Updates from the second day of the Lord’s TestMission possible: is this how to get Smith out?Any thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 3.01pm BST 44th over: England 138-5 (Stokes 13, Bairstow 2) Stokes is beaten, groping hopefully at a delicious offbreak from Lyon, who beats the outside edge again with a quicker one later in the over. That was a beautiful over. He is in his element bowling to left-handers, no matter how good they are. 2.58pm BST 43rd over: England 137-5 (Stokes 13, Bairstow 1) Bairstow offers no stroke to his first ball, which whistles this far past the off bail, and then gets a last-gasp inside edge to negate what would have been a very good LBW appeal.“If I have had a pound for every pundit that said England’s strength was the middle order…” says Simon Yates. “Nobody batting from 4-8 in this side has an average over 35. We’re distracted by their destructive potential (and ODI form), and by their all being handy No7s, but the stats say we’re wrong. Not one of them has an average that demands selection in a Test match. (Not that alternatives are obvious!)” Continue reading…
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