Vince was classy at the crease after the loss of Cook in the third over of the day Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesThe big bluff. The pitch was tinged with green, treacle-slow by the standards of the Gabba, and barely carrying through to the wicketkeeper at ankle height. There wasn’t much blood and thunder on hand. There was a cool response, instead, from England to the early loss of Alastair Cook, caught at slip in the third over of the day. If alarm bells were ringing then, James Vince and Mark Stoneman took England comfortably to drinks and beyond and for the final half-hour of the morning, Nathan Lyon was…

Source: The Times November 23, 2017 02:15 UTC