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It's with me. Simon Hughes am

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a Simon Man, I'm We've been

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doing alliteration during this series, so

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England were vanquished in via Zag.

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I'm quite correctly you said they

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were routed in rash got well.

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this was Roots Return, wasn't it?

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In. Ranchi. So all the Aws today

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three hundred and two seven route one

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hundred and six not out is thirty

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first test hundred and his tenth against

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India record What a what a tremendous

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day for the route family. Wonderful!

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Innings from Joe Root and here's

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another stop for you. It's the

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slowest hundred by an England player

1:04

in the Brendon Mccullum Ben Stokes

1:06

era. Baseball. Whatever that

1:08

means, it was not a was the

1:11

way Joe Root is constructed his innings

1:13

in the past or having said that,

1:15

it was actually his third slowest. Hundred.

1:18

In. Test cricket. but he played the

1:20

circumstances there were no reverse ramps Monday.

1:23

There's no bummer, there were no or

1:25

very few sweeps or reverse sweeps. It

1:27

was orthodox cricket and goodness me in

1:29

the afternoon session. Yours are what I

1:31

wonder what Brendon Mccullum was thinking about

1:33

is he was sitting there this? figure

1:35

out what are you to be pretty

1:37

please I thought Engels School at two

1:40

point three three runs for over. Think.

1:42

About it: Two Point three, three runs

1:44

per over the Revolution or the Counter

1:46

Revolution A Starfleet. You know what you

1:48

call that than don't you? That's Boy

1:50

X Bowl Disney. Definitely a real try

1:52

to retraction to the through Nineteen seventies.

1:54

Mccallum is probably asleep. actually your you

1:57

can you gonna do things to keep

1:59

him awake. So. Yeah,

2:01

I'm a brilliant as it's a wonderful

2:03

retorts. Of course we all knew Joe

2:05

Root could do this. I'm sure he

2:07

knew it himself. I think that was

2:09

just a little hint that as of

2:12

of sort of slight fury at when

2:14

he celebrated his hundred that perhaps he

2:16

lasted this long and I think that

2:18

you know just to reading between the

2:21

lines reading the end trails that could

2:23

you just say that is just a

2:25

tiny acceptance that what he did before

2:27

he got slightly wrong. You know there

2:29

was said too much kind of frenetic

2:32

activity in the second test where he

2:34

got sixty or fifteen bulls something and

2:36

lofted once a down to deep cover.

2:38

and then or was he was saying

2:40

that the reverse scoop shot as well

2:43

and I against Boomer and. I.

2:45

Just think he's had a bit of time

2:47

to reflect and I'm sure we just read

2:49

all the press not many players do with

2:51

any. But. I think that that

2:54

would history of us off common sense

2:56

would have prevailed. I need to play

2:58

how I play. And. That was

3:00

a classic example of that classic

3:02

route hundred. Well

3:04

armies we have been saying it have way

3:06

and so are most people. Average. Joe

3:08

Root is good enough to play the Joe

3:11

Root of relatively Orthodox way And to

3:13

date he did do that. I read it

3:15

it would. There was no frippery today.

3:17

it's always there. That was. it was just.

3:20

Class. Skillful test

3:22

match batting and quite tricky conditions rock

3:24

The the match situation was tricky. A

3:27

minister point was that they'd that if

3:29

if Route didn't succeed today than the

3:31

Sears is over. Probably Route has succeeded

3:33

today and it's kept England in the

3:36

match and and we will. Thing is

3:38

I think what is we, We've all

3:40

seen him. Produced.

3:42

Is wonderful career and you think wow why toss

3:44

innings away when you can do something like that

3:47

Here we have the know Scoop exposes well and

3:49

it is exciting a case if it you know

3:51

when it comes off. I remember that show he

3:53

played at Trent Bridge me play the first time

3:55

the ramp and that victory against New Zealand is

3:58

rather as to everyone's breath away. The

4:00

economy to a couple times by and he's

4:02

got I to a couple times in defeats

4:04

as well, my mom, gunnery and in the

4:07

the last test match undies just think well

4:09

why didn't he did it was it was

4:11

the real benefit. When you're good enough you're

4:13

good enough to do. what he did today

4:16

has no real benefit because it looks gray

4:18

to cause it looks incredibly exciting. and if

4:20

you're someone who's trying to sell test cricket.

4:23

When. You know, with obviously that's gonna have

4:25

arrived lot of interest, lot of interest but.

