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Yes, his figures look OK. I'm not putting him down, I just don't feel he has demonstrated yet that he is a great spinner (which is primarily his function). I hope he does keep producing the goods, as the other options seem poor ATM.

After this test it looks like Matt's international career could be over. Butler did a good job behind the stumps (will only improve there too), and definitely has the edge over Matt now in the batting department. I think on the batting front, things are looking positive. Root, Ballance, Bell...

It was my double bluff. And it worked ....

280/2 98 overs. Steady start so far. Time to put some pressure on them and up the scoring rate.

Agreed, and to open the batting after keeping wicket is a real tough ask.

Sorry, my comment was not meant to be patronising.

Test match cricket is more than just smacking the ball around quickly. Build a big score, grind the opposition down, the pressurise them when they get to bat.

Yep. He's such a crap player isn't he ....

Lunch. 78/1 29 overs. Reasonable start with Cook on 48.

55/1 20.5 overs. Robson gone.

Fifty partnership. 51/0 18.4 overs.

Drinks interval, first session. Eng 41/0, our best opening stand of the series.

England won toss and elected to bat. AN Cook*, SD Robson, GS Ballance, IR Bell, JE Root, MM Ali, JC Buttler†, CR Woakes, CJ Jordan, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson M Vijay, S Dhawan, CA Pujara, V Kohli, RG Sharma, AM Rahane, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Pankaj Singh Very different...