Sad thing is that Brook is the one guy who tends to come down the track and play back as well. It’s sad that we didn’t get to see him here
England Tour of India
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True, but I don't think we played anywhere near this badly v Pakistan either. In fact, I can't remember an England performance where all components of their game have been this bad. Batting, bowling and fielding have all been rubbish.
This is the key. In terms of splits, England won 9 out of the first 10 Bazball tests and have gone 5 for 11 since. That second chunk has Christchurch, Edgbaston, Lords and Rajkot in it. All games where England were in good positions but squandered them. If they want to become a top side they need to learn when to change the pace of the game and put it away.
That was a wide surely 
Unless your Matthew Hayden and your sweep makes every ball a full toss
Hartley has a lot of ticker, should bat 8 really.
Jurel has been amazing behind the stumps. When England bat from the crease or sweep they’re just waiting for a bit of variation to kill them. Completely unable to rotate strike or apply pressure this way.
He had a bad day yesterday but been superb today. Think that’s Bharat done..
Who gets MotM here? You could make a case for 3-4 players
Jadeja?
Yeah.. home ground too.. so quite likely.
That looked out..
Wood top scoring here would be a great way to finish the game.
This one looks less out but the umpires gives it.
edit: not out.. yeah.. umpire with 2 poor calls in 1 over.
edit: not out.. yeah.. umpire with 2 poor calls in 1 over.
Wood top scoring off 9 balls is hilarious.
Got bullied into this one I think.
Mark Wood leading run scorer 26 fecking hell
Just to give it that extra 90s feel the number 10 is gonna bash it around and make it not look so bad. Darren Gough style.
Done pretty well after being 50-7... not exactly respectable yet.. but a lot better than it was looking an hour back.
Jurel suddenly became Spider-Man overnight
Joel Wilson deserves to be sacked mid game, horrendous performance.
5 wickets for Jadeja..
Amazing test from India. A humbling for England. Hope the rest of the series isn’t like this. I love Mark Wood.
Biggest ever test win for India. Unreal turn around after 2nd day.
He's always horrendous. Imagine if he was a PL referee, VAR getting involved in his decisions would double the length of matches.
Wood would be a more fun nighthawk than Ahmed.
England deserve full credit for this win, brilliant batting and bowling on their part helped India get this win.
I have to follow up commending your earlier joke with having no idea on this one
A complete Replay of the last time we went to India, win the 1st test then get completely fisted for the rest of the series.
Last test was a lot closer, Bumrah the difference and England were in this test until Day 3. It’s got very real for them very quick. This is a lot more in line with what I was expecting from this series.
I hope the England management and Stokes take a good hard look at what’s gone wrong in this test and how they gave the advantage away in the first innings.
I really don't think so. Was the biggest turning point in the game imo. It was well balanced at that point, and subsequently England capitulated.
If Root bats sensibly it relieves pressure on the lower order, occupies time at the crease, wears out Indian bowlers and fielders, gives English bowlers a rest, puts pressure on Indian batsmen.
That didn't last long at all. Huge win while integrating couple of young players.
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Stokes saying the right things in terms of leaving this game behind but hope they play the match situation better in the next test.
Barstow is finished in the test form.
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Is actually a good line up. Root needs to get his shit together as well, or his time might be up as well. 137 tests with a huge number of them as captain might mean he's Cook'd early too.
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Is actually a good line up. Root needs to get his shit together as well, or his time might be up as well. 137 tests with a huge number of them as captain might mean he's Cook'd early too.
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Yeah it's finishing 4-1,that first test is starting to look absolutely worthless now
The more I look at it, the less I think there’s anything England can do about it.
In the first innings it comes down to Root dropping Sharma and then his shot selection vs Bumrah. If England took their chances in the field and played the situation smarter they should have at least had parity.
The problem for me is the differential in the 2nd innings. The Indian attack looked far more dangerous than the the English one on the same pitch. That’s not an approach issue, that’s a fundamental skill deficit. This is something that England cannot overcome if the pitches remain like this. Both with the bat and the ball, the plan to sweep got shown up and the spin attack looked every bit as inexperienced as they are. The can use their feet better in the next test but the spin attack is what it is.
The only way England can get into these tests is with big first innings runs and hoping India get tight with their inexperienced batting lineup.
That's not coming from them. Stokes himself plays his natural game.
Roots just a very weird batsman, he did this sort of dumb shit before bazball as well. It's like he gets bored out in the middle and then gets himself out in creative ways. There's a reason his conversion rate was shockingly poor for so long.
I think too many people are giving Root an opportunity to hide here. Stokes & McCullum do not tell any of their batters to do specific things, they will tell them to be positive and back their plans/instincts, Root is a naturally positive player he does not need to change his normal approach. Bad shot selection is all on him.