The blueprint for winning Tests is a simple one for Ben Stokes and his England team.
Play on shirtfront pitches that offer bowlers zilch; reduce boundary sizes to the bare minimum allowed in order to increase scoring rates; put the opposition in to bat and then chase down whatever totals they produce.
Straightforward but not necessarily easy, at least not for the bowlers who need to be well-versed in working a wicket by means other than getting the ball to move around (swing excepted), something England want to minimise so it does not inconvenience their Bazballing batters – the team’s sup...
