Fourth Test India v Eng

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

It was painful watching Bess bowl today - he's young for a spinner and so can recover from this, but he's been found out to an extent this winter despite taking quite a few wickets. Although it would hardly have sent out a good signal, I reckon England would have been better off flying someone over to play if they insisted on having two frontline spinners.

That said, England are not going to lose this test just because of Dom Bess - like every other side in the world over close to a decade, they've found winning in India practically impossible and, in truth, they've done better than most by winning a test.

[The Bloop]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

It was painful watching Bess bowl today - he's young for a spinner and so can recover from this, but he's been found out to an extent this winter despite taking quite a few wickets. Although it would hardly have sent out a good signal, I reckon England would have been better off flying someone over to play if they insisted on having two frontline spinners.

That said, England are not going to lose this test just because of Dom Bess - like every other side in the world over close to a decade, they've found winning in India practically impossible and, in truth, they've done better than most by winning a test.

Or not flying Moeen home after the 2nd Test

[DubaiDai]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

Poor batting on what looks like a decent strip.
Strange selection in respect of the bowling attack.
The only plus , so far, is that had you offered me a series 3-1 defeat I would have bitten your hand off. I suspect that most people were thinking a 4-0 defeat to what is a potentially great Indian team.

I can see our batsmen struggling to make the deficit, which is likely to be around 120 ?

[MacAdder]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

The end is nigh :facepalm:

Another incredibly poor set of batting scores and absolutely no idea how to play spin.

Jonny Bairstow's dismissal was particularly bad, like a rabbit in the headlights.

Those poor Indian fans, when will they get to see a proper contest?

Poor channel 4 too!

Poor preparation and poor application for a completely different set of conditions.

Wonder what the excuses will be this time

Poor, piss poor.

[MacAdder]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

Dan Lawrence fifty.
Well played young man, in both first innings and second.

[dml1954]

Re: Fourth Test India v Eng

There is inept batting and then there is totally inept batting. That display was worse. Total lack of application by everyone except Lawrence. The rest of them gave their wickets away because they couldn't be bothered. Bairstow, Root and Popes were just ridiculous.