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[Big Mac]

https://twitter.com/_hypocaust/status/1038066340190474240

Moeen Ali has now been involved in at least one 50+ Test partnership for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th wickets. #ENGvIND

[alexevo94]

Root got the new stickers on

[Mister Le Chiffre]

When you hide at 4 and still get a duck that's when it gets embarrassing

[smilley792]

Root is bumrahs bunny.


Genuine question, when was root last in as late as the 63rd over??

[Novak]

Batting 4 made a big difference for Root just felt too much was made of him batting at three

Just don't think he's at his best right now

[Mister Le Chiffre]

He must have worked on it then. When he was tearing up the Essex leagues in 14 & 15, he bowled with some success, but didn't look enough to trouble a real decent player on a test pitch...

Got to feel for Nair. The selectors obviously rate him (I mean, they don't give out test triple hundreds in cereal boxes!) but the coach / captain clearly don't.

According to an anonymous insider Kohli and Shastri don't rate and particular like Nair. Bit pathetic if you ask me.

[Big Mac]

That was awful from YJB

[smilley792]

I knew the collapse would come eventually.

[Seniorplayer]

Typical England to lose 3 wickets in 9 balls

[Mister Le Chiffre]

Bairstow got that mental block Bell had. Bairstow looks a world beater at 6/7 doing the repair job when not much is expected. Yet he goes up inside the top 5 and he's a rabbit in the headlights

[edge]

Cook has set this all up to remind us all of what we'll be missing!

Root and Bairstow both fallen to predictable technical flaws... concerning. Still, at least the top 3 did its' job for once!

[billyb]

So frustrating to watch. The top 3 actually do a job, and then our two best bats don't apply themselves. I massively rate Bairstow, but he's been shot mentally since the injury, and all the press stuff looks to have got to him. He's stuck in his mind, imho- like Compton, Stoneman and Malam have been. He needs a proper rest before Sri Lanka.

[Mister Le Chiffre]

Bairstow has 5 ducks in 2018 that's far too many for the second best batsman in the side

[ProCricketer1982]

So frustrating to watch. The top 3 actually do a job, and then our two best bats don't apply themselves. I massively rate Bairstow, but he's been shot mentally since the injury, and all the press stuff looks to have got to him. He's stuck in his mind, imho- like Compton, Stoneman and Malam have been. He needs a proper rest before Sri Lanka.

Bairstow second best batsmen ?? Really ??

Root
Cook

Big gulf

Bairstow/stokes depending on who you like

[billyb]

Bairstow second best batsmen ?? Really ??

Root
Cook

Big gulf

Bairstow/stokes depending on who you like

Cook's retiring, remember?