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He he. Doesn't need to play. Lot

4:30

of other people can sell test cricket by

4:32

playing in an extravagant way. What he needs

4:34

to do to sell test cricket is but

4:36

base matlock himself, school lots of runs and

4:39

putting them in good positions. and potentially that's

4:41

what he's done today and he was just

4:43

lovely orthodox christian. The pool of the other

4:46

reason why doesn't need to do is because

4:48

he's got so many other shops and ways

4:50

of scoring, he doesn't need to take any

4:52

extravagant wrist. and a point about that, Reverse.

4:55

Ramp just kind of. Finally, I

4:57

put that to bed. In a

4:59

way, doesn't necessarily achieve anything he

5:01

might might at those. Make.

5:03

And will sit up and go. Wow! But.

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The. The Bowl of probably doesn't

5:08

change his field or changes approach

5:10

and that that the main reason

5:13

why you're playing reverse sweeps in.

5:15

In these kind of conditions against spinners

5:18

is to change the field settings and

5:20

upset the bones, line and length. Is

5:23

not gonna do it against the fast bowler

5:25

because a fastball and knows it's a massive

5:27

risk flying salt like that and you only

5:29

have to bowl a few more length ballsy

5:31

be try that again is gonna get out

5:33

as he has so. A is

5:35

just common sense prevailing really in this

5:38

case. And thank god. Not

5:41

much celebration for the hundred really. Meet

5:43

Hidden Celebration, Muslim L or By Slot.

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I don't know whether it was and

5:47

what it was. I would probably didn't

5:49

hear from him afterwards. non Tv anyway

5:51

non non Tnt Sports has actually came

5:53

out and did the post match interview

5:55

or presuming and it will my might

5:57

while hear from him in the morning.

6:00

Before play your what? that was a buy

6:02

out. There was no real sort of eve.

6:04

Took his home office and kissed a bachelors

6:07

up that contains a guy. What did you

6:09

see that Ray machines? They're that and that

6:11

sir. A legacy of Twenty Twenty two. When

6:13

Mccallum first took over as coach and parent,

6:16

he was caught obsessed with the Elvis movie.

6:18

And Elvis and his pinky finger in

6:20

his pinky ring. and that kind of

6:22

obsession with them all big rock stars.

6:25

And. So I think it was a celebration

6:27

of that actually to some indication that form

6:29

is temporary. A class is permanent. Nine

6:33

falls in his hundred Ninety Nine force

6:35

but beautiful shot to bring out the

6:37

hundred at. Drive. Through why

6:39

made off lovely classic stroke great support

6:41

that the and from Ali Robinson who

6:43

I don't know he isn't it for

6:45

what by seven months in the middle

6:47

but the only Pope's there's no know

6:49

what what have you been doing in

6:52

the seven months off? wealth possibly boxing

6:54

is passing as I see those with

6:56

those lower order runs absolutely vital Half

6:58

century partnerships got England over three hundred.

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He did have a massive slice of

7:02

luck, but this was India's fault because

7:04

it's always a bit like the revealing

7:06

today was not a real. Shoot at

7:08

the ok corral wasn't ever going for everything

7:11

and eventually they they turn to over and

7:13

the last three reviews Robinson on our eight

7:15

was plum I'll be doubly to today just

7:17

umpire damn seen a gave it not I

7:19

always thought the ball he on the way

7:21

through with easily hit the edge of the

7:24

know when he missed the part but it

7:26

pitched on straightened flint to split react side

7:28

the part of went through to the keeper

7:30

he didn't take both clean day and in

7:32

didn't of you'll have to robinson's and survive

7:34

so that was he was on a to

7:37

the times he's thirty one. Not I and

7:39

I took the way but it really sense

7:41

of that he blocked it on them when

7:43

it was that you what it is real

7:45

clear minded approach somebody roms and that was

7:48

him. A messy bonus in.

7:50

While. For England and also getting route

7:52

through to one hundred as well see

7:55

what it meant. Steaks se celebration on

7:57

the the balcony was far more emphatic.

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Was next if it was far more

8:01

is exuberant than than roots by considerable

8:03

distance. Always this steaks himself. It's a

8:06

school the hundred so end of the

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day than yours. Three hundred and two

8:10

the seven England insight of their highest

8:12

first inning score the series that was

8:15

three hundred and a nineteen other unease

8:17

or twelve I was way from the

8:19

longest innings of the series. Evaluate three

8:21

hundred and two for seven on that

8:24

pitch I'm not. I'm not sure what

8:26

to make a that. says.

