What a time to be alive! #England
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What a time to be alive! #England
Got his ton now. Gutted Zak didn't kick on but he still had a century partner ship with Root. As did Duckett. And we just need another 20 for a third century partnership, this one Root and Brook.
Only Smith to come afterwards. We do need Stokes.
With him, we have a decent top 7 - it's just that Pope still seems the be the weak link. Do we have any other options? Lawrence didn't work. Could we steal another Saffer like Trott, even though he only scores at half the Bazball rate.
That kind of emphasises my point. I'm no statto but I would imagine 1st innings scores are considerably higher in sub-continent than anywhere else. By the way, I'm not saying all those other batsmen weren't superb but the 'cold Tuesday night in Stoke' adage does spring to mind.