New Zealand above Eng for me not just on the tables for rankings and test championship which can be a little artificial, Oz at least are equal as well

don't be like that johnny

brentford 25 Feb 21 15:05 
don't be like that johnny Sad

gotta face facts,innit

i just wonder..i know it's a hypothetical scenario and you can't turn the clock back 48 hrs

but were this test to begin again i reckon there would be more runs on the board

Is that one of the very shortest Test matches in history in terms of overs bowled?

Anyone?

England were pretty awful it has to be said

Good crack if you can get it eh

Everything was going fine until Kohli spoke up after the 1st test demanding that he did not want any more pitches like the 1st test and a return to the spin friendly wickets however the groundsmen have totally gone way overboard with the wickets prepared in last 2 test matches ,far too dry with excessive spin on the 1st days and not conducive to test cricket, ICC grow a pair and and challenge the BCCI after the conclusion of this series regarding the unsuitability of these last 2 pitches for test cricket, however India IMO a far better cricket team than England wherever they play.

england have been less than ordinary in the last 2 tests ... plenty of ball almost unplayable but they haven't learned anything & the spinning ball is like a foreign object ... i doubt anything will change in the final test  ..  no doubt in our summer it will be forgotten about but we have the ashes later this year ... it will be completely different in terms of playing conditions but I think we will struggle again out there ... you need to make plenty of runs on those quick wickets but I still see a lot of ordinary batsmen & capitulation is always likely ... we have plenty of young players but i doubt many will make the grade at the top level ... that said who else is out there in county cricket to draft in

England really shot themselves in both feet. Two opportunities to build match winning scores and they fluffed their lines.

The composition of the side is a mess. I might be prepared to accept the covid argument but I do not want to. I am not calling for heads to roll just an admission that they got it horribly wrong.

This was a really important Test Series and they have been completely out manoeuvred. Form and time in the middle is crucial. This is not some leftie social club where everyone should get a game and it doesn't matter who wins!

Don't know where to start. Why play 4 seamers? If Bess is not good enough why was he picked to tour? The handling of Moen verges from negligent to criminal. Pope looked shot to me before the game. Lawrence looked like he had the aptitude to progress. Bstard should never have been made to bat 3 and should have been around to net.

I don't care what anyone says about the pitch it was an amazing crazy Test Match and at times it was breathless. I think India have done themselves a disservice with he pitch but it was the same pitch for both sides. What are A Tours for? England have the money to send young cricketers to a country for a month or to to learn.