England v India 2021 Cricket Test Series

Sylar

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Root needs to retain strike for England.

141-2 to 147-6
Yikes

And bumrah towards tail end
 

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Shame that it's over so quickly, had the day off today and was hoping it would go down to the wire.

Completely abysmal from the middle order after the openers for once have them a decent platform to build on.
 

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In my analysis earlier today, I clearly underestimated England’s ability to fold. Not sure why considering it’s happening so consistently :lol:

I still maintain England should have been able to see this out. Really poor performance from the middle order.
 

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Some collapse this :lol:

Love the pressure of Day 5 test match.
 

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This was always a harder ask than was being made out last night/this morning but this session post lunch has been dreadful from England. The batting weakness completely exposed and pathetic to not even put up resistance with how the openers had set things up.
 

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That run out is still making me laugh :lol:

They basically gave India a way into this game
 

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That run out is still making me laugh :lol:

They basically gave India a way into this game
Hameed had been dropped and Malan survived an LBW by about a cm. They weren't exactly cruising.
 

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Hameed had been dropped and Malan survived an LBW by about a cm. They weren't exactly cruising.
They weren't but when you escape that, it's a second life
To then gift a wicket is madness
 

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I haven't seen any bowler generate so much pace with almost no run up, Bumrah just hops few times and takes few steps but the pace he generates is ridiculous.
 

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What a ball. I reckon only cuz it was root that wasn't a wicket. Unbelievable accuracy with pace at 143 kph.
 

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Is Bumrah the best fast bowler in the world currently?
Australia probably have two as good, if not better. But he's in the top group.

He's had a very consistent series in England but not outstanding (yet). Considering it's been doing plenty for the quicks and England cant bat.
 

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"England lost four wickets in seven overs. There had been 17 wickets in the previous 267 overs, and a rate of one every 16 overs.

In terms of England collapses from two down to six down, for just six runs, it is the joint-second worst since 1902, when England crumbled at Bramall Lane."
 

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