Unfortunately, as long as the ECB make it so hard for players to get time playing red ball cricket then it's hard to see how it's the pinnacle. Little wonder so many batsmen struggle to play any kind of defensive game when for the bulk of the rest of the year they are only trying to whack it around the ground. England's tactics this morning were baffling, and Root has said maybe he could have tried different tactics. The concern for me is that nobody on the field appeared to question them at the time. Fair enough to give Bumrah a couple of overs of short stuff as payback for the other day, but then it has to be to get back to the task in hand and bowl at the top of off stump. If it's good enough to get the proper batsmen out then it should be good enough to get out guys who average 3. Even after that though, England should still have been able to put the shutters up and get a draw. The fact they couldn't is down to Root being the only batsman worthy of the name. A couple were done by really good balls, but not that many.