5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

[Shri]

India record with Bumrah - 0-2

India record without Bumrah - 2-0

The new Panauti?

did he shake hands with kohli when he retired

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Take a bow for Chris Woakes

Might not be able to with his arm.

 

[Daemon]

Siraj was basically last man standing among all the bowlers in this series despite putting in some serious shifts. Bowled every ball at 100% and it just felt so right that he was able to make up for that catch yesterday. Wafg.

 

[Burgey]

I could have coped with England winning - just - if Woakes hit the winning runs left handed

This is actually not true btw

 

[Shri]

so eng last beat us in a test series in 2018

 

[Kirkut]

Bumrah is the next Tendulkar now..

His fifers never win games like Tendulkar's 100s

 

[Ju7]

That's an all timer of a series.

Along with 81 Ashes and 05 Ashes that I've seen

 

[Athlai]

Lost by 6 chasing 374 on a green top.
Cricket web posters: disgraceful from England

Yeah they bloody choked in that first innings

 

[Spikey]

This is actually not true btw

i would have accepted Woakes trying to evade the ball and it going for four leg byes to win the game

 

[ImpatientLime]

The right series result - India deserved a share of the spoils no doubt.

From an England perspective - this is where their decision making is utterly pathetic. Brook had the game in his hands, with over a days play left on the clock.

He got out charging.

Bethell had the same task- a handful to guide us home. He got out charging.

I have never, ever seen a more flimsy team in terms of decisions under pressure. It’s exciting, but they just don’t know when to be smart.

I utterly dread the Aussie tour.

bethell was absolutely terrible yesterday, but why are you picking a kid with zero FC centuries in your top 6? the hubris of this lot is mental

 

[ashley bach]

Only thing missing from the series is a 6th test.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It’s more that you can’t put away top four sides even at home, isn’t it?

Tbf Bazball started with series wins in England vs NZ & SA

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done India, fair result in series overall.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

bethell was absolutely terrible yesterday, but why are you picking a kid with zero FC centuries in your top 6? the hubris of this lot is mental

Brook doesn’t know any other way to play, but he should really. Feel for Bethell, England have ****ed him over this summer

 

[silentstriker]

India were paying 20-1 yesterday at one point and I briefly thought about putting $100. I chickened out because I guess my gambling addiction isn’t strong enough and I didn’t have the #belief. I should be flogged.

 

[halba]

The right series result - India deserved a share of the spoils no doubt.

From an England perspective - this is where their decision making is utterly pathetic. Brook had the game in his hands, with over a days play left on the clock.

He got out charging.

Bethell had the same task- a handful to guide us home. He got out charging.

I have never, ever seen a more flimsy team in terms of decisions under pressure. It’s exciting, but they just don’t know when to be smart.

I utterly dread the Aussie tour.

With Brook you have half a chance of doing something(hes a great- would be no.1 bat in nearly every team right now), but the rest are hacks even the star batter Joe Root- hes Cummins bunny down under, i dont think he averages much more than 30 in Australia.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

bethell was absolutely terrible yesterday, but why are you picking a kid with zero FC centuries in your top 6? the hubris of this lot is mental

I watched him in NZ. Bethel is a million times better than Crawley

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

16 wides in the Indian first innings looked bad at the time, but now...

 

[mackembhoy]

Lost by 6 chasing 374 on a green top.
Cricket web posters: disgraceful from England

Or you're being equally obtuse and taking a different singular point of view.

As always these things are far more nuanced. You're coming at it from a positive starting point others a more negative one.

 

[Burgey]

India has developed some proper resolve in its cricket. Started under Kohli and Shastri. They keep coming at you even when they’re down on troops and matches or series seem lost. I think that’s what made the home loss to NZ so weird - they just rolled over, and for the last 8-10 years that’s just not something they’ve done really