Stokes salutes Bumrah genius as England fall nicely in need of file chase

Feb 05, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Stokes salutes Bumrah genius as England fall nicely in need of file chase

The fast, who produced a masterful spell of reverse-swing to take six wickets throughout England’s first innings, made important inroads on the ultimate day, eradicating Jonny Bairstow as a part of a double-breakthrough on the cusp of lunch, then splitting a partnership of 55 between Ben Foakes and Tom Hartley that proved England’s closing resistance of word. Fittingly, it was Bumrah who later utilized the crowning glory with a magnificence to dismantle Hartley’s stumps.