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I'm not a fan of this "we can chase anything - we have no fear" philosophy. It may be the case for Stokes, but clearly not for some our other batters (except Root). I know it worked in the first test, but there was a bit of luck involved.

Oh dear. So glad we batted second.

Westholt was the place to be today imo.

Imagine writing a song when you are 24 that you can sing in front of thousands when you are 79 and it has a whole new profundity to it.

At last - an England team I like.

Lorks!

Lovely. Now focus.

It would be nice if England could break the hoodoo.

Bloody hell fire!

This is tense

England really need to get their shit together. Well - that was coming.

Should have a bigger lead.

Easy

GTF in!

Final on in 30mins. I guarantee it will be more entertaining and relevant than Palmeiras v Botafogo.

England v Germany final. Tasty.

Fantastic.

Been an entertaining half this.

And that!

Good finish that!

It was a good performance - but I think India let us off the hook a bit with some poor catching and an ill disciplined batting collapse in the 2nd innings. That match could very easily have gone the other way. I think this is an extremely close series and I'm really looking forward to the next four matches.

Cracking test match. Bring on the next one.

Hmmm - that was a poor shot under the circumstances. High - but have a word with yourself Ben.

That was a decent catch. If Root stays in we'll be ok. Maybe not

The standard is generally so good these days (thanks in part to T20 I think). It is more noticeable when a mildly tricky catch is dropped. India have dropped a few in this match.