Sport India v England Test Series 🏏

[Northstandboy]

Scorecards and fixtures

1st Test, Hyderabad, January 25 - 28, 2024 - Eng won by 28 runs
2nd Test, Visakhapatnam, February 02 - 05, 2024 - Ind won by 106 runs
3rd Test, Rajkot, February 15 - 19, 2024 - Ind won by 434 runs
4th Test, Ranchi, February 23 - 27, 2024 - Ind won by 5 wickets
5th Test, Dharamsala, March 07 - 11, 2024 - Ind won by innings and 64 runs

India: 4
England: 1​

 

[Leysboy]

England all out 353 great effort.

Wicket!

Anderson strikes Rohit Sharma goes for 2.

India 20/1

 

[Leysboy]

Lunch on Day 2 in Ranchi.

India 34/1

 

[Leysboy]

Wicket

Bashir get Shubman Gill LBW

India 86/2

 

[Leysboy]

Wicket

Patidar goes LBW Bashir strikes again.

India 112/3

 

[Foley]

What has the pitch played like so far Leysboy?

 

[Leysboy]

Wicket

Bashir with the Jadeja dismissal

India 131/4

 

[Leysboy]

What has the pitch played like so far Leysboy?

If we can get Jaiswal out soon, I can see us winning this test match.

The ball has been turning a lot, the pitch is full of cracks, and they are opening up.

There are runs out there, if you bat patiently. Put away the bad ball etc, but it difficult if you’re new at the crease. Once you get in it gets easier I reckon.

 

[Foley]

Bashir is 20 years old and it is his 7th First Class game!
Extraordinary.

 

[Leysboy]

Bashir is 20 years old and it is his 7th First Class game!
Extraordinary.

Bowled nicely today. Very bright prospect. It’s like buses. We’ve waited for ages for some serious spinner to breakthrough since Graeme Swann retired. Now we have four Leach,Bashir,Ahmed, and Hartley. With a bit of Root if needed.

Not kept tabs on Parkinson in County Cricket, but that could also be an option.

 

[holdsteady]

Massive wicket.

 

[Foley]

177 for 7.
Still 172 behind. What a position England are now in

 

[Leysboy]

177/7 England in control here.

Bashir has bowled beautifully.

Hartley chipping in with wickets too.

 

[Essexyellows]

Great position, please don`t go all wobbly and chuck it away.

 

[Leysboy]

The coin toss was vital here.

The pitch is deteriorating all the time. We need to go back out and bat sensibly. So much time left in the game.

We cannot afford to squander such an opportunity.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

The coin toss was vital here.

The pitch is deteriorating all the time. We need to go back out and bat sensibly. So much time left in the game.

We cannot afford to squander such an opportunity.

Just to play Devils/Bazballs’s advocate here for a minute, England going in and gently nurdling the odd single and blocking everything might not be the best approach. This pitch seems like there might be a ball with your name on it and so, given that scores are likely to be low anyway, going in and smashing a few 4s and 6s might not be the worst idea, put pressure on India

 

[Leysboy]

Just to play Devils/Bazballs’s advocate here for a minute, England going in and gently nurdling the odd single and blocking everything might not be the best approach. This pitch seems like there might be a ball with your name on it and so, given that scores are likely to be low anyway, going in and smashing a few 4s and 6s might not be the worst idea, put pressure on India

Agreed, or swing at everything get out cheaply, and set a moderate total.

Crawley and Duckett will be aggressive anyway, that’s their natural game.

Last 6 overs one final push from the bowlers. Another great day for England.

 

[Leysboy]

Stumps

India 319/7 Kuldeep and Jural offering some resistance, and have both done well to remain there at the end.

England have been brilliant today, unfortunate not to get Jaiswal earlier, when the ball did t quite carry to the fielder. Bashir 31 overs bowled today, and taking 4 crucial wickets. I thought he was superb.

I really enjoyed that today, from the moment Root and Robinson took to the field this morning. Great day for England. Hopefully we can skittle out the tail quickly tomorrow, and then focus on setting India a big target.

 

[Sir Winston]

Stumps

India 319/7 Kuldeep and Jural offering some resistance, and have both done well to remain there at the end.

England have been brilliant today, unfortunate not to get Jaiswal earlier, when the ball did t quite carry to the fielder. Bashir 31 overs bowled today, and taking 4 crucial wickets. I thought he was superb.

I really enjoyed that today, from the moment Root and Robinson took to the field this morning. Great day for England. Hopefully we can skittle out the tail quickly tomorrow, and then focus on setting India a big target.

319/7 Thought I watched the whole days play, guess I must have missed 100 Indian runs

 

[Leysboy]

319/7 Thought I watched the whole days play, guess I must have missed 100 Indian runs

Fat fingers. Quite right 219/7

 

[Marked Ox]

Bashir is 20 years old and it is his 7th First Class game!
Extraordinary.

Sadly with the positioning of County Championship games in the calender now, this will happen more and more for spinners. They'll have to learn in Test cricket or play 1st class cricket overseas.

 

[Foley]

Ashwin 3 wickets and Crawley is holding the (early) innings together.
Effectively 111 for 3

 

[holdsteady]

Crawley gone. Need a partnership from these two now.

 

[Foley]

Oh dear. Bairstow out first ball after tea.
120 for 6.
England suddenly in a bit of trouble.
Those last 3 Indian wickets could be the difference

 

[Leysboy]

We are in danger of throwing away the series.

Unless the pitch has got worse. I’m not able to watch as I’m in London working today.

 

[QR]

We are in danger of throwing away the series.

As understatements go that right up there.

 

[Leysboy]

As understatements go that right up there.

Like I said I’m not able to watch. So is it splendid bowling or has the pitch got worse, or have we batted poorly….

 

[Leysboy]

India seem to be batting on the pitch alright 31/0

 

[Leysboy]

Close of play India 40/0 chase 192 to win.

Unless something special happens tomorrow, We are not winning this 4th test, which looked likely after 2 days of play. Shame.

 

[unification]

This one is done. Way too much for England to do and way too much batting talent for India th throw this one away.

It’ll be one for the ages if England can win this. All done by the time the alarm goes at 6am tomorrow.

 

[Leysboy]

This one is done. Way too much for England to do and way too much batting talent for India th throw this one away.

It’ll be one for the ages if England can win this. All done by the time the alarm goes at 6am tomorrow.

It all looked so promising, but we should have known better. We have a habit of these collapses, and it’s been going on for years. Shame!