You are not supposed to do funk in May in England. Overcast conditions and green pitches usually mean that things are pretty straightforward in the field. Seam and swing bowlers run up and hit a fullish length, and the pitch does the rest. But this, from the moment Joe Root decided strangely to bat first, has been a strange match. Mark Wood was tearing in from the Pavilion End, bowling around the wicket to the right-handed Azhar Ali with a…

Source: The Times May 25, 2018 15:56 UTC