Nerdy points from day one
Jadeja V Root, Jos' long duck, England's par total and Ashwin's absense
Ravi Jadeja V Joe Root
I am going to start with such a nerdy point that even I can't believe it. But this series has one of the great contests in cricket, and it's so delightfully weird.
Ravi Jadeja is an outstanding fielder. He's got a great runout rate, and some of that is because he's a left-arm thrower. That's a problem if you're a batter and you alw…
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