thought for Jos Butler,” touches Robert Mitchell, “who surely would have benefited as much as anyone from the new regime?”
Sure, but will Stokes change that team? I think Jos could have had enough on his plate with the captaincy of the white ball.
Ravi Shastri, with a stained handkerchief coming out of his jacket pocket, makes a critical point. “From the outside, naming Stokes was the most important thing for England. Because Stokes can come out and do it [Bazball] himself, he can tell the team. The Indian team came out and did it for a while when Virat took over, because he could do it ”.
“I don’t know any captain of England who has had a faster effect than Ben Stokes,” Nasser says, as we see Stokes signing autographs for the kids in the stands.
“A very civic mindset from these two handsome Tyke’s to end this with a great split,” Nick Lewis plays, “how better now we can see Cam Norrie without being distracted. Top hole!”
David Reynolds’ previous email has sunk some feathers:
“The problem with India’s ports was that the game didn’t last because the surface collapsed,” Chris Lingwood writes. “This is a little different, the balls are rubbish, no one disputes that, but no one has thought they were rubbish. The fields may not be giving much to bowling, but instead both teams have had an advantage and the Indians were well placed to capitalize and did not. If all these tests had ended in a draw, maybe there would have been more trouble. You can’t have a chase without 3 innings completed first. As always, we’ll see how all this works once people realize it and of course abroad, but we don’t leave complaints when things suddenly go well. It’s been a long time! ”
And another Chris, Horton, stops. “While I understand what David Reynolds thinks he’s saying, it’s not like that. Both batsmen have been lucky this entry (as every batsman has to do) and it’s just the quality of Root and Bairstow, as well as India going losing a bit of the plot yesterday and looking tired today, which makes this chase seem so “boring” and inevitable. This is a record chase. None of this is – or was – inevitable. England has deceived India with its approach to this entry and has the ability and confidence to support itself. I was at the Oval last year, on the 5th, and the difference in attitude and application is night and day. That day, it seemed inevitable that England would fail, and they did. I, for one, am enjoying the change! “
And Brendon Dempsey likes the pursuit of English cricket from the downside.
@tjaldred I think what I like most about English cricket is that it evokes never satisfied ‘Goldilocks’ fans like David Reynolds: “This test had too many wickets; this test has too many races.” Can you imagine that they would still be able to disappoint, even if it was correct.
– Brendan Dempsey (@brendempsey) July 5, 2022
Stokes says he has had more fun in his cricket life over the past six weeks.
He asked her what she said in her first team talk. He scratches his head, “he couldn’t have been so inspiring.” Okay, says Ian Ward, the essence. “The results will take care of themselves, we will entertain ourselves and enjoy playing in England. If that’s not fun and you’re not enjoying every moment, something we’re doing wrong.
“There was a little bit of me who wanted them to get 450,” he adds, “to see what they could do.”
And this one, my friends, is the captain of the England test.
Ben Stokes has his arms crossed and asks, “When you’re clear, totals are a lot easier. 378 five, six weeks ago would have been … but today has been good. Jonny and Rooty will get the applause and rightly so, but in a chase, what the first ones did was phenomenal and gave us back the momentum, the incredible and fastest opening grandstand of the firsts in England. “
“We are trying to rewrite how test cricket has been played in England. And all the plans we have prepared we will try to put forward. We know we want to shed new light on test cricket and the support we have received has been incredible. it’s amazing to think that in a short space of time we’re incorporating new fans, inspiring a new generation. We want to leave a mark on test cricket. “
Stokes and Bumrah lift the trophy together and, with a 2-2 draw for a year, England retain the Pataudi trophy.
Player of the series of India: Jasprit Bumrah.
“That’s the beauty of test cricket. Even if you have three good days, you have to maintain a good position. I think yesterday was where we let the opposition win.”
“That’s how cricket is going, yes, England played really well, they kept fighting, a very hard-fought series. Rishabh Pant took his chances, he brought us back to the game, he counterattacked, that’s the beauty of test cricket, we have different characters on the team. “
“[on captaincy] It was a good challenge, I always like responsibility, I was a great honor to lead the team “.
The man in the series: Joe Root.
