India v England 2016/2017 Tour

Come on England.
Save this match and finish the tour on a decent note . Two wickets gone since lunch though .

Start praying for rain....!

England go down by an innings & 75 runs

Another collapse

Outplayed in the series in every aspect.

(20-12-2016 11:25 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Outplayed in the series in every aspect.

England cricket are crap simple as lol

They can't bat they can't bowl they can't field they can't catch

However im confident over time this group of individuals with the aid of there quality spinners and batsmen can become the worst test team around excluding zimbabwe

Probably worth remembering India are the best Trat team in the world and they've beaten us well in their own conditions. Of course it's disappointing (especially having won the toss 4 times) but should get it into perspective. We simply don't have the quality of spinners at the moment to cope in Asian conditions.

England are still a very good team when they play in England and I'm not sure India would turn up in an English summer and be able to get the same result.

The 'tour' of Bangladesh was probably a mistake in hindsight as the team just looked knackered by the end.

This series result just highlights how comfortable each team has become in their home conditions in recent years. Very few teams manage to travel that well anymore against other 'big' countries, but I suppose each country is incentivised to play their best at home at home grounds as ultimately that's how they earn their money.

(20-12-2016 13:08 )Tbear Wrote:  They can't bat they can't bowl they can't field they can't catch

England's catching at least was pretty good in this series - better than India who spilled quite a few chances. England also posted some big totals when batting and didn't bat badly on the whole.

As hops1 has very sensibly pointed out, the key difference between the sides in this series was that England were well and truly outclassed in spin bowling, and that's obviously a big problem to have in spin friendly conditions.

Having said all that, the batting today was disappointing in that Broad and Ball, the Nos. 10 and 11 in the order, were the only two England batsmen dismissed while trying to defend.

If cook does quit as captain who would you guys like to see who take over?

(21-12-2016 08:38 )babelover48 Wrote:  If cook does quit as captain who would you guys like to see who take over?

Personally I think Cook should stay on, but reading the papers this morning it seems he may go.

I think Root is nailed on to be the next captain and it's difficult to disagree with that. I don't see anyone else in the team being able to step up. Root would be a good choice, sooner or later.