That's all fair. I understand there were not many options. However, I've seen too many decisions where he's been reactive immediately after the event.
English & Irish Cricket Summer 2018
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There's no blame for Cook. Both of them were incredible balls. I'd guess left handers would get out of that ball 9 out of 10 times.
Can say that about most captains. One day frequent tactical moves will be praised for pro-activeness, another day those same moves will backfire and come across as knee-jerk. When Root and England win it's the former - positive cricket following the stodgy Cook era, but as of the last twelve months positive cricket now has to reigned in as we're seeing brainless collapses. Root himself needs to convert 50s to 100s (I have read he has played twelve tests vs India and scored at least a half century in each of them which is pretty amazing) and lead from the front but the rest of the team have to step up too.
There's no great captain right now. Not in the mould of Taylor, Ganguly, Imran etc anyway.
Du Plessis is probably the best in captaincy terms. All the fab four are mediocre captains.
Du Plessis is probably the best in captaincy terms. All the fab four are mediocre captains.
Du Plessis has the best fast bowling attack in the world which helps a fair bit. McCullum is the outstanding leader of recent times and it took a while for him to reach the level he did.
Ashwin's delivery was perfect. Game set up nicely.
Might be too late for him now but surprised Hildreth never got a crack in the middle order for England, he has been a very solid player for a good number of years
My bad, agree with that for the next test unless Malan gets a score here. I would have had him in for this test as well.
Brilliant knock from Kohli but seriously sloppy from England.
They're getting all the little things wrong. Runouts, batting collapses, dropped catches, terrible reviews and weird bowling changes. We've got loads of talent but not sure we're being especially well led.
Stokes could be a great of the game if he screws his head on though. That spell today was unreal.
They're getting all the little things wrong. Runouts, batting collapses, dropped catches, terrible reviews and weird bowling changes. We've got loads of talent but not sure we're being especially well led.
Stokes could be a great of the game if he screws his head on though. That spell today was unreal.
Doesn't say much for Rashid given he's supposed to provide that x factor that tears out tailenders.
Also demonstrates that we're lacking real pace in the bowling attack.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24261430/simplifying-action-r-ashwin-remedy-bad-habits
The video with Ian ward did my head in. So much complexity to spin bowling.
The video with Ian ward did my head in. So much complexity to spin bowling.
Kohli didn't let Umesh bat to him at all. One ball an over, not Rashid's fault.
Christ why the feck am I having to defend English players?
He got Ishant. And Umesh isnt even a bad batsmen. Pretty sure he got a 60 ball 90 against Aus A.
Fair play. Kohli played a great innings. I'm probably being too harsh on Rashid.
Should be a cracking match from now on though. It's effectively a one-innings game and the pitch is starting to deteriorate. Can see 250 being a winning score.
Massive pressure on Malan after the stinker he's had so far. Tbf though we don't have many alternatives. Ballance and Vince have both been given loads of opportunities and failed. Hales isn't playing red-ball cricket anymore. Hameed's top score this year is 30. Livingstone hasn't done much in the championship and is now injured. Northeast hasn't played any first-class cricket for over a month.
Might sound ridiculous but should we look at Ian Bell as a short-term option? I know he's gone through a horrible three years but this season he's back in form and he's been round the block so many times. If we're happy to pick a guy who doesn't even play red-ball cricket in pursuit of short-term success, why not recall a 36-year-old?
India will walk this now
Surely there are better players in the county game than duds like Jennings and Malan?
Root gone
I'm putting my tinfoil hat on and saying the pitch was fixed to spin for Ashwin and India 
We only had one advantage over India that we played better than them against England in England, now that's gone as well
We only had one advantage over India that we played better than them against England in England, now that's gone as well
England's middle order is pretty dangerous. India need to be careful here.
India could win this match due to two outstanding performances from two players.
Harsh on Malan
Malan's contribution to this match is -100 runs.
Scored 28 in his two innings and Kohli scored 128 runs after he was dropped.
Scored 28 in his two innings and Kohli scored 128 runs after he was dropped.
Yeah i'm going to this tomorrow so if England could not completely collapse that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Nice of Malam not to do his customary 'just about doing enough not to get dropped' fifty in this match.
Don’t think you will be
Falling like a house of cards now
What aren't there runs in this wicket?
feck this
England used to be a very good test team and a crap ODI one. Now it's the other way round.
Was just typing 'this is the crucial partnership' and now Stokes is gone.
Buttler should just go into ODI mode now and try to smash the bowling, a la Flintoff against Australia in 2005. If he plays conventionally he'll get out.
Buttler should just go into ODI mode now and try to smash the bowling, a la Flintoff against Australia in 2005. If he plays conventionally he'll get out.
Love this
So much so for this is a spinning pitch. It's a pretty typical English pitch!
Pre-booking tickets for day 4 or 5 is utterly naive these days.
Cadbury world it is.
Really poor from England, they should have bowled India out cheaply and be out of sight now even if they posted a poor 2nd innings total however have again thrown away the match from a decent position. India have made the most of it and taken their chances. Relying on a miracle from Buttler here.
Gone 2nd ball after lunch.
England truly are a fecking shambles. We seem to have collapsed at least once in every game for the last year. It's pathetic.
India vs tailenders
Get one more and the innings will be over as soon as possible. Anderson is a proper tailender and Broad can't bat anymore since his nose got broke.India vs tailenders
Not trying to jinx or anything, but Sam Curran looks quality. Reminds me of a young Irfan Pathan.
He's a rare positive from all this yeah.