First Test: England v India at Edgbaston, 1-5 August 2018.

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32 to win.

[bigfluffylemon]

All over. Gentle Ben with the matchwinning spell.

I can finally get off the edge of my seat.

Compelling game.

[sussexpob]

If I were kohli I'd be demanding an explanation of the Sharma wicket. Makes no sense at all.

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Ben strikes with final wicket. England win. Nothing shocking as the fragile batting order of India was expected to flop in these conditions like it did in SA.

We will need a batting friendly wicket for our batsmen to score runs with this batting lineup.

[Dr Cricket]

Positive India didn’t get thrashed.

Hopefully India are competitive for the next 4 test and I wonder when India will get a good batting track in the away test matches this year.
Not really gonna critise the batting barring Kohli till we see a good batting track harsh to look at the others considering the 4 tough wickets India played overseas this year.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Ironic that Malan and Cook snaffle catches this morning.

Just as much movement without any cloud cover.

Ben Stokes missing next game?

MOM???

Kohli, Stokes, Curran?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Stokes it is. But surely King Kohli is POTM.

[bigfluffylemon]

England are going to miss Stokes next game. And depending on the outcome of the trial, maybe for longer...

[budgetmeansbudget]

Umpire says no bat, there is quite clearly a notch on the snicko as the ball passes the bat. If thats not the bat, then what is it?

Bairstow farted!

[bigfluffylemon]

Stokes it is. But surely King Kohli is POTM.

Got to be.

Fortress Edgbaston holds. Somehow.

Fancy India to bounce back at Lord's.

[sussexpob]

Umpire says no bat, there is quite clearly a notch on the snicko as the ball passes the bat. If thats not the bat, then what is it?

Bairstow farted!

England resorting to chemical weapons?

[meninblue]

Stokes it is. But surely King Kohli is POTM.

I would give it to Sam Curran. Wickets and runs for him. He won sessions as well as match for England.

Virat too won sessions and scored 200 runs but he couldn't win the match.

[meninblue]

Sam gets the MOM. Deserved it. What a performance in second test of career.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yes, well done to him. Not sure his input was as monumental as Kohli's though.

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I expect our batting to do much better in Lords as it is likely to be more batting friendly than this.