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A battling performance by England, Root and Bairstow have ridden their luck at times but have stuck with it.
Eng v India 4th Test
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Bloody hell! 
Has Stokes got a brain? Just about three overs to go, England 51 runs behind, with six wickets in hand and ONE day's play left. So, WTF does he do? Reverse fakkin' sweep and out. W*nker.
If England could bat as long as possible and maybe build a lead of 150, they might have a chance of not losing. But Stoke's shot put that scenario off the radar.
Has Stokes got a brain? Just about three overs to go, England 51 runs behind, with six wickets in hand and ONE day's play left. So, WTF does he do? Reverse fakkin' sweep and out. W*nker.
If England could bat as long as possible and maybe build a lead of 150, they might have a chance of not losing. But Stoke's shot put that scenario off the radar.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
And nightwatchman Ball succumbs with three balls left before stumps.
Inconsistent again from England: they are giving far too many wickets away through poor mental application and shot selection.
Inconsistent again from England: they are giving far too many wickets away through poor mental application and shot selection.
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Looks like when I went out to wash the cars things went form bad to worse for England; pity, as it looked like a not bad day for them until then.
david k
Hi
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Why drop the spinners from the previous test for a seamer??nseems crazy, better to have another spin option even if they are not the best
david k
Hi
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- North West
Century and first baller on debut, this ever happened before?
Yes not going with more spin options is crazy
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One word sums that up - pumped.
Impressive bowling figures for Ashwin, and I thought Jadeja was looking more dangerous on day 4 during the coverage I saw.
England have no clue how to bat defensively, bring back Boycott and his stick of rhubarb!
Impressive bowling figures for Ashwin, and I thought Jadeja was looking more dangerous on day 4 during the coverage I saw.
England have no clue how to bat defensively, bring back Boycott and his stick of rhubarb!
Dayvo
just passin' through
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With one Test remaining, it looks like my prediction is going to be wildly off the mark:
1st Test - match drawn
2nd Test - India won by 246 runs
3rd Test - India won by 8 wickets
4th Test - India won by an innings-and-36-runs
5th Test - ?
One down, three to play. Any predictions? 3-1 India.
1st Test - match drawn
2nd Test - India won by 246 runs
3rd Test - India won by 8 wickets
4th Test - India won by an innings-and-36-runs
5th Test - ?
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User482
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Is it right that the last team to win a match in India was England in 2012?
More of the same - A draw would be a good result - England batsmen have not played Ashwin and Jadeja well - however, difficult when it seems that every other ball has your name on it - how they can get a draw without having at least two very good spinners or a pitch that seams and swings I have no idea
Yup - and before that you have to go back to the Saffers in 2007
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
When you say "match" is that a Test or a Series?
If it' a Test then that's a remarkable record and perhaps puts into context this series
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
I'd be interested to hear your opinion....India have a fabulous home record it seems. How much is down to them being a really good cricketing nation and how much is down to conditions so alien to touring sides they have practically no chance?
A bit of both - Gavaskar - Tendulkar - Dravid - Kohli - to name but a few - add in that they can pick spin bowlers from a huge pool so that the ones they have are the creme la creme - Ashwin is world number 1 - Jadeja is second best spinner - and pitches that suit them - England got a bit lucky in that 2012 the Indian spinners were out of sorts - I seem to remember the Indians also messed up on pitches - plus Cook and Trott were on fire (not sure if that is not an oxymoron) and England had two very good spinners in Swann and Panesar
