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A century for Rooooot and a half-century for Moeen.
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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Well done @User482 ...you saved me having to create the thread
Good day one batting track and thankfully England batsmen are making the best of it. Certainly a lot more benign that those in Bangladesh. Nice to see Hameed get a few runs on debut. Son #2 played against him in a school game a couple of years ago (son was 4th year at the time). Had him dropped....but that was the one and only chance, Hameed clattered him around the ground thereafter
Good day one batting track and thankfully England batsmen are making the best of it. Certainly a lot more benign that those in Bangladesh. Nice to see Hameed get a few runs on debut. Son #2 played against him in a school game a couple of years ago (son was 4th year at the time). Had him dropped....but that was the one and only chance, Hameed clattered him around the ground thereafter
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Yes, I like the look of Hameed. Let's hope this isn't too early for him.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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Have they changed the law on catches? It used to be that the catcher has to be in control of the ball's disposal. As I'm watching on the radio I'm not sure of how Root's dismissal happened but it sounds like catcher wasn't in control.
EDIT: Aggers just explained that the ''further disposal'' bit of the laws disappeared in 2000.
EDIT: Aggers just explained that the ''further disposal'' bit of the laws disappeared in 2000.
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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Roots innings
That's a class 'wagon wheel.'
To have that variety of scoring shots at Test level against the no.1 Test side in world cricket and in their backyard speaks volumes for Root's mental strength and character, technique and application, especially as he had (by his standards) a poor series in Bangladesh recently.
450+ will be a 'safe' score by England. There are five Tests and losing the first one would make it a difficult task to bounce back from (although they managed it last time around).
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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Think positive...450+ will give us a real foundation to win the game and go up in the series. For sure if England has the mentality to avoid defeat then they won't win
Dayvo
just passin' through
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True, but I don't think Ali, Rashid and Ansari are in the same category as India's spinners.
Stephenite
Membå
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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Just got back from England yesterday, where I saw some of the Bangladesh series..
No, just following it on cricinfo.
I know some Pakistanis here who watch it, but I can't remember how they do it.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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Moeen Ali's unbeaten 99
Also a very good wagon wheel. I'm actually surprised how few drives through the cover areas he has, given that he is a good and confident driver, perhaps even Gower-esque at times.
Hope he and Stokes can bat beyond lunch tomorrow, mind you, there's still Bairstow and Woakes to come in; two capable batsmen.
All in all, a very good 1st day for England.
