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Root and Stokes try to steady the ship after disastrous morning hour for England.
With a little bad luck and some sleepy decision making England were left teetering on 6 for 3 as a potent WI attack got pace and bounce out of the pitch. England will be questioning their decision to bat first and they are already under immense pressure. One crumb of comfort is that Stokes and Root both seem to be adjusting better to the pace of the pitch than the top three.
The first to go in the start of a mini collapse all too familiar to England fans was Sibley who called through a run on a gentle push into the covers only to be undone by half an inch as the direct hit dislodged the stumps. Replays showed that he hesitated for a split second before gambling on the throw, just enough to come up short. Sibley didn't look comfortable out there and will need to get his head screwed on as quick as possible.
Zak Crawley came in sooner than he would have liked and in the four balls he faced looked totally out of his depth. His second ball facing Roach screamed through the slips off an outside edge for four. His fourth ball feathered a tentative backfoot prod defense straight through to a delighted Dowrich.
Burns will feel very unlucky about his dismissal, but again the pace causing problems. He lunged forward in defense, the ball took the inside edge, bounced onto the pads and flew into the stumps to leave him perplex and not quite believing he had been bowled. Just a fraction down the wrong line.
Stokes joined Root at the crease and at least managed to give something back to the bowlers. Root played an unlikely and accidental defensive backfoot push to a Holder ball that climbed on him, took the shoulder of the bat and somehow managed to fly over the third man boundary for a six.
It was noticeable that both Root and Stokes were standing more in front of the crease, trying to get more to the pace and bounce of the ball. Both Sibley and Crawley were guilty of standing to far back in the crease, getting undone by the climbing bounce. The next hour will need to seem them at least not losing their wicket and try to get themselves in.
After an hour Holder will be very pleased to see both Root his counterpart out there and the chance to get one up on his rival Stokes.
Burns rather unlucky demise.
Mark Wood on towel duty wondering whether he should be doing more in the match:
The painful truth:
With a little bad luck and some sleepy decision making England were left teetering on 6 for 3 as a potent WI attack got pace and bounce out of the pitch. England will be questioning their decision to bat first and they are already under immense pressure. One crumb of comfort is that Stokes and Root both seem to be adjusting better to the pace of the pitch than the top three.
The first to go in the start of a mini collapse all too familiar to England fans was Sibley who called through a run on a gentle push into the covers only to be undone by half an inch as the direct hit dislodged the stumps. Replays showed that he hesitated for a split second before gambling on the throw, just enough to come up short. Sibley didn't look comfortable out there and will need to get his head screwed on as quick as possible.
Zak Crawley came in sooner than he would have liked and in the four balls he faced looked totally out of his depth. His second ball facing Roach screamed through the slips off an outside edge for four. His fourth ball feathered a tentative backfoot prod defense straight through to a delighted Dowrich.
Burns will feel very unlucky about his dismissal, but again the pace causing problems. He lunged forward in defense, the ball took the inside edge, bounced onto the pads and flew into the stumps to leave him perplex and not quite believing he had been bowled. Just a fraction down the wrong line.
Stokes joined Root at the crease and at least managed to give something back to the bowlers. Root played an unlikely and accidental defensive backfoot push to a Holder ball that climbed on him, took the shoulder of the bat and somehow managed to fly over the third man boundary for a six.
It was noticeable that both Root and Stokes were standing more in front of the crease, trying to get more to the pace and bounce of the ball. Both Sibley and Crawley were guilty of standing to far back in the crease, getting undone by the climbing bounce. The next hour will need to seem them at least not losing their wicket and try to get themselves in.
After an hour Holder will be very pleased to see both Root his counterpart out there and the chance to get one up on his rival Stokes.
Burns rather unlucky demise.
Mark Wood on towel duty wondering whether he should be doing more in the match:
The painful truth:
Got tonked as AI decided to suddenly go into Kitchen Sink Mode all of a sudden !
