Jayant Yadav celebrates the wicket of Ben Stokes yesterday. Pic/AFP

England captain Alastair Cook didn't need a crystal ball to tell him that saving a Test match after conceding a 200-run lead to India wasn't going to be easy. England have shown enough batting to compete well and Cook is a veteran, the old fashioned Test match batsman, who can grind the opposition with his percentage batsmanship.