*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Well I'm off, night all.

 

[cnerd123]

England would do well to avoid an innings loss now

 

[Gnske]

Thank heavens for the extended batting, good selection strategy in these circumstances. Need the ballast.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Chucked the towel in, haven't we?

Hate to see it. Worst thing in sport.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Looked like an inside edge but it ended up being a deflection from one pad to the other. Strange one.

 

[hazsa19]

This is the most disappointing of the losses. Ridiculous team selection, spineless batting.

 

[Gnske]

Looked like an inside edge but it ended up being a deflection from one pad to the other. Strange one.

It certainly looked like the deflection of every inside edge I've ever seen, but thankfully the machine showed that gap perfectly.

Good thing too, this can't end quickly enough.

 

[thierry henry]

Why does every new young England batsman look like the same gangly doofus. Even the names all blur into one.

Notable that they’re mostly tall too. It’s like they picked the private school kids who gave the other private school kids wedgies, as if that would qualify them for international cricket

 

[Pothas]

It's a really shame we found those extra six runs in the first innings. Seven consecutive scores under 200 would have been something to treasure.

For some reason, I've found this series more annoying than the 4-0 outcome last time we were here. Maybe it's the hope after winning the first test. But I think it's more the incessant hopelessness of our batting in every single innings in the last three tests. iirc at least we managed to post some sort of score in the first innings four years ago.

Yeah this has definitely been more embarrassing. Hard to think of many worse defeats than these last 3. Strange winter, have won 3 matches but come out of it in classic England are terrible abroad fashion.

We should play two match series like New Zealand, would come out of this with a fantastic 1-1 draw.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Why does every new young England batsman look like the same gangly doofus. Even the names all blur into one.

Wouldn't call Pope "gangly", tbf. Pretty compact build.

"Doofus" I'll allow.

 

[wpdavid]

Chucked the towel in, haven't we?

Hate to see it. Worst thing in sport.

Agreed. Crawley seems to have learnt nothing from playing on these pitches all winter, Fatty just gave catching practice, and Pope has learnt nothing from the previous three tests. Sibley was unlucky tbf and Stokes was probably knackered. Hard to be harsh on Root after his performances in the first three tests of the winter, but he's barely made a score in the last three tests. Understandable that captaining this crock of shite would take it out of you though.

 

[thierry henry]

Wouldn't call Pope "gangly", tbf. Pretty compact build.

"Doofus" I'll allow.

Pope is excluded, although the name ‘Ollie Pope’ definitely qualifies

 

[social]

I have been critical of a couple of the pitches in this series but England can’t blame their position on this one

Odd ball does a bit but pretty typical Indian track imo

 

[Gnske]

Pope reminds me of Eric Stoltz, prime to be replaced by a far better shaker and mover.

 

[wpdavid]

Wouldn't call Pope "gangly", tbf. Pretty compact build.

"Doofus" I'll allow.

What do you make of Pope's excessive crouching against the spinners? In the first test, the commentators were saying it was the latest thing from the coaching staff, but I do wonder whether it's buggered up his natural game. He's better than what we've seen in this series imo.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

England could've at least done the right thing and only scored 25 or fewer. Perhaps one day. Kiwis live in perpetual hope.

 

[thierry henry]

tbh it looks impossible to bat against India’s spinners to the point where I almost don’t want us to tour because I’m a coward

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What do you make of Pope's excessive crouching against the spinners? In the first test, the commentators were saying it was the latest thing from the coaching staff, but I do wonder whether it's buggered up his natural game. He's better than what we've seen in this series imo.

I honestly thought he was going to be something special when he first appeared. Possibly still could be.

 

[social]

What do you make of Pope's excessive crouching against the spinners? In the first test, the commentators were saying it was the latest thing from the coaching staff, but I do wonder whether it's buggered up his natural game. He's better than what we've seen in this series imo.

My humble opinion of modern batting coaching is that most haven’t got a fkn clue

 

[BoyBrumby]

I have been critical of a couple of the pitches in this series but England can’t blame their position on this one

Odd ball does a bit but pretty typical Indian track imo

Yup. This one is on us.

I'm not necessarily suggesting any chicanery in the prep for the last two decks, but even if there was I think this performance shows it definitely wasn't needed.