Genuinely chuffed to bits. Legend.

Cooky

Just need 19 more from Root now. Afternoon session could be a lot of fun...!

Just a case of how many really. Lead is currently 271. If we can get that up to 400 in the afternoon session that would be excellent.

Cookie

What a legend!

Cook

First game vs India - 50+ 1st innings and 100+ 2nd innings

Last game also vs India - 50+ first innings and 100+ 2nd innings

cooookieee

I would promote Buttler, Imagine if he got going! could be carnage.

comment by Liverpoolwhoelse17 (U16825)
posted 1 minute ago
I would promote Buttler, Imagine if he got going! could be carnage.
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Agreed. Can't remember the last time we actually laid a proper platform for the middle order to have a whack!

Cook legend

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Liverpoolwhoelse17 (U16825)
posted 1 minute ago
I would promote Buttler, Imagine if he got going! could be carnage.
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Agreed. Can't remember the last time we actually laid a proper platform for the middle order to have a whack!
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Bairstow would probably have another tantrum though

Cook clearly has plenty of gas left in his tank.

comment by (Kash) I'm the Mane (U1108)
posted 2 minutes ago
Cook clearly has plenty of gas left in his tank.
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Psychological though isn't it? Series is won, no more speculation, has nothing to lose etc. no pressure on him whatsoever.

Still think all he needs is a winter off though.

Genuinely gutted we won't be seeing him in an England shirt again. He has opened the batting for the majority of my cricket watching life, will be so strange watch us without him.

I do wonder if conditions were more like the Oval throughout the series and he got runs if he would have gone another year for the Ashes. He's still clearly our best opener.

T20 mode, get lead towards 400 and allow 4 sessions to bowl these out.

Genuinely gutted we won't be seeing him in an England shirt again. He has opened the batting for the majority of my cricket watching life, will be so strange watch us without him.



This. Even more so when we don't have a single opener set in stone now.

comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 1 minute ago
T20 mode, get lead towards 400 and allow 4 sessions to bowl these out.
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T20 mode for 30 overs would be like another 240 runs. I think Bairstow coming out next makes sense as he is used to batting aggressively in test matches. Controlled aggression is all we need, 5 an over should give us plenty and also not allow them to stall momentum by taking wickets.

comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 10 minutes ago
Genuinely gutted we won't be seeing him in an England shirt again. He has opened the batting for the majority of my cricket watching life, will be so strange watch us without him.

I do wonder if conditions were more like the Oval throughout the series and he got runs if he would have gone another year for the Ashes. He's still clearly our best opener.
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Yeah I do wonder if he was in top form this summer he would have made this decision.

Still think all he needs is a winter off though.
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yeah I think he would have benefited from that quite a bit, I mean non stop test cricket for 12 years im guessing will be pretty gruelling, look at abd retiring pretty young as well, he's still youngish so who knows in 3/4 years time when eng have tried another 50 openers he doesn't come back

Just realised Cook has overtaken Kumar Sangakarra to become the highest run scorer in Tests for a left hander.

Steady Joe. Just tap a few singles to reach your hundred then look to go after the bowling again.

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 10 minutes ago
Genuinely gutted we won't be seeing him in an England shirt again. He has opened the batting for the majority of my cricket watching life, will be so strange watch us without him.

I do wonder if conditions were more like the Oval throughout the series and he got runs if he would have gone another year for the Ashes. He's still clearly our best opener.
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Yeah I do wonder if he was in top form this summer he would have made this decision.
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the way he plays requires a lot of mental strength and concentration. i can imagine he's had enough of this and mixed with his current form, probably made up his mind.

Rooooooot

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

Rooooooooooot.

Time to kick it up a gear now. Onus has to be on Root to do so, Cook will just want to keep batting.