Fourth Test - India v England

fcblackpool said:
Talksport said Eng have 'plenty' already.

I doubt it.
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Even Alistair Cook during the tea break said 200/220 would be enough.

I must be watching another game. 🤷‍♂️

140/8 this is just dreadful still only 180 in the lead which is simply nowhere near enough.
 
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Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Even Alistair Cook during the tea break said 200/220 would be enough.

I must be watching another game. 🤷‍♂️

140/8 this is just dreadful still only 174 in the lead.
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Doesn't seem enough to me either. Only takes one knock of an 80 and the target is well within reach and I don't see Engs spinners being as dangerous.
 
All out for just 145 a lead of just 192 FFS.

Their No7 hits 90 yet our last 3 batsmen hit 1 run between the 3 of them or for the last 4 wickets 8 runs which is just pathetic.

And that’s the difference between these 2 sides I’m afraid.
 
Close of play India finish on 40/0 so just another 152 runs required.

Anyone know if we get monsoons this time of the year because that’s the only thing that’s going to save us now.

So so disappointing from England. 🤬
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
All out for just 145 a lead of just 192 FFS.

Their No7 hits 90 yet our last 3 batsmen hit 1 run between the 3 of them or for the last 4 wickets 8 runs which is just pathetic.

And that’s the difference between these 2 sides I’m afraid.
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It’s shake your head stuff. Top players regularly out for not a lot🤦‍♂️
 
Just hoping I don't wake up tomorrow and it's all over. All this bazbollix is OK for a laugh but history shows to dominate in tests you have to stick around. Eventually they will remember this and take the best of the attacking play with them too - I hope.
 
Mark_GT said:
Just hoping I don't wake up tomorrow and it's all over. All this bazbollix is OK for a laugh but history shows to dominate in tests you have to stick around. Eventually they will remember this and take the best of the attacking play with them too - I hope.
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I'm not expecting n England win and that means the series is done, we don't seem capable of removing Jaiswal cheaply for starters and if india bat sensibly I can see them winning by six or seven wickets.

If we'd just taken a couple of wickets in that tricky eight overs we had last night we may have been in with a shout, but it would take some collapse from them for it to happen and it seems only England are capable of that. 🥴
 
We had them rattled at 120-5 but this partnership seems to have taken the game away from us with just 29 runs needed with 5 wickets in hand.
 
They had a wobble earlier on but these two have steadied the ship somthing our Batsmen couldn’t do yesterday and that is the difference between the two teams their No7 batsman Jurel can hit 90 in the fist innings and 39 not out in the second most of our top order batsmen could only dream of hitting those runs.

A disappointing series ending for England who would have thought defeat after scoring 353 in the first innings?

Shocking batting again in yesterdays collapse 7 wickets went for just 34 runs if this is Bazball and the future then heaven help us.

India win at a canter with a day and a half to spare.

So disappointing and it’s time the selectors got ruthless with some of these players as just not good enough anymore.
 
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Looking ahead, we will be destroyed in Australia if we continue the same way. Time to build some resilience to go with the swagger. That means a remodelling of our middle order. Think we've found a competitive spinner though in Bashir.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
They had a wobble earlier on but these two have steadied the ship somthing our Batsmen couldn’t do yesterday and that is the difference between the two teams their No7 batsman Jurel can hit 90 in the fist innings and 39 not out in the second most of our top order batsmen could only dream of hitting those runs.

A disappointing series ending for England who would have thought defeat after scoring 353 in the first innings?

Shocking batting again in yesterdays collapse 7 wickets went for just 34 runs if this is Bazball and the future then heaven help us.

India win at a canter with a day and a half to spare.

So disappointing and it’s time the selectors got ruthless with some of these players as just not good enough anymore.
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I think to suggest we have players not good enough is a little harsh, you'll no doubt see the same players hitting big scores once the English season begins in May.

The reality is England and many other sides have struggled to deal with spin on spin friendly wickets in India especially when you look at the skill levels of the likes of spinners Jadeja, Ashwin and Kuldeep, even our own rookie 20 year old Bashir took eight wickets in this Test.

No India are unbeaten at home since 2012 and have lost just 4 of 50 Tests they've played at home since 2012.

When you consider that record it gives you an idea on how tough the task was for England to go to India and win this series.
 
Raging_Bull said:
I think to suggest we have players not good enough is a little harsh, you'll no doubt see the same players hitting big scores once the English season begins in May.

The reality is England and many other sides have struggled to deal with spin on spin friendly wickets in India especially when you look at the skill levels of the likes of spinners Jadeja, Ashwin and Kuldeep, even our own rookie 20 year old Bashir took eight wickets in this Test.

No India are unbeaten at home since 2012 and have lost just 4 of 50 Tests they've played at home since 2012.

When you consider that record it gives you an idea on how tough the task was for England to go to India and win this series.
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A little harsh?

So are you saying batsmen like Bairstow and bowlers like Anderson will be selected for the tour of Australia?

Jury still out on Pope for me and Stokes is only hanging in there because if it was down to just bat and ball he’s another one who wouldn’t be on the plane but the fact he’s the captain it’ll save him.

I don’t doubt these players will have decent summers at county level but facing quality bowlers in another country is a different story as we’ve just witnessed.
 
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