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Will this win inspire the Indians to go on and win the next 2 tests and the series.

My criticism of Root was based on his poor performance in this match not his overall but you need the captain to lead by example in every mact not the odd ones. An example of this has been Bruno's performances for us.you can count the bad ones on 1 hand.

disgraceful performance from our leading batsmen again led by Root. The captain needs to led by example and unfortunately too often he doesnt.

Bairstow a golden duck the start of the end.

No that is available from an interview and reported on the net.

IF they are both still there at the close who knows what can happen.

He says his preferred position was No 3.

I think that he batted at no 5 a few times but could be wrong. Perhaps I should have said him coming in instead of Root and Pope.with them to follow after he had ground their bowlers down.

It was his technique that was for the purists. Could we not do with him or similar coming in when the next wicket falls, with a similar partner?

Boycott and Tavare and before them Trevor Bailey were the batsmen for purist to watch. We have nobody who can occupy the crease for 6 hours other than possibly Cook. Buttler and Stokes have done well while all around them have floundered badly.

Boycott and Tavare are the type of batsmen we need to produce but that is unlikely with the emphasis being on village green cricket.

That is what we need patience and build an innings a la Boycott Tavare etc.Perhaps Moeen Ali could be the answer and also a spin a bowler perhaps worth another try instead of Rashid.

Rev David Shepherd played no cricket at all but was brought out of retirement and scored about 90 IIRC. as I said form is temporary class is not..

Not quite as I am saying he is capable in village green games and also has done it for Yorkshire I think so it would have been a better option than dropping Curran and even now may be a better option for the next test. I stand by my original suggestion ask Trescothick to come back for the...

Drop Jennings and try Bairstow as an opener.in test matches like he does in village green cricket. Another answer of course is to ask Trescothick to come out of retirement for 2 tests like they did Brian Close many years ago. We also had an opener crisis so asked Rev David Shepherd, who was...

There must be a batsmen about who can build an innings not just throw his wicket away chasing runs like it was T20 game. Limited overs the ruination of proper cricket.

I dont think that we have the batsmen to do it they will either go for it and a couple of them get tons or get beat tomorrow. Our best hope for avoiding defeat is 2 days of continuous rain.

It would be a terrific achievement to not lose this test. The pressure would then be on India as they have to win the 2 remaining tests to draw the series.

That was the game sorry got mixed up a little on the details as I was 13 at the time it happened.