I mean, bazball is the whole reason England have been in this current series, isnt it? If mccullum isn't at the helm Pope doesn't make that 190, Bashir doesn't get picked to give them a chance in the 4th test and I doubt Hartley gets in the squad ahead of Dawson if a more typical regime is at the helm.
I am not bad at all, I just have a few opinions I champion that certain posters genuinely hate. But I will at least come around to some meeting point after some jousting.
I don't think they've been as competitive as they could've been. They've scored more runs in better conditions, but their wicket taking prowess fell off massively compared to the 2021 tour, even accounting for pitches.
They have rookie spinners, only so much that can be done, aside from the third test they were competitive throughout and it has been impressive.
im not saying bazball has been bad for them, just that subs backed them to be the best team in test cricket and it hasnt quite panned out that way
Bumrah I think gives Kohli's side an edge if not rank turners so 2-1 to them.
ik you didnt ask for it but the India one is the only one i can throw up
this may age horribly but i dont think Bashir and Hartley are rookie spinners by skill level
Not sure. What if England win the last test, would they have performed better than Australia last year?
What about the Aussie debutant spinners in 2023?
They could've picked an extra bowler rather than rely on Root a lot. The conditions this time around weren't as conducive for that strategy to be successful, they needed more control across more overs and Anderson can only bowl for so much which sucks because he's their best bowler at holding down an end. It looks better than it is because of the batting, but they're still giving up more runs for the wickets than they score.
They have been fine but I think England will look back on this series as one of their biggest missed opportunities (similar to Australia last year, but even more so). This is an India team in decline and had half their first choice players missing. Jadeja missed a game and isn't even fully fit. Ashwin was away for a key period in one of the games and also wasn't at his best. Bumrah rested for a game.
Murphy is good, wtf are you on about?
WI:
Swap Siraj with one of Ishant/Umesh/Kuldeep/