8:28

I think it's a good school actually. I

8:30

attending the pitch is great, especially against the

8:32

new ball. A I in it

8:34

was interesting was neat when the middle

8:36

sessions England didn't lose a wicked having

8:39

lost five in the first session. indicating

8:41

that the hard a ball is is

8:43

more difficult to bat against so I

8:45

think it is a sort of a

8:47

newborn a hard ball pitch the bowlers

8:49

and then when the ball gets a

8:51

bit softer it it is a bit

8:53

easier so you got a strike with

8:55

those first or twenty overs. Also. And.

8:58

I. Think three hundred and is pretty good

9:00

school because I can't see the pits getting

9:02

any better off. It's a bit of a

9:05

mess, is next one and looks okay. The

9:07

other end looks quite cracked and cratered. And.

9:10

And he hasn't done anything massive. It

9:12

was more for the same as probably

9:15

actually the oddball spawn, but. Him.

9:17

In more for the same as that it

9:19

would that new ball it was nipping around

9:21

and a little bit to pay, some coming

9:23

on to the bat, skidding and some stopping

9:25

slightly so. Three Hundred and

9:28

Two said. I think you know that

9:30

can convert that to three forty three

9:32

fifty thing as a decent school batting

9:34

first. Map. Mindful of the fat

9:36

India have to bat lost. The only

9:39

caveat that is England's bowling in a

9:41

spin attack is obscene. Not as good

9:43

as India's So a dentist India had

9:45

to chase one sixty, two hundred and

9:47

the findings you back then probably more

9:49

than he would against a better bowling

9:52

attack. At but. I. Still

9:54

thinking the new in a reasonable position

9:56

actually an act of the i think

9:58

runs on the board to. Pretty.

10:01

Healthily. Guess is

10:03

what they're in the game that definitely I

10:05

mean they weren't in the game Hundred and

10:07

Twenty Five. it felt so spiralling out of

10:09

control on a lot to get tossed when

10:11

both captains were stuff was desperate to to

10:14

win as the have been all throughout the

10:16

series. Or right Sharma the Pta said it

10:18

looks a little dry you know which is

10:20

obviously audio as an indication that East Blouse

10:22

yeah this is gonna be a bit tricky

10:24

a batting second and last. the anything I

10:27

would say is that in were able to

10:29

recover from Hundred and Twenty Five the pictures

10:31

of it slow there. Was some turn

10:33

their that? This is. Indium

10:36

buses in their own conditions are not used it

10:38

totally services like this but that yet I used

10:40

to the So conditions and that is if you

10:43

feel they might be capable cobbling together a year

10:45

at a reasonable leading the get three twenty and

10:47

to get four hundred I didn't I don't know

10:49

something like that. I mean that you know that

10:51

we have to but well they got about well

10:54

together as it were a wicked taking bulls out

10:56

that have party and oh yeah fast as dismissal

10:58

which was a bit of a thought of wild

11:00

he crossed the line. Most.

11:02

Of the other wickets we're down

11:05

to, the pitch were worth or

11:07

unplayable deliveries but good deliveries which

11:09

did something. That. Founded

11:11

in our chink in the baptist. Defense:

11:14

So. I think there

11:16

are we taking bulls out there more perhaps

11:18

at the moment for the same as and

11:20

so the spinners. So. Yeah,

11:23

I mean you can't help overboard I

11:25

read, but I think. Three. Hundred

11:27

Plus is is a a decent school to

11:29

with about the started as you because

11:31

I think of it does a lovely story

11:34

at the start the day and it's

11:36

and in indian centric story. But.

11:38

It's the debut of Access

11:40

Deep. Who. Most England

11:42

supporters and probably pass Many Indian

11:44

fans I see might not know

11:46

much about spite a little bit

11:48

in the I pl, but otherwise

11:50

hasn't really appeared in on the

11:53

international scene before an easy part

11:55

of the squad fold in a

11:57

few months, but it's his. Rise

12:00

from total obscurity and improbability which is

12:02

probably the most heartening story and aka

12:05

I guess is one of a number

12:07

of stories that have cropped up in

12:09

the last couple of years. An Indian

12:12

Cricket overseas yes, as a guy's well

12:14

being another one zoc, I stay open

12:16

the bowling replacing just Bit Boom ruff.

12:19

Took. A wicket and his second over

12:21

bursting through that called defense and talking

12:24

the taking eyes off stump. Nikos rudely

12:26

denied it by the the know bomb

12:28

siren or just cracks me up stepping.

12:31

but then he did get ben docket

12:33

soon after for his first as we

12:35

get a huge celebrations and not surprisingly

12:37

because we go back to. A.

