BBC Radio Nottingham sports reporter Robin Chipperfield is sat alone at the very highest point of the Trent Bridge Media Centre.

Sat in line with the pitch directly above the Sky Sports cameras the man with very possibly the best view of the 15,000 plus in attendance shared his thoughts on the game as England hit the 34th over of their innings.

“(Trent Bridge) is the best sporting organisation I have ever worked with,” he says.

With his 14 years at Radio Nottingham covering football, cricket and boxing including the recent Carl Froch world title fight at London’s 02 Arena.

And what of the action he’s seen today? “Well. I was a bit perturbed at the start but (Bell & Root) have played well together. It’s the first time I’ve seen Joe Root live. He has an ability to hit where there are no fielders.”

Perhaps talk of the young Root being lined up as a future successor to Alistair Cook is a bit premature but the comparisons in many ways are quite clear.

“He’s calm and doesn’t have a big ego. He seems be being brought along well.”

So what does Chippers think of spending his days at Trent Bridge covering international matches like this? It makes you think… why do anything else?”

Robin Chipperfield presents a variety of sports programmes for BBC Radio Nottingham.