Ball one: 9 matches, 9 attracts
Chances are you’ll assume that bowlers had it robust with a ball that regarded ill-suited to its job. Regular service resumes on Friday with the Dukes ball restored to grateful bowlers’ fingers. Chances are you’ll assume spectators had it robust, with simply sufficient sunshine to tempt them into believing that summer season was right here and that the fourth layer may not have been needed, earlier than winter blew angrily via the land on Monday.
Chances are you’ll assume commentators had it robust discovering new methods to explain drives, flicks, cuts and pulls within the lengthy hours earlier than dialogue of partnership…