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[cleavers]

Outrageous tension and a herculean effort by Stokes.

It's up there with the best of any sporting drama.

The roar when Stokes smashed the winning runs was up there with our Aguero roar.

Brilliant effort from Stokes.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Long term weather forecast has rain every day except day 2 at OT!

 

[Daz_Blue]

 

[Saddleworth2]

Agreed.shot selection has been the downfall.Only Root can say he got a good one and Leach being bowled behind his legs is in excusable

Ha, first time on the cricket thread and look what happens. I should be the lucky mascot for the next test. Pretty amazing what Stokes did today. When Gower and Botham claim that was the greatest test match they have seen, you know it was special.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

The roar when Stokes smashed the winning runs was up there with our Aguero roar.

Brilliant effort from Stokes.

Completely agree, mate.

Aint gonna lie, but I had a lump in my throat watching him smash that 4 and the reaction from both Stokes and the Amazing Headingley crowd.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Sporting moments like today are what you live for. Brilliant stuff.

 

[andyhinch]

Sporting moments like today are what you live for. Brilliant stuff.

Just rewatched the highlights, words can’t describe how good that was.

 

[Roachy]

Absolutely stunning solo achievement, one of the greatest sporting feats ever.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

The pressure . Stokes has massive cahoonas

 

[Bluemoon dan]

You quite often see this statement knocking around on Twitter and the like whenever something dramatic happens but its bang on. Imagine not loving sport.....

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Lifted from another site and I think it sums up this wonderful game perfectly:

I thought England might have a chance at the beginning of the fourth inninings, then no chance 15 for 2, then at chance at close of the third day, then no chance after root out, then a chance at 250 for 4, then absolutely no chance at 286 for 9. That is the problem with cricket it is too predictable .

 

[moon]

Just rewatched the highlights, words can’t describe how good that was.

Just watching the highlights
And there was also a huge roar when England got the target down to 100
As though the crowd really believed it was possible.
Though they did have 4 wickets left then

 

[ancoats]

Mate, just enjoy the moment for at least a few hours. You said something similar just after we won the World Cup!

am so happy for england believe me so happy ??? what stokes and leach did is a moment in time you talk about for years and years, it was a incredible finish and could have been 4 or 5 different endings with england losing 4 times and from drops catches to run outs to missing a plum LBW with the aussies using up all there reviews, it really did had everything that you can talk to your kids or grand kids for years and years to come

BUT can root get out of jail with a incredible finish ? we can only wait and see with the next test and see what the team the ECB and him picks and what sort of a result that will happen, maybe england will be on fire from this and win the ashes or it could be after lord mayor show and we crumble again

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Doesn't start until Thursday ..... :)

Starts on the 4th

 

[Dubai Blue]

You'd like to think that second innings will have reminded a few of them what test batting is all about, i.e. being patient and punishing the bad balls.

It's still mad that they've managed to get away with that first innings. Let's hope this has given them a wake up call and they can make it count now.

 

[Vienna_70]

Not quite on a par with Headingley '81, but pretty damn close.

This Test Match had everything, including the possible emergence of a new English bowling star. We’ve had false dawns with fast bowlers before, such as David 'Syd' Lawrence, but Archer looks like a great prospect and if he can continue to develop, he might just be a little payback for Messers Lillee and Thompson, though they could get away with a lot more than young Joffra ever will, of course.

 

[Manc in London]

Let's hope we don't ruin it with another shoddy first innings in the tests to come.

We may have won but that batting line-up needs a couple of changes.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Let's hope we don't ruin it with another shoddy first innings in the tests to come.

We may have won but that batting line-up needs a couple of changes.

Move Stokes up to opener. Means he can burn more partners on his way to a triple hundred. ;-)

 

[Mike D]

Incredible Friday we were dead and buried truly awful. But what a wonderful game test cricket is well done lads great comeback

 

[jimharri]

Just watching the highlights
And there was also a huge roar when England got the target down to 100
As though the crowd really believed it was possible.
Though they did have 4 wickets left then

The roar when Leach got his single was nearly as loud as when the daywalker Stokes struck the winning boundary!