WhenEngland has begun the third day of a test match at Edgbaston in 84-5, with 332 lagging behind India’s 416. A year or two ago he said this was a desperate position, but the last three tests against New Zealand gave England real confidence. They can turn this around.
James Anderson said yesterday, “We just feel that our best line of defense is offensive. Our batters are naturally offensive. We want to score and move the game forward. I will. “
That was certainly the case in the days of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCallum, but it’s a risky approach, and the day will come when England will welcome farmers with new attacks, attacks and offensive philosophies. I still don’t know if today is such a day. England’s fate in this game is in the hands of at least two crease men, Stokes himself and Johnny Bainsu. Bainesu seems to love his cricket at this point, and if he and Skipper can go again, they can knock out some or all of their deficits in warm order.
Play will resume at 10:30 this morning. Anderson told the BBC: We are against it, but we were in this position before this summer. “
They do have, and if they somehow get out of this latest pickle, it could fall as one of Britain’s great escapes.
What a cricket summer this is! But in their way, they are shocked if they think there is a formidable Indian bowling attack, the wonderful Jaspari Bumura is already at the ticket gates, and England can take away freedom with his bowling. ..
The weather seems to be decent so far, so let’s go.