12:40

Cast his. Background. Now

12:42

this is a post from. How

12:44

stabbed goody party. Who. Is

12:47

goes by the twitter name of Cow

12:49

Stats and is a big as a

12:51

researcher at Indian Cricket generally and he

12:54

says act as tapes parents had opposed

12:56

him from playing cricket but he said

12:58

they were right because cricket doesn't offer

13:00

a good future from where he came

13:03

from which is a small place in

13:05

be hall a very poor Indian state.

13:07

The places Baddie, Sas, Iran, I.

13:09

Used to play cricket secretly. Many.

13:12

Parents told their kids not to mingle

13:14

with a cast because he prefers cricket.

13:16

I've studied his father as you wanted

13:18

him to be a policeman. I think

13:20

he lost his father, an elder brother

13:22

and later he arranged an oxygen cylinder

13:25

for his mother. During the pandemic he

13:27

had to leave cricket for three is

13:29

due to family responsibilities. He shifted to

13:31

Bang Gold for the medical expenses and

13:33

type club get and also managed to

13:35

earn his keep by playing tennis ball

13:37

cricket. I. Earning sixty.

13:40

Pounds. A week. Playing. Tennis

13:42

ball quicker in the local area. And.

13:44

Was really only when he moved to Bang

13:47

Goal and worked with her and local Bengal

13:49

quick bowler that he got selective the Bengal

13:51

Under Twenty Three team. And and

13:53

before I really only played tennis ball

13:55

crickets. From having to played cricket secretly,

13:57

to overcoming a career threatening injury. A

14:00

back injury saving his mother with his

14:02

meager salary. And bowing down to

14:04

her. When he was presented

14:06

with his cap says quite a nice thing

14:08

that the Indians do when. They

14:11

give a debut to a new player. They

14:13

invite the family out onto the middle to

14:15

to be with the that the team group.

14:18

And. His mother and I think his sister

14:20

or something was there then and nails and

14:22

any. His mother was so completely overcome by

14:24

the whole thing. So. Firmly from

14:26

three years of leaving cricket, I'm

14:28

losing multiple family members to taking

14:30

three wickets in his first our

14:33

test cricket. Wow What?

14:35

An incredible rise from of

14:37

the unlikely surroundings to becoming

14:39

a hero. Most the

14:41

moral that story then you'll never listened to

14:43

a pair and it's a it's what my

14:45

my kids I listen to me so yeah

14:47

when us to as normal isn't there is

14:49

something I suppose it's it's try to pursue

14:51

your dreams as you got that dream really

14:54

go for am you've got good first class

14:56

record. One hundred and four wickets at twenty

14:58

three was as good an Indian conditions his

15:00

name's threat for seen bola in a place

15:02

votes Aussie be in the the Ip out

15:04

Iraq a good time to the against the

15:06

lions. Picked up wickets in that series of

15:08

to five in one match six. In another

15:11

to for twenty eight and in another raining

15:13

so you know you Daves is around. The

15:15

squad is nice and don't know been rough

15:17

for this game which seems seems on the

15:20

face of a big loss or India boss

15:22

with a cast deep in a way to

15:24

date did the job that he a bummer

15:26

might be expected to do to some extent.

15:28

Five wickets to seem on the first day

15:31

and any to at a spin a slightly

15:33

remind me that if you haven't seen it

15:35

can be watching on T and T today.

15:37

Slightly reminded me of Mohammed Shami Seamless or

15:40

science. open chested actions two bowls the

15:42

line and it was last or study

15:44

line the game is wickets ads and

15:46

he was a thieves a threat was

15:48

an elite eat eat eat good delivery

15:50

to bend doc is so typical way

15:52

you often get left hand drive if

15:54

you're right on pace bowler we so

15:56

keep our rights do this to alex

15:58

least in we know the West Indies

16:00

series, just before Joe lost

16:03

the captaincy, where he'd bow round the wicket and just

16:05

angle one in, angle and just get

16:07

one to leave, duck it, nicked it

16:10

through, no disgrace there. And actually he

16:12

did that to Alex Lee's, this is

16:14

Akash Deep, was playing for the Indian

16:16

A-team against the English Lions

16:18

recently, and he did that to Alex

16:21

Lee's a couple of times as well.

