We agree on something!Great shame to see Root turning down the challenge this afternoon. I think that total was doable and who cares if they lose trying - not me.
We are missing a couple of key players to be fair
Stokes and Butler are fine batsmen for their positions in the team but we should not be relying on them to cover for the failures of the dedicated batsmen at numbers 1 to 6.
The ECB like a lot of sporting bodies are taking a stand against racism; this is to be applauded. The player in question was an adult at the time & I am not convinced that such views simply disappear with age.It does seem a bit OTT to suspend Ollie for something he did 8 years ago ! He appologised for what he had tweeted in a professional way which I felt was appropriate , a lots of people will have said things 8 years ago that they would not dream of doing so now