England v India: third men’s cricket Test, day two – live

Updates from the day’s play at Lord’sGet in touch! Share your thoughts with Tim“I think you’re being a touch harsh on the revival of slow cricket,” says Martin Wright. “Personally, I enjoy a good attritional game. Tuning in now and again on a working day is like listening to news from the front as the battle slowly unfurls. A slow pace allows you to keep in touch with events – ‘Ooh, look, the cavalry have advanced another 100 yards...’. With Bazball, you barely had time to catch your breath before the cavalry had routed the French, raced over the hill and invaded Belgium.”The first email of the day comes from our old friend Krish Krishnamoorthy. “The trick that Ben Stokes and his Bazball have played on the general public,” Krish reckons, “is to make them write requiems for a decent score of 250 on day 1. They may still go on to score 500+ and bowl out India for 200 and enforce the follow-on – all during the day.” True! But they may also lose two wickets to the new ball and struggle to reach 320. Continue reading...

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