England made a rare call of the bat first under Captain Ben Stokes against India in the test match of the Lord. Stokes called only for the second time, because he and head coach Brendon McCullum took over the team in June 2022.
Stokes’ decisions came to a hot and sunny day in London, conditions where dough was expected to be supported. Interestingly, Stokes won 12 times in domestic tests (Bazball era) and the only other time he first fired was at Lord in Ashes 2023.
ENG vs Indian 3. Test: 1st day update
This game was strange for several reasons. In this match, Stokes decided first a bat on board a flat Lord and eventually declared himself the first day. England detonated only 78 overs on day 1 and announced for 393 runs for losing 8 goals.
They sent a bat in Australia who were rescued by gravels of knocking from Usman Khawaja (141), Travis Head (50), Alex Carey (66) and Pat Cummins (38). England did not turn well in the second shifts. They were performed at 273 runs in just 66 breaks, with a kind permission of sensational spells from Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, who raised 4 goals.
Australia needed 281 runs to win the game and finish the work with two goals in hand. Pat cummins came back into the coupling with the bat and hit 44* out of 73 balls.
Edgbaston affects throwing?
Stokes, who spoke to throwing, did not offer any explanation for launching first in the test match. He just mentioned that it was hot and sunny, and if England could survive the first hour, the team could reap the rewards for this pitch.
“We will have a bat. Generally, this surface has some help for the pitch in the first hour. This (mood) is a good, well -fighting series and we are on this game. The body is good. Fast turnover, we are fresh and ready to go. Everyone likes to play with Lord and you have to enjoy this opportunity,” Stokes said on Thursday, July.
However, the weather may not be the only thing that could influence the decision of England first in the test match first.
We ran in 2 place 5 days: McCullum
England decided to mix first in the second test match of the series, although the conditions are aligned to the dough. Stokes’ trust in his intestines fell hard when India continued to score nearly 600 runs in the first shifts of the game.
England’s head coach Brendon McCullum spoke about the decision to throw at the end of the game and said that England had been terribly spoiled at the beginning of the second test, which is basically where they lost the game against the Shaubman Gil’s side.
“I think that the game developed, we probably looked back at the throwing and said,” We missed the opportunity “and it is probably fair. We did not expect the goal to play quite the way it was, so we probably left slightly bad. Point, we are behind the game, ”said McCullum BBC test Match Special.
10th July Opening of England Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett rewarded the captain’s challenge by launching well in the first hour of the match. Duckett and Crawley added 39 runs in the first hour of the game.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
10th July 2025
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