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[csnew]

759/7d england have been embarassed.
303* is still quite the effort. Well batted!

[rickjames]

We are so inept

[csnew]

Rashid finishes up 29.4 overs conceding 153 runs - 5.15rpo. Even for a leggy that is extremely poor! Rashid will probably be disappointed he didn't get some freebie wickets by bowling at the tail.
Luckily Dawson was there to keep it a bit tight

[Number4]

Nair wants a 300 here... Rashid going at 4.7RPO and ali at 4.5's. Extremely poor!

Rashid 5.16rpo

Karun striking at 79.53 and Jadeja going at 92.73

Poor bowling, poor captaining. If Cook captains after this series I'll be very surprised. He looked smoked

[Seniorplayer]

This is a real test for the England openers  fittness both mental and physical 2 1/2 days in the field and now have to bat around 15 mins till close of play.

[northernboy1987]

Pants well and truly down.

[CrickFreak]

Should have started with spinners. Get an extra over so and let the ball rip.

[Seniorplayer]

Also  with  this lead and 4 overs left  why hasn't Kolhi get more of his players around the bat

[petehosk]

Should have started with spinners. Get an extra over so and let the ball rip.

According to the commentary the only threatening ball that beat Cook was bowled by Sharma!

Sharma to Cook, no run, beaten by a beauty. It's fullish in length, angled in at the left-hander, drawing him into pushing at the ball, which seams away to the wicketkeeper

Maybe Kholi shou;d have put Ashwin on at one end and continued to play Sharma for a couple more overs??

[Felix Tito]

India will probably get 100overs in tomorrow with bowling machine Jadeja bowling his overs inside 120secs. So they'll probably have a second new ball for the final 15 overs. Shouldn't make any difference though the pitch is dead

[mo_town]

It's probably just a personal thing, I just don't really enjoy cricket in the sub-continent generally.

I love watching cricket in New Zealand, the pitches there just seem to have a bit of everything!

Its fun to watch then they are rank turners...but the moment India produces such pitches everyone start crying of unfair advantage. Imo, India (and other sub-continent teams) should prepare more rank turners where you get results and the batsmen are challenged more. I liked the pitches India had prepared for NZ..not so much the pitches prepared for England.

[Woodyspin]

Let's not forget they did have a cyclone there literally days before the test and they were doing the absolute best to allow the it to go on! Don't think we should really be slagging it off too much. I'm not even going to comment on the actions taken by bowlers and Cook, as I'm unsure what the intentions were. However, it did look as if they were both reading the wrong page!

We were beaten in all departments, including mental fitness. Cook will captain the next series, if he didn't and we then got whitewashed by the aussies we will blame him for leaving us in this state. Either way he can't really win, unless of course we go down under and slap them silly.

[Felix Tito]

Can't see Cook captaining again. His heart doesn't seem in it any longer

[six and out]

Cook will do what Cook does..... go back home to the farm, relax see his new family, forget about cricket completely until nearer the England summer, get his head in the right mind, speak to Strauss and probably Gooch, then strap them on again at Lords in July and smash the SA's around.

[Woodyspin]

smash the SA's around.

Although I'm pretty worried about Rabada tearing into us to be honest