India run into Root and a resolute England at Lord's
Mumbai, July 11 -- The capacity crowd at Lord's was making enough noise to keep the atmosphere festive. It's a good thing there was also a fair spread of past greats and connoisseurs because the cricket for the best part of day 1 from the home side, was anything but Bazball.
The uber aggressive method that England have been playing for three years now under Ben Stokes was abandoned, particularly in the post-lunch session by Joe Root and Ollie Pope.
Not to say it was a predetermined ploy by England as a batting collective. Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley certainly took their chances as they usually do. But England's No 4 saw merit in resorting to play the ball on merit, and by the time, the umpires called stumps, he was unbeaten on 99 (1...
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