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Was this just a lucky start for Strauss or is it possible that he had some input into the result, a team talk or whatever.

Lets hope we can get Williamson fairly cheaply.

His positioning and reading of the situation, like an old footballer, overcame his lack of agility.

It may well be the way the ball is moving etc nowadays but I can never remember so many extras in a test match and even leg byes were stopped or reduced by the agile keepers of the past. I do not profess to be an expert on cricket just an interested observer from my younger days.

No I havent as I refuse to pay for sky but I am going on the stats 67 extras is a joke the likes of Evans Murray and even Stewart would have nightmares about. I will however be happy if we can score another 100 runs.

Hope he bats better than he keeps wicket as extras were the 3rd highest score in the 1st innings. To answer your post no 315 I understand it from way back when I sat in front of the TV from 1st to last ball in a 5 day test. Perhaps you can explain why Ali who was good enough bat to be chosen...

Those in charge obviously read the situation and the bowlers well.

Is that not one and the same at the moment and when we reach such a figure the options become clearer.

Let us just hope we can score enough to give the bowlers a target to aim for.

Surprised they sent Stokes in next would have thought it would have been Ali.

Pity Root couldnt have gone on for his century.

We need Cook and Balance to take us past their lead then we can look again at the game and a possible result. Better still a repeat of the Edgbaston test v W Indies in 1957 when we lost 2 of our 2nd Innings wickets and were still 186 behind but May and Cowdrey put 411 together. They came...

Apart from our obviously very poor bowling attack concern should also be shown at the wicketkeeping 34 byes and leg byes is absurd for an international keeper.

cant find the exact figure but Brian Statham played test cricket from 1951 to 1965 and Freddie Truman 1952 to 1965. They must have played many together as they are listed as opening bowler partnership.

Will we ever see another fast bowling partnership like Statham and Truman or Willis and Botham?

When will Matt Prior be fit to comeback into the side.

Will this be the start of a succesful era under Andrew Strauss who is a winner by nature it appears.