Cricket

Bloody 'el! Well done England!

And an extra days rest/trip to the golf course.

I'm quite relieved that I won't be up at 4am tomorrow for a nail biting half hour.

What can you say? Just incredible.

Indian twitter would have been insufferable if they'd have won.

amazeballs!

How crocked is Leach?
Few days rest or out for the series, (again)?

Amazing win.

Extremely reliant on Pope with the bat and Hartley with the ball. The rest will have to step up in the next test, but what a start!

Brave captaincy of Hartley by Stokes. Past England captains would surely have pulled him from the attack and tried to hide him for the rest of the match after the start of the first innings.

doffs hat

also indians have forgotten test cricket fucking cunts

Indian twitter would have been insufferable if they'd have won.

I am still an active user here

Hey, I said Indian twitter not Indian lufguss.

We're a rainbow nation of insufferable cunts.

true, Indian twitter is not for the faint hearted

what a start to the series! sets it up well.
when's Kohli back?

Kinda depressing that two of the best Tests in recent memory culminate on the same day, with the ‘crowd’ of both grounds put together being about 8,000.

when's Kohli back?

Not for this next one at least.

Also Jadeja and KL Raul out for it.

Leach is a possible injury absence from our side.

But it is a golden opportunity for us to go two up with three to play.

The young lad on debut!

This is not ideal. Looks like a hell of a pitch to bat on. Let's hope that we get a chance to have a go on it before it turns to a spinner's paradise...

Isn't that by Coolio?

Coolio and LV= County Championship, to be precise.

Have to say we've stuck in there - some absolute gifts but wickets are wickets

Dismissing India for <400, (tomorrow), is a good result for England?

Has to be said that, Jaiswal aside, this has not been a very impressive batting display from India.

@mespilus yep, I think so.

Depends when the pitch starts to fall apart, really, but getting in before lunch and starting to pile in has to be the aim.

I don't see it really detetiorating until day 3/4 - get into the tail tomorrow and then make hay