Southee encouraged by Ben Stokes on otherwise tough day for England

England see India finish on 359/3 after asking them to bat

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00:00It was a pretty good service throughout, which, yeah, I think the Indian Openers sort of negotiated that first hour resume well.

00:07Kyle Rahul left well, and Dryswell played his hand as well throughout.

00:12So I think, yeah, there was a little bit of assistance there, but for the rest of the day it was a pretty good service,

00:17which I guess is encouraging for our guys when we get an opportunity to bat as well.

00:21He bowled, I thought, very well in the Test match against Zimbabwe, and had a bit of time off,

00:26and he's fit and firing at the moment, so it's as well as I've seen him bowl for a while.

00:31So, yeah, hopefully he can manage his body and keep being that great player that we know he is.