England's new era of cricket

[Ottawa Green]

150 run partnership
Root 76 no Bairstow 73 no

STUMPS
5th Test, Birmingham, July 01 - 05, 2022, India tour of England

India
416 & 245

England
(57 ov, T:378) 284 & 260/3
Day 4 - England need 118 runs.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Astonishing.

I'm very much enjoying Jonny Bairstow's purple patch. He's always struck me as one of the good guys.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Incredible from England, they have turned Test cricket on its head.
All the Tests have been brilliant this summer, it's a pity it's such a long wait until the next one.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Whatever the result another truly outstanding test match.

The positive mindset, clearly isn't just a sound-byte or gimmick, the way Lees batted yesterday, you'd think he had been told you place is safe, go and enjoy yourself, he gave us a superb start, that we looked like we had squandered, but Root was different class. Even the Indian commentators grudgingly accepting he was the best player of spin in the world.
Its going to be a tough morning, India will almost have home advantage i suspect in terms of support, if Root gets through the first 30 minutes, my confidence will grow.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Another brilliantly positive start. Root a bit lucky to get away with an inside edge past his off stump there, but we're obviously not going to hang around this morning.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Well played Joe Root. 100.
Kohli has gone quiet.

 

[Joe Totale]

What on earth will this England team do when they bat first?
They definitely seem to be at their best when chasing a total in the 4th innings.
I must say as well that that the pitch has held up very well and hardly deteriorated over 5 days.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

What a privilege it is to see Joe Root batting like this.

 

[Joe Totale]

What a privilege it is to see Joe Root batting like this.

Absolutely. It always feels funny with current players but we're at the stage now where Root can be considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

 

[Quinny]

The change in mindset in the England team over the summer is astonishing. Yes, I think our batting line-up is suspect and we're overly reliant on Root / Stokes / Bairstow (who is in the form of his life at the moment), but this "give us a total and we'll chase it down" mentality is, like I said, astonishing. On current form, if England was batting 4th, anything under 400 would be within their reach if they had ... I was going to say 5 sessions, but I reckon they could do that comfortably in 4 sessions of play.

The question is, though, is whether they could shut out a team and play for a draw over 4/5 sessions if a run chase was beyond them.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

The change in mindset in the England team over the summer is astonishing. Yes, I think our batting line-up is suspect and we're overly reliant on Root / Stokes / Bairstow (who is in the form of his life at the moment), but this "give us a total and we'll chase it down" mentality is, like I said, astonishing. On current form, if England was batting 4th, anything under 400 would be within their reach if they had ... I was going to say 5 sessions, but I reckon they could do that comfortably in 4 sessions of play.

The question is, though, is whether they could shut out a team and play for a draw over 4/5 sessions if a run chase was beyond them.

I wonder what sort of total they'd consider beyond them now. I feel like they'd happily go after 500.

Siraj 0-98 after 15 overs. What a pummelling that is!

 

[PL2 3DQ]

An incredible win! Well played Bairstow and Root. All done in 90 minutes.

 

[Joe Totale]

119 runs scored in an hour and a half on a 5th day pitch and with no loss of wicket, just incredible!

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

England win by 7 wickets. An unbeaten partnership of 269 off 52 overs for the fourth wicket.

I feel like I'm dreaming. Can we have another go at the Ashes please?

 

[Quinny]

Just looking at Bairstow's batting over the last couple of weeks: 136, 172, 71no, 106, 112no... and then there was the 113 against the Aussies in January and 140 against the Windies in March: that's one hellva year for him.