England v India: first men’s cricket Test, day five – live
Updates from the final day at Headingley, 11am BST startSign up for The Spin newsletter | And drop Daniel a mailGood morning everyone, and in the truest sense of the phrase too – not just a greeting but a statement of fact. Everything is possible and nothing is probable, save hours of intense joy at a time in human history when we need as much of it as we can get … if the rain allows it.After what was surely a long night of the soul, Shubman Gill will be feeling something. After the elation of scoring a century in his first Test in charge, India failed to force home a position of strength after tea yesterday, taking too long to score too few such that should they lose today – scoring 835 runs across their two inningseseses – his decision-making will inevitably be criticised. No one will judge his tenure on the strength of this first match, but momentum is important, and going one down – after playing well, with four away Tests still to come – the pressure will feel enormous. Continue reading...
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Updates from the final day at Headingley, 11am BST start
Good morning everyone, and in the truest sense of the phrase too – not just a greeting but a statement of fact. Everything is possible and nothing is probable, save hours of intense joy at a time in human history when we need as much of it as we can get … if the rain allows it.
After what was surely a long night of the soul, Shubman Gill will be feeling something. After the elation of scoring a century in his first Test in charge, India failed to force home a position of strength after tea yesterday, taking too long to score too few such that should they lose today – scoring 835 runs across their two inningseseses – his decision-making will inevitably be criticised. No one will judge his tenure on the strength of this first match, but momentum is important, and going one down – after playing well, with four away Tests still to come – the pressure will feel enormous.
Continue reading...
