Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Given the margin of victory, I don't think England's win can be solely put down to them winning the toss. Root isn't always going to be in such brilliant form, but although Sibley is not a pleasing batsman to watch, he finds a way to be effective even when he's had the sort of problems he had initially with the spinners in Sri Lanka and while Crawley has not scored many runs since, getting a two hundred and sixty against a good bowling side so early in his test career suggests he can become a very good player at test level. A year or two ago, England's batting looked iffy, but I'm not wholly convinced by either spinner and, it's stating the obvious, but they aren't half going to miss Anderson and Broad when they retire.