I'm not an expert or anything at all about Cricket, but have an interest in Sport. I caught a small bit on the news last night and it just looks like England are playing like it's a Hundred match not a 5 day epic.  I now understand what is meant by "Bazball" ,its crazy to swipe at every ball like that!

I despair about the state of English cricket.
It needs change and I don't just mean personnel.

The structure needs a complete and thorough review followed by a major overhaul.

I'm afraid that I fail to see this latest result as a glorious and historic  win.
It seems to me that it was more a case of let's get this over and done with in two days so that we get an extra three days off. Doesn't matter about the result - we'll thrash the ball to all sides of the ground and if we win that's great but if we lose - who cares.

Most of the England players are simply NOT up to Test Match standard. They're fine at T20 and 100, whatever that is supposed to be, but Test cricket - NO. Hardly any of them get the opportunity to play domestic 4 day cricket in the County Championship by way of preparation and education so what can we expect?
Rant over.

I think it's all to do with attention span. Today's public (and I'm not just talking about young people) need instant gratification because that's the way the media shoves it down our throats.

We get what we deserve.

One of the most barmy and bizarre test matches I've seen in years (I have TNT Sports)
Pride makes me say "They're not going down without a fight" but then again I just consider that to be jingoistic rubbish