Another 20 wicket haul for the bowlers. As a unit, this must be up there amongst the best of all time (for India). They do it so regularly, in all conditions.
England v India 2021 Cricket Test Series
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Not to worry - it’s the toss and the pitch
Root would literally walk in, but I'm not sure the rest would even get a look.
Root. Stokes.
Yeah a few. Root and Stokes for starters. Archer possibly.
Ashes is going to be pretty average at this rate.. Australia is not at their best as well, but will always turn up against England, lets see.
Root for Rahane.. Anderson.. for someone. .
Root is the only test match quality batsman England have.
Are people saying that?
This is the worst England side I can remember in over 20 years.
With Stokes out we have one test quality batsman. We are terrible.
Hameed wouldn't make India B
England have taken their eye off the ball a little with test cricket I feel.
Absolutely dominating the shorter version of the game with an endless stream of talent but things have slipped drastically in the longer format. The balance needs to be restored.
Absolutely dominating the shorter version of the game with an endless stream of talent but things have slipped drastically in the longer format. The balance needs to be restored.
And have been for years.
The worst England batting lineups there have ever been.
Would be even worse if Root had been sketchy like he can also be.
Pathetic.
Do fans here think that the obsession with the white ball game has resulted in this? The lack of application and patience is horrendous
Some of these comments
Hmm..It was exactly as I said except for what happened this morning!!
This all over. Shows in our performances. Players are unable to adapt to test cricket. Not sure what Silverwood has exactly added as well.
Most definitely. Excelling at white ball but no balance with the red.
Great win for India but Kohli must be insufferable to play against in the field. How someone hasn’t lamped him is beyond me.
We've got the hundred going on (which I like) and a test series at the same time! It's bizarre. Especially when the same players are involved.
It's no wonder they struggle to switch between the different formats.
Cheap Yes man option.
To be honest I'd of dropped a few of them in the pavillion.
“absolutely dominating shorter version of the game”
You disagree?
“absolutely dominating shorter version of the game”
World Champions at 50 over and ranked number one in the T20 to be fair.
It's also the technique I feel. I'm not sure it's being developed to suit the long game anymore. I know times have changed but learning to attack and defend is crucial but now it's just hit everything that comes
“absolutely dominating shorter version of the game”
What’s so funny about that comment. We seem to have endless stream of white ball players coming through yet no red ball players.
Yeah plus I think we are just full of players who simply aren't good enough. Even if they showed the right application, they're just not good enough.
Burns and Sibley and Bairstow etc.
Sibley hasn’t made a score past 50 in god knows how many matches. Just drop him already.
Burns,Sibley and Curran sitting together was the picture of the match.
Hes fecking horrible to watch too, which would be fine if he was getting big scores but like you said he isn't.
So you have a player who is awful to watch who seems to make at least one duck a match.
Its been a struggle for a while though.
I remember Viv Richards a couple of years back saying that Jos Buttler was really exciting and reminded him(VIv) of himself ....what was he on? Buttler wouldn't have got ahead of Jeff Dujon in that side
to be fair they’re all international athletes and will be allowed to hit you back, won’t have the privilege of the uniform there.
Agree. Just stays there not scoring and literally waiting to be out.
Honestly, I think England's batting is not as bad as its made out to be. They have come up against two of the best bowling attacks (Ind, NZ) recently and saying that the batting is bad is unfair to the bowling lineups. Like most of the dismissals were unavoidable today, not some rash batting and Indian batsmen struggled as well throughout the series
It feels weird watching because in test cricket in recent years it seems like an equal competition between bat and ball compared to white ball.
If the target was around 200 ish, it would have been a different game. England lost the game, primarily because of the decisions in the first session.
Some salty post about Virat. I guess they close their eyes when Anderson is playing.
england just literally lost their t20 and ODI series in India, you're not like Australia of old who won two or three WC and actually dominated it.
You're the best team right now though in limited over cricket .