Good job Test cricket is played over five days - Stokes - video Dailymotion

Ben Stokes hits back at criticism over his decision at the toss in England's five-wicket victory over India

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00:00You never know what a wicket's going to play like half an hour before any cricket's been on it.

00:08It looked like there was a lot of top moisture on it, felt like it was,

00:13so when you win the toss you've obviously got to go,

00:16what am I going to do first, that's going to give us the best chance of winning this game.

00:20Headingley generally does do quite a lot early on,

00:23so with the bowling attack we had, in particular with Wokesy with the new ball,

00:28I thought it was a great chance for us to be able to potentially nick three or four in the first hour,

00:34but the opposition are allowed to play well, they certainly did that on day one,

00:39and into day two as well, put a big score on the total,

00:41but we hadn't batted on it until we batted,

00:46and it's a good job test cricket's over five days.