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They were just saying that Woakes has been practising left handed in the nets. Then my mate text…. ‘And this… 😳 Jamie Smith was the first guy to come out this morning and one of the shots he was practicing was the scoop’

Been brilliant. Two teams of similar ability, with great players, both with some flaws. Give me this any day over us thrashing one of the weaker teams. Just wish it had been spread out properly to give players time to recover

like root did ! They’re bowling well and haven’t given us anything since tea. Zero pressure….come on

Neither he, nor root could get the ball away after tea. Just build up of pressure and very good bowling. It’s easy for all us sat at home 😂

Indian bowled brilliantly since tea

Pressure !

Just couldn’t get the ball away though. 5 off 31 balls, young lad, pressure etc. I’d have been tempted to have had smith coming in ahead of him to be honest but got to see what players are made of I guess

Lovely touch by rooty with Thorpe headband ! Great innings. Would be fitting if he could see us over the line

Lucked out there ! Reminded me of stokes in World Cup final v NZ

Needs Eccles back to take some heat off

Looks like that’s the way we’re playing….so far. Don’t want to get stuck in a rut either though, appreciate that’s unlikely with this England team !

Only potential benefit of the strange picks is we bat very deep (on paper) which is even more important with Woakes out. Agree about it being a real test of mentality today and I’ll be interested if we can at least make a game of it….we seem to either chase down massive scores or just totally...

Bit late to start taking catches now !

Thrown the game away

RIP and condolences to Matt’s family and friends. Such sad, sad news. Can only echo comments from Clint and others to implore people to please reach out if you’re struggling (great work with the new thread Nick)

Brilliant from tongue. Been excellent second innings

Every/any time a player gets out to a shot like that would be the wrong time…..it looks horrible. Pope still managed to get another 12 before lunch himself. Problem has been what’s happened after lunch not before

Best batter in the world though. Also scored less than both Crawley and Duckett in this innings

I think what’s happened since proved the batters this morning played the right way. I’ve not seen any commentator having an issue with duckett and if anything, they praised the openers for putting Indian under pressure, making them change the field and closing the gap to on India’s total quickly...

Knew we should’ve continued with the reverse scoops and sweeps off the quicks. Also glad Overton at least brought his batting to the party 😬