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1st Test day 5 review | Australia take first Test in nail biter, Stokes should be proud, Khawaja stars and does Bairstow stay in?

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Ben Stokes' Captaincy in Test Match Cricket

Last time Australia chased more than 250 for a test match win was back in 2011. Pat Cummins was not at hit the winning runs in that match as well. Ben Stokes is free-flowing and expressive, he doesn't let the game drift but how he and McCallum kind of meet the mind's meat and the settle on tactics is why it's so attractive out there. There's nothing to choose between them. Every night, they call things all-fashioned or defensive. At the end of the day, they're both trying to create a result that's advantageous. And both sides had a magnificent game. England especially should be very proud and very happy the way they played

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