Ben Stokes "taking the brave option" in this instance that is thrashing across the line & against the spin, with his eyes closed
if you have to thrash (and obvs he can't defend for toffee) then ffs thrash With The Spin - it reduces the risk factor enormously - it's much less likely to go straight up in the air - and with Ashwin spinning it away from the stumps at least half the time the risks of bowled & lbw are smaller anyway
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Luck like that shot !
Could be enough.
Fuck off.
India 46/7
England 46/3
Indian batsman is already facing his next ball here.
in this instance that is thrashing across the line & against the spin, with his eyes closed
if you have to thrash (and obvs he can't defend for toffee) then ffs thrash With The Spin - it reduces the risk factor enormously - it's much less likely to go straight up in the air - and with Ashwin spinning it away from the stumps at least half the time the risks of bowled & lbw are smaller anyway
When in doubt not out.
Im not convinced there was enough to overturn that, although I think it did clip the bat.
got away with that
Think it went pad/bat, which would explain Joe’s reaction.
But I do think there was enough to overturn. It made it look like he’d nicked it and snicko helped him out.
Strange one.