I agree there K-Hod that Ali's Bowling was good. Aussies need to make couple of changes to their team. They are missing Ryan Harris badly. I can see Watson and Stark(injured) been left out with Siddle and Marsh coming in. The England bowlers were great and they stuck to the plan for each batsman.

Very good win for England. The players were very good. Everyone played their part. Aussies need to make some changes tho.

I agree it should have been more. Also another thing is that England were positive today. On Sunday it is suppose to be Heavy Rain in Cardiff so it might wreck the end of the test

411 is a decent lead? Its an excellent lead. Going to be very hard for the Aussies to chase it. We were attacking and Positive with our batting.

lead is 400 now cant see them getting them what a GREAT shot by Wood. hitting Lyon for 6

383 runs lead now. Pitch spinning now. Good conditions for Ali. So far so good for England this test match

Clearly not Al IMO.

said this before and KP wont be playing for England. so lets get behind the current team and support them. looking good for a 1st test win so far

so is that why KP was texting the opposition players about his Captain during a TEST MATCH? You seems to have forgotten all about this incident

one inning? is that it? why not play a FULL COUNTY SEASON and scoring over 1500 runs and put pressure on Strauss, Bayliss and Cook to select him. what I do if I was KP? play the full county season and score runs and NOT go and play in the twenty20 comps around the world.

Cook form in the last 5 previous test matches. his scores are:- 75, 56 England v New Zealand Leeds 29 May 2015 Test # 2163 16, 162 England v New Zealand Lord's 21 May 2015 Test # 2162 105, 4 England v West Indies Bridgetown 1 May 2015 Test # 2160 76, 59* England v West Indies St George's 21 Apr 2015 Test # 2158 11, 13 England v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015 Test # 2157 so his Batting average from those 5 test matches is 64.22. and IF you want to included his test scores from this current test match aswell then his Batting average is 55.45 HARDLY out of form is he???

that is what you have interpretation Abbey not me. you have just ignored my points about him not playing a full season of County Cricket and scoring loads of runs. but yet again I'm not surprised by this. BACK TO THE ASHES. Bell starting to look like the Proper Ian Bell we all know about

lead of 217 so far over Australia and if we got over 300 run lead then I can't see Australia getting it. The same KP who back stabbed his captain during a test series. is KP playing county cricket and scoring lot of runs? no he is not. he playing twenty20 cricket. if he wanted his place back then he should playing cricket and scoring lot of runs and putting pressure on Strauss, Whittaker and Bayliss to pick him due to weight of runs. instead he's playing in the Caribbean PL. says it all IMO he should have been kick out of the team in 2012 and never allowed back in it.

Nobody in the England set up wants KP back in the team. Nottingham and Hampshire got rid of him in the end. Wonder why? Did Bayliss want him back in the team? It appears not. Strauss doesnt. Plus where is KP playing cricket atm? In the Caribbean premier League. Its about time we all forget about KP playing for England. Back to the Ashes Michael Clarke has just taken a great catch to get rid of Lyth

Forget Pietersen. Hes gone. Accept it and move on. Cook is England leading run scorer in Test Cricket EVER!!! lets not forget that. Bell need some runs badly. Now in

Very impressive today were England bowlers. Lets hope Cook and Lyth both get good scores in the second innings

We bowled well at their key players in Warner, Smith and Clarke. Stopped them from being too attacking against us.

Mark Wood is good bowler at reserve swing and this pitch look like his type of bowling will be crucial

catches win games Gav. I think this pitch will turn alot on day 4 and 5. Ali will be crucial and Anderson and Wood with their reserve swing bowling

Root's innings was very good and he was very aggressive. But I will be happy with getting over 400 total. Pitch is slow and will suit our bowlers and didn't suit the pace of Johnson and Starc

I understand what you are saying totally tho Alan. I just Rashid could get more Wickets than Ali. If Rashid went 4 or 4.5 a over but pick up 4 or 5 wickets per test then I would be happy with that. Abbey, not going to keep going over this KP issue time after time. Let focus on the players playing for England and around the test squad.

Al, do you think Ali is good enough to be 1st choice spinner? Im unsure tbh. He is good batsman but I think Rashid's bowling is better and he is decent batsman

Rashid would be my first choice spinner. our most attacking spinner in England

Rashid is named in the England squad for the 1st test

Bairstow won the game for England today. Great inning by him. Very pleased for Morgan/Farbrace and the players. Plus very happy we are playing positive attacking cricket in ODI.