atypical_boro
Well-known member
Ah I'm on a delay!!
England have done it...... in the last minute of extra time!!Ah I'm on a delay!!
Has an England captain ever got off to such a flyer?That was some test match, excellent captaining by Stokes..
OK?!Superb stuff from England and Stokes.
I worried about him getting the captain’s role but he seems to be doing OK.
The ball started to swing at The right time. Fantastic bowling by Jimmy Anderson. Great all round effort by the team.Last 5 wickets were for 9 runs
In i hour and 18 minutes.
Amazing by both teams
You are right but it’s this England side and certainly England sides in the past wouldn’t have done that. It’s a whole new approach to the game. 6.5 an over in the first innings was run scoring not seen since pre war tests. It’s a great way to sell the game because let’s face it longer form of cricket needed a boost. This England team are the vanguards in that.If that was any other side involved it'd have been a draw.
Think it's fair to say England are probably the only side in the world who could've got themselves into a position to win it and almost certainly the only side who'd have realistically then tried to win it from that point.
I don't think the risk of Pakistan knocking off the runs came into the thinking at all. Was all about giving themselves enough time, on that wicket, to have a decent chance of bowling them out.
It's great to see. There's no fear of defeat at all, just a laser focus on trying to win. That mindset change also seems to have fixed the batting issues at a stroke. It's barely believable the difference.