The Ashes

[pindgill]

Unreal 1st day. Great (and not some not so great) cricket. If you get bbc iplayer, and want a good laugh,    check out the Glen McGrath commentary titled "these 2 looking comfortable now....".  A couple of thoughts: India were all out on this ground for 150 before gaining a 1st innings lead of about 40. They won by nearly 300 runs. Meaning this looks similar but it is far, far from over. In 5 tests at this ground the side batting first has won. I'm glad Stokes chose to. He likes to attack 4th knock and with this attack he'll have every chance to do that but will the ball. I'm also of the belief there's a reason everyone in history normally goes with that option. One other thing, those boundaries out there are big. Some of England's big hitters will be in trouble getting caught as many shots simply won't clear the rope. Nice to see Stokes ramming the words of the Aussie media down their throats, their press makes the Sun, Star and Mail look positively intellectual.

India won that test to go 0-1 up but lost the series 3-1