16:23

So obviously a very good bowl to

16:25

left-handers. And he's just got that sort

16:27

of skiddy enthusiasm and he sort of

16:29

rumbles to the crease with a real

16:31

burst of energy. And he just looked

16:33

very consistent actually, just kept bowling a

16:36

foolish length, sort of trying to hit

16:38

the top of off stump, which he did against

16:40

Crawley when he eventually did get him

16:43

out legitimately. And just Lee looks

16:45

a really good sort of finished product actually,

16:47

which I guess is the benefit of having

16:49

played three or four years of first-class

16:52

cricket in India. He's 27, so he's

16:54

got that sort of

16:56

reservoir experience to fall back on. But

16:59

again, it's another great example of

17:01

an Indian test player

17:03

coming from a small community,

17:06

which never happened until the IPL

17:08

really. And then soon

17:10

after duck it was out, Olly

17:12

Pope then comes in, he was out second

17:14

ball, one of those sort of

17:16

tight LBW decisions, India reviewing it, it was really

17:19

sort of, the clock was ticking down, should we

17:21

go for it? It was a long way down

17:23

the pitch, really long way down the pitch. You

17:25

thought, is this all gonna work for India? It

17:28

was clipping enough of the top of leg

17:30

stump. So that one was a good review, they

17:33

overturned that one. And then Joe Root comes in

17:35

and it was nearly three wickets in four balls.

17:38

Really close LBW, Joe

17:40

Root just getting outside the line and that saved

17:42

him. And one of those key moments

17:45

of the day, sort of sliding doors moments. Well,

17:47

he was outside the line, so we know what

17:49

the laws are. So he got away with that,

17:51

but an excellent spell. And then as you say,

17:53

he got rid of Zach Crawley with

17:55

one that did, to me, did seem to

17:57

keep a bit low, but short of a

17:59

length. A crawling is a

18:01

bit vulnerable to those kind of balls. He is,

18:03

the Knitbacker. He looks to try and drive on

18:06

the up balls which are not quite full enough

18:08

and he leaves a bit of a

18:10

gap between bat and pad so that

18:13

Knitbacker is one that does

18:15

kind of get him in trouble

18:17

occasionally and it wrapped him on the inside

18:19

thigh a few times before it actually got

18:21

him out. He played well I thought actually,

18:24

he recognised it was a bit of a seam

18:27

movement and he tried to counter it

18:29

a bit but without playing rashly and

18:32

I thought he looked good. It's

18:34

interesting they are a real foil for each other

18:36

aren't they? Duck it and crawly because some

18:39

days duck it gets on a roll and he

18:41

gets to 40 odd very quickly and 50

18:44

partnership today was the other way round and

18:46

they nearly put another 50 partnership on today.

18:49

They put on 47 but again it

18:51

was a good start and that's been

18:53

something that England just

18:55

lacked over the last five

18:58

years or so really. Just these consistently

19:00

good starts. I know 47 is

19:02

not that substantial but at least it's not

19:04

10 for

19:06

2 or something which England had been suffering

19:09

a few months ago before crawly

19:11

and duck it got together. Yeah,

19:14

it was, I mean England were going well

19:16

weren't they? You thought it was a good

19:18

toss to win, 47 for no wicket, scoring

19:20

reasonably quickly. The first boundary actually

19:22

didn't come until the fifth over today. It's noticeable

19:24

that actually India had a man, a sweeper back

19:26

didn't they for the Seamers? So Duck it, when

19:29

he was playing that sort of cup shot there was a

19:31

man on the deep point boundary to pick it up.

19:33

They weren't allowing any free early

19:35

boundaries but gradually England got going. Crawly

19:37

taking on Siraj, he hoofed him for

19:40

one remarkable six. Anyway,

19:42

Crawly was out, Pope

19:44

was out, Duck it was out, it was three down and

19:46

then we saw Johnny

19:49

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19:52

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21:00

Forty Seven Fun. I wish it yours

21:02

became Fifty seven to three Johnny based

21:05

on strike the middle under pressure not

21:07

really produce very much in the series.

21:09

Very disappointing time. He's poised aunt Ninety

21:11

nine test matches or he's picked was

21:13

ninety ninth game first.were you surprised to

21:15

see him that selected or did he

21:17

expect? Actually the in your Woods would

21:19

back him because as often the way

21:21

they go all I mean all the

21:23

talk during the week was that Mccollum

21:25

back same and said he was going

21:27

to have a clot worded him. i

21:31

was easier is a quality player

21:33

and again give these guys enough

21:35

chances they're going to deliver all

21:37

next me he has been so

21:39

that all a slow decline i

21:41

suppose from the heights from the

21:43

absolutely meteorite heights of the couple

21:45

of years ago a was taking

21:47

the were when he first got

21:49

the into that sort of baseball

21:51

mode and played those scintillating innings

21:53

against new zealand and so on

21:55

against india in england fantasticks ever

21:57

since you've just seen a slight

21:59

did his performances. But

22:02

today he certainly threatened, but actually

22:04

ironically, well not ironically, I mean

22:06

maybe predictably, he got out for

22:09

what is roughly his career average,

22:11

38. Trying

22:14

to sweep Ashwin. Not many sweeps played

22:17

today by England's batters, certainly not Joe

22:19

Roo. He put that shot

22:21

away and it was another review,

22:24

it was given not out. So India did have

22:26

some success with reviews today, not

22:29

totally, because they basically reviewed everything

22:31

until they ran out of them.