Mike Morris asks a question for ages:
“Because I’m a boring man, I’ve been watching old snooker games from the early 90’s. What’s interesting is the negligence of the players: they reach 30, they run out of position, they play safety. Because they think clearly “eh, you can only win some weird game on a final visit.” There would be about 12 centuries in the world championship. Then Hendry passed by and showed the older professionals what was really possible, that winning every frame on a visit should always be the goal. And guess what? The other players responded, because it turns out that winning stretches on a visit had been possible all along.
“Is this doing this England team? Just show us what can happen? It’s just a series of coincidences in fields that haven’t deteriorated, or … it’s always been possible to chase 300 strangers, and it’s always could he compile a test score using one-day shots, and it was only the few cubic inches in the players ’skulls that stopped them all this time?
Look at this space Mike, look at this space.
Turns out, like Root and Bairstow, Test highlights and Blur’s Song 2 are the perfect match.
“If we’re in Bairoot now, is Bairstow the new Tristan and Root Siegfried?” asks David Phillips.
The presentation is ready. The man of the match is … Jonny Bairstow
He smiles, grabbing a bottle of champagne. “It’s very fun right now, the last month has been a fantastic month for test cricket, how excited we are all for each other. … The last few years have been tough, I’m not a fan of bubbles, but it’s great to be back, we had a fantastic crowd on the fifth day. “
“It’s about not being afraid to fail, leave and put pressure on the opposition again. We will lose games along the way, but hopefully it will be exciting for people to see and certainly exciting to play.
Asked yesterday about the whore on the field: “Everything is under control, Butch, they have world-class bowling players, and there are periods of time when you have to absorb the pressure. They’re trying to intimidate, that’s what they’re trying to do, it’s to return that pressure to them.There are times when you have to consolidate … Just two Yorkshire guys, amazing for sharing some special memories, we grew up playing together, we spent a lot of time in the middle, an absolute pleasure being out there for his 28th cent is quite special. “
A bit of luck in my inbox brings me an email from author Kamila Shamsie, award-winning Home Fire author, among others.
“This may be a good time to suggest that anyone who hasn’t read Jonny Bairstow’s memoirs ‘A Clear Blue Sky’ (co-written with Duncan Hamilton) could correct it. It was Wisden’s Book of the Year on 2018, chosen by … eh … me “.
I’m sorry I haven’t received the many emails and tweets in my inbox again. Many of them can be summarized as follows:
Instead of worrying, I wonder if Root will hit the target at the limits before Bairstow reaches his century. Being a fan of England is no longer what it used to be. #OBO # ENGvsIND #ENGvIND @tjaldred
– Sara Torvalds (@SaraTorvalds) July 5, 2022
Root is talking to Ian Ward. He looks excited, in a good way. You can’t always keep eye contact. “The feeling in the locker room right now is that whatever the goal, we’ll eliminate it,” he says.
To YJB: “He seems to have a real clarity about how he plays cricket. He’s been there several times, he’s been on and off the side. You can blame me for that if you want. It’s a lot of fun to see someone I know from the 12 years makes the most of his talent in this format ”.
He says part of the reason he’s at the forefront of his game is to accept the exit: “It’s a failed baptism game and you won’t do well every time.”
WIN ENGLAND FOR SEVEN WICKETS
76.4 overs: England 378-3 (Root 142, Bairstow 114) Goal 378 Too easy! Root equals the score with a nice reverse sweep and repeats the shot to win. Bairstow hits him in the back with the bat, Root passes his arm around his neck. The two warriors.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow of England leave after victory Photo: Alex Davidson / Getty Images
Updated at 12.22 BST
76th more: England 372-3 (Root 137, Bairstow 113) Goal 378 Root wants 150? Better than not, as YJB is seeing the ball again like a balloon: three-quarters in a row from Siraj: it crashed to the point; pancakes on his head; zipper on the hip.
A quarter hundred summer for Bairstow!
75th on: England 357-3 (Root 136, Bairstow 100) Target 378 After three nervous blows, Jonny whistles a single from his boots and sprints to get the fastest single of the day, which sees the DRS called to judge if Root did. its terrain. He …