Don’t forget the batting which has been criticised heavily by many people, sometimes even when they won the match.
Stokes made that point well on TMS. Agnew asked how he felt when India were 430/3, the answer was “Good thing Test cricket is played over 5 days”.
On reflection India definitely had the best bowler and probably the best batter(s?) in the match. Team game though.
Bruce
What a result! England fought back keeping their heads in their second innings. Looking forward to 2nd July at Edgbaston …
Don’t know about anyone else but where I come from we have always stood by catches win matches.
We must remember this is a ‘new’ Indian side, which relies heavily on the top order to get runs, having a lengthy tail, something which England have suffered from, but now have the likes of Carse to hang around and score a few (as you remark). It’ll be interesting how India evolve their selections during this series, especially if Bumrah can’t play in all the games?
A fascinating match which could have gone either way, a bit like Brook’s batting!
4th innings total over 370 at over 4 an over? No problem, 4.5 an over and 5 wickets in hand.
How Test cricket has changed, and maybe we can say England have been at the forefront of that revolution albeit not exclusively responsible. They certainly have changed themselves aftervthe meek and hesitant old era. It can be wild at times but it is never, ever dull.
India must be wondering what to do for Edgbaston next week. Bumrah is clearly being managed carefully in terms of workload but can they afford not to play him?
Fingers crossed for decent weather.
Bruce
Had a sit with some cricket-loving friends earlier, and all agreed that it was a match which could have gone either way, with so many material events e.g. Brook’s no-ball let-off, dropped catches (especially by India), plus there were a couple of very close LBW shouts (or non-shouts). So many variables.
Dare one say, India could do with a Kapil Dev-type all-rounder in the team, to shorten the tail and give them improved bowling options. One thing’s for sure, it’s set the series up nicely.
Watching England Women playing T20 vs India.
Not going well.
‘Not going well’…which, I think defines to, with the notable exception of NSB (again!), poor technique, little feet movement, and stupid shots against India’s raft of spinners. Embarrassing really. Like watching a 3rd XI game on a Sunday. The end.
They are going to face a lot of spin in this series, as they have demonstrated they haven’t much clue against it. The Indian spinners seem to have a lot more loop on the ball.
The Edwards’ coaching era has started off like the Lewis era finished. India and the Aussies (even SA) are far better than the WIndies. They’re playing on plumb strips and many of them aren’t learning better technique, which is crucial when having to put pace on the ball e.g. when cutting a ball outside the off-stump, you have to sway on to the back foot. If you just waft at the ball, chances are it’ll go in the air. As for the fielding, sometimes it’s like watching the Keystone Cops in action.
That is very rude to the Keystone Cops
Surrey piled on the runs today & Sibley had a respectable score. 
Yes, and two Worcestershire batsmen hit double hundreds in scoring nearly 700. A significant factor in this apart from the weather, is the counties are using Kookaburra balls this week.
Easy to argue that it distorts the statistics and records.
I think the last round of CC matches used the Kookaburra ball as well and they were nearly all draws.
The fatal flaw in the case for using the Kookaburra is it’s being used to prepare for playing abroad by people who aren’t likely to travel.
Meanwhile the centrally contracted England team are using a Duke’s ball against India in the current Test series.
Doh! As Homer would say.
Well, we’ll see again this evening 
England Women showing great consistency.
Indeed, in general, a very amateur performance by a team which has had loads of resources given to it, yet doesn’t appear to understand many of the basics of cricket, nor is in any sense ‘developing’. I thought the commentators were very polite about England’s bowling performance.
This said, India’s middle order showed the depth of talent they have, and how well schooled they’ve been in terms of technique and game sense. Start watching this from ~ 3-10 onwards. A horror show of poor technique, massive bottom-hand issues and an absence of feet movement. Only Tammy showed how to play on this track.