22:33

What about Johnny Barstow's shot? Well,

22:36

you know, it is the shot he tries. I

22:38

mean he's been out sweeping quite a few times,

22:40

hasn't he? I don't think it's his best shot,

22:42

definitely. I could see what he was trying

22:44

to do, was to try and hit Ashwin

22:46

off his length because Ashwin had just started

22:48

to go round the wicket. Barstow had put

22:51

him over mid wicket for six, holding over

22:53

the wicket, and so Ashwin had gone round.

22:55

And I always think Ashwin looks more dangerous

22:57

round the wicket actually because he's threatening both

22:59

edges, he's pitting the ball on the stump,

23:01

spinning it back towards the stumps, and also

23:04

occasionally drifting it past the outside edge. So I

23:07

thought he looked more dangerous from round the wicket

23:09

there, so trying to maybe hit

23:11

him off his line and length and just

23:13

missed it. On this pitch where the

23:15

bounce is a little bit irregular, something

23:18

is difficult because some just bounce

23:20

a bit, some keep a bit low. That

23:22

one did. Went under the bat.

23:25

It is a risky shot, and I think Root

23:27

only played about two in his whole innings. Yeah,

23:31

I can remember Joe Root playing a little dab

23:33

sweep, and then he played one reverse sweep. I

23:35

don't think he timed either actually, behind

23:39

square on the leg side and then through the

23:41

offside, I think one sort of came off edge

23:44

or glove or something like that, the reverse

23:46

sweep. But it was a shot

23:48

that he just put away today. So

23:50

best I was out, and then

23:52

England's innings was really in a balance. Ben

23:55

Stokes comes in just before lunch. He gets

23:57

one of those balls that people laugh at.

24:00

it's not you really didn't it I mean it just

24:02

it just roll along the ground like it's a marble

24:04

rolling along the ground and have you ever seen anyone

24:06

walk for an help you don't but Ben Stakes basically

24:09

walked didn't he I mean some some batters you know

24:11

you know they sort of

24:13

know they're out don't they they sort of begin to move

24:15

it's almost like he just walked off before

24:17

the umpire raised the finger it was absolutely

24:20

plumb impossible to play yeah really isn't it

24:22

I mean if you get away with those

24:24

you're a bit lucky I suppose he could

24:26

have played forward that's the only thing because

24:28

it was actually a bit

24:30

full of Ben Stokes likes going back to spin

24:32

early in his innings that was a ball that

24:34

a lot of players could have gone forward to

24:36

and he likes to play back to read it

24:39

off the pitch and get his leg

24:41

out of the way ideally as well so he can get

24:43

his back to the ball rather than committing himself on the

24:45

front foot but if he had committed

24:47

himself on the front foot he probably would have

24:49

been hit low down on his

24:51

pad anyway and probably would have still been

24:54

out so

24:56

I think he I think that there's a slightly

24:58

quicker one from today I think he was slightly

25:00

done for length it was a little bit fuller

25:02

than he thought but it did keep cruelly low

25:04

and he was right in front of all

25:06

three even Dickie Bird would have given that I

25:09

doubt it he wouldn't I said his missing leg stumble

25:11

going under Dickie was there no going under listen when

25:13

you see a ball like that on the first day

25:16

so this is the first session of the match when

25:18

you see a ball that rolls along the ground on

25:20

the first day what are you thinking as

25:22

a as a bowler

25:24

and a batter actually what are you standing

25:27

there you're just India celebrating this wicked but

25:29

thinking hold on a second are they thinking

25:31

that I think well actually roll this lot

25:33

850 get 300 job

25:35

done well I think you're if you're

25:37

a bowler you're actually thinking bowl

25:39

those straight because you're

25:41

gonna get with it as soon

25:43

as you as long as you bowl

25:45

straight and as the day wore

25:48

on I think you could see the Indian

25:50

bowlers more and more instead of trying to

25:52

get the outside edge or get past the

25:54

bat they were trying to get hit the

25:56

pads or aim at the stumps with fielders

25:58

on either side in

26:00

catching positions, short mid

26:02

wickets and so on, which is another indication that bowlers

26:04

are looking to bowl at the wicket.

