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if this was a weekend for the return of raucous full houses, then that s not lord s on a saturday morning. for englishmen in the seats and at the crease, important not to get carried away. just top things up. old friendsjoe root and jonny bairstow made serene progress on a pitch so helpful to batsmen, that maybe india could have done with the extra man. just not, perhaps, that extra man. despite the brilliant disguise, his test career is probably over before it started. unfortunately, jonny bairstow was deceived a little easier here. he d scored 57 but that face showed regret at a chance missed. he d have wanted to be there when root went to his 22nd test century. he s in the kind of form that puts him among the world s best. it s another hundred forjoe root. the problem is bringing his team with him. jos buttler then moeen ali stayed a while, then left abruptly. ishant sharma got them both. and then sam curran, first ball. that was how he meant to play it.

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