England chasing 107 to win deciding Test at Lord’sAnderson takes career-best figures of seven for 42Email rob.smyth@theguardian.com with your thoughts 3.01pm BST 6th over: England 32-0 (Cook 14, Stoneman 13) This will be the first time since 2013 that England have won both home series, so it’s been a decent first summer for Joe Root as captain. There has been a fair bit of negativity, particularly over the top-order problems, but we would all have taken these resulsts back in June. The positive way of looking at things is that, if England can find even two decent top-order batsmen, they will be a formidable side. 2.57pm BST 5th over: England 29-0 (Cook 11, Stoneman 13) Stoneman hasn’t made a lot of runs in this series but the convincing, positive way he has made them suggests he has a fair chance of making it at Test level. There will be some hot hot heat from Australia’s new-ball bowlers, mind you. Back in the present, Cook survives an LBW appeal from Gabriel – it was going over – and then takes a ludicrous single to backward point. Stoneman would have been out with a direct hit. Continue reading…
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