26:06

If you're a batting side, you just hope that

26:08

you don't get those balls really. I mean,

26:11

it was totally unplayable

26:13

and there are going to

26:15

be more in the game because the

26:18

pitch is already veering on the low side.

26:20

So you've got to get your bat to

26:22

the ball and watch it like a

26:24

hawk. Is it slow

26:27

enough to adjust, do you think? Depends

26:30

who's bowling. It's

26:32

a bit of a lottery. So what England will be

26:34

hoping when they post whatever they post, 320, 340, and

26:36

they've got

26:38

302 at the moment, is that enough

26:40

of those type of deliveries go their way. I mean,

26:42

if you get away with a ball like that, then

26:44

it looks as though if you prepare

26:47

to be disciplined, wait for the bad ball, there are

26:49

runs out there. I mean, England has scored 300 in

26:51

the day's play.

26:53

They've not been bowled out and they've recovered from 112

26:55

for five. You can

26:58

survive, you can score if perhaps

27:01

you have enough

27:03

luck during the day. Yeah. I mean,

27:05

actually looking at England's innings, two

27:08

batsmen got into the 40s, best they

27:11

got into the 30s, Robinson

27:14

also in the 30s. So you

27:17

can bat on this pitch, only Root has managed to

27:19

go on and kick on to

27:21

score 50. By the way, he's now scored

27:23

more 50s in test

27:25

cricket, gone past 50 more times than any

27:27

other England player. He's overtaken Alistair Cook, who's

27:30

scored 90 50s in his 160 odd tests

27:32

and Root is now 91, scores a 50

27:34

plus in his 139

27:40

tests. So he's 20 odd tests

27:43

less than Cook to get

27:45

that figure. And only five batsmen

27:47

history have scored more

27:49

than 91 50

27:52

plus scores from all countries.

27:54

So Root again, Showing

27:57

through stats as much as ability that.

28:00

One of England's greatest if not the greatest

28:02

player that ever produced. One.

28:04

Ply we haven't taught that much about

28:06

so far. Use as you vital to

28:08

England's renaissance in this game. Last century

28:11

partnership with your roots was Ben Folks

28:13

he's not scored a half century in

28:15

the series but is actually played too

28:18

important innings and produce to vital partnerships.

