July 18, 2014
"It is a little bit frustrating, especially with their tail doing well," said Stokes, who took 1-40 in the first innings yesterday (July 17).
"But credit must go to Ajinkya Rahane with the way he batted. It was a really good knock from him and we can take positives from the fact that we restricted them to 140-odd runs for 7 wickets before he played that knock," he said.
India given way to 140 for six at tea and after that lost Stuart Binny (9) rapidly too yet a 90-run remained in the middle of Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (36) saw them to security at last.
"Kumar seemed to hang around quite well. He played and missed on a number of occasions but his nicks went into the gaps. We had a long, tough day in the field," said Stokes.
At the point when inquired as to whether England were blameworthy of knocking down some pins defectively, he answered, "No, we were happy with our lengths but our lines could have been a bit tighter in the morning, more towards the stumps. The movement was a bit excessive compared to Trent Bridge and we corrected it. They had a lot more played and missed in second session and we got quite a few wickets then." "But bowling short in the last session wasn't my plan. I wasn't privy to the chat between Jimmy and Cook," he included.
"Shami was looking alright so the plan was to get him off the strike and target Ishant Sharma's wicket" he said. James Anderson completed England's best bowler on the day taking 4-55, particularly out of sight of the ill-use adventure that has been leveled against him by India and Stokes was all applause for the pace lead.
"Full credit to him the way he has bowled today. It is good to concentrate on the cricket and try to be professional. He showed that today and it was good to watch him bowl like that. He is very consistent and knows his game inside out. He plays the game hard and sets up batsmen. Hopefully I can play at his level one day," Stokes closed down.
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"It is a little bit frustrating, especially with their tail doing well," said Stokes, who took 1-40 in the first innings yesterday (July 17). "But credit must go to Ajinkya Rahane with the way he batted. It was a really good knock from him and we can take positives from the fact that we restricted them to 140-odd runs for 7 wickets before he played that knock," he said.
India given way to 140 for six at tea and after that lost Stuart Binny (9) rapidly too yet a 90-run remained in the middle of Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (36) saw them to security at last.
"Kumar seemed to hang around quite well. He played and missed on a number of occasions but his nicks went into the gaps. We had a long, tough day in the field," said Stokes.
At the point when inquired as to whether England were blameworthy of knocking down some pins defectively, he answered, "No, we were happy with our lengths but our lines could have been a bit tighter in the morning, more towards the stumps. The movement was a bit excessive compared to Trent Bridge and we corrected it. They had a lot more played and missed in second session and we got quite a few wickets then." "But bowling short in the last session wasn't my plan. I wasn't privy to the chat between Jimmy and Cook," he included.
"Shami was looking alright so the plan was to get him off the strike and target Ishant Sharma's wicket" he said. James Anderson completed England's best bowler on the day taking 4-55, particularly out of sight of the ill-use adventure that has been leveled against him by India and Stokes was all applause for the pace lead.
"Full credit to him the way he has bowled today. It is good to concentrate on the cricket and try to be professional. He showed that today and it was good to watch him bowl like that. He is very consistent and knows his game inside out. He plays the game hard and sets up batsmen. Hopefully I can play at his level one day," Stokes closed down.
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