28:20

the one with all the pope in

28:22

the first test, the ultimately helping them

28:24

when the game and this one in

28:27

this innings century partnerships. Probably. Saw

28:29

be unlucky to to miss out on a

28:31

half century but it's just played well. I

28:33

suppose he played a soda Ben folks way

28:36

didn't he read Amazon? I think that's the

28:38

thing we will we be talking about. it's

28:40

fine for Crawley doc it pope best go

28:42

to play in that with to alter positive

28:45

way. Ben Stokes to play his welcome wake

28:47

as he can catch up j route to

28:49

play in the way the you have brought

28:52

her eggs, thousands of runs or his career

28:54

and and been folks similar is not As

28:56

no I'm not much point in. Going

28:59

out into law or up everything Will though he

29:01

did have a spare after T didn't just for

29:03

his I strangely we took on us when the

29:05

field was up on the leg side and he

29:07

took it took him over deep midwicket a two

29:10

or three times you and will six six four

29:12

forty one them as through back with square leg

29:14

suddenly it was like it he was going up

29:16

to two or three gays and that he he

29:18

clip that once it was on the stumps to

29:21

mid with us that we actually I thought this

29:23

the folks dismissal was quite symptomatic of the surface

29:25

they're playing on is now that you're almost as

29:27

if in the woods. Half. Bowling for

29:29

it because I got that's the hustle

29:31

how that so crazy umbrella field on

29:34

the like size ball straight Either gonna

29:36

be doubly or hope someone miscues on

29:38

the drive in there to me like

29:40

I now pronounce words was well as

29:42

he doesn't follow the slightly what can

29:45

happen with a reverse ways isn't necessarily

29:47

year the most dramatic wicket but boom

29:49

when it swings is. Not. Quite

29:51

late. Your. Head is in the wrong

29:53

position, you are over towards the offside so slightly

29:56

over balanced which causes you hit the ball in

29:58

the air on the leg side and. That's

30:00

happened if a couple times actually. Interesting

30:02

name is the source of a lot

30:04

of Shane wounds wickets was a the

30:06

drift he got know some of the

30:08

big spin. That. The because he

30:10

put so much spin on the

30:12

ball the ball drifted in towards

30:14

the right hand is like stop

30:17

causing them to over balance sometimes

30:19

and click bulls fairly. It's

30:22

not. Apparently nondescript balls

30:24

to midwicket. and because and you think,

30:26

wow, that was a bit of a

30:28

lucky wicket that actually it was brought

30:31

about by the drift and deep into

30:33

the batsman. That. Cause of that's right

30:35

about and hit the ball in the air. Similar

30:37

sort of situation today without. While

30:40

doing and do with Ben folks at

30:42

the end of the sexes Agni com

30:44

how to keep him He's gotta play

30:47

Ominous is solid batsman. He's as you

30:49

say consistently schooled in this series. Many

30:51

that there are there is talk about

30:53

that is not quite so good against

30:56

pace bowling. That. Is it can

30:58

look a bit vulnerable his postponing

31:00

better against spin but I can't

31:02

believe the a guy at of

31:04

his ball striking and general. Sort

31:07

of counted as can be that

31:09

bad. Any console improve and he's

31:11

such a brilliant keep. I was

31:13

seen several examples of his skills

31:15

specially standing up to the stamps

31:17

taking. Catches which I think other

31:19

keepers might well have dropped so. I.

31:22

Think I think I think he wants I

31:24

can't see best a game but keeping anyway.

31:26

Especially after last summer. So.

31:29

I think he sees as good as any. And.

31:32

Every woman I read a sigh of relief. While I

31:34

don't know, I really don't know. how do they fit

31:36

Harry brought back in the side of a that's that's

31:38

the problem. That's why we had the situation we had

31:40

last summer. And the icing on the rise though I

31:43

think Brooke will come into best I've actually. Ultimately, that's

31:45

how he said to me. Okay

31:47

well what will the sale now me

31:49

will was of pushing forward I suppose

31:51

both the latin so that nobody someone's

31:53

injured as well and Us type Jonny

31:55

Bairstow the next test match then but

31:57

dollars other hundred nine is it. Say

32:00

again, Lens on one hundred is dispensed

32:02

either that I honestly was. The next

32:04

test is the off the Dharmsala? Yeah

32:06

till July the next test match for

32:08

England. So. Do Anything. And

32:11

and for that, really? Yeah.

32:13

He thought he could play games you

32:15

play as a writer for. Okay just

32:17

as we should wrap up. What What?

32:19

what? What? We're England. what will England

32:21

be hoping for tomorrow? Was the boss

32:23

of was the limit of their. Potential

32:26

achievement tomorrow differently. I also India should

32:28

have taken the new bull. By the

32:31

way, You. Know they've that had ten

32:33

overs extra with the elbow. Now I could

32:35

have taken the new bill was only Robinson

32:37

fairly fresh at the priests and the new

32:39

ball does something and I think they missed

32:42

a trick of taking is Chris. Robinson.

32:44

Oh route get Saltz! The only people

32:47

left the backside. Bashir James Anderson and

32:49

it is not to me runs like

32:51

this come from that on the world

32:53

so I think they they missed an

32:56

opportunity there. They'll take the new build

32:58

immediately in the morning and. If

33:01

they get an early wickets like a policy,

33:03

none of the three twenty. If

33:05

route manages to to take the ball for

33:08

the strike, england to get three sixty. And.

33:10

I actually think that this plot of. It.

33:13

Is it? That will be? It will

33:15

be quite a strong influence to the

33:17

course of the game. If India polishing

33:19

the know for another twenty runs, they'll

33:21

say Lave had a a result. If

33:23

England can get another fifty, Then.

33:26

Englander in a good position. Was

33:29

been another interesting day in this a wonderful

33:31

serious thing and Slaton in the last two

33:33

days of the last test match for they

33:35

fought hard today and that as during the

33:37

game I think this know.by that may view

33:39

to be spanked thing applies like split up

33:41

indicate a probably say we were going to

33:43

win this got by innings and ten runs

33:45

or something like that but ah yes out

33:48

out out to positive I'm choice comments in

33:50

the last game with with tongue in cheek

33:52

I mean that know and serious isn't say

33:54

that big as many as possible mode will

33:56

chase them died of a nice just. Is

33:58

does not credible that. They they

34:00

have a chance and winning. The torso

34:02

thing is that there's been significant and

34:04

getting some runs on the board. Okay

34:06

not killer school and but who does

34:08

you might prove to be brother in

34:10

the game. So fascinating viewing A tomorrow

34:12

yours it up for I am in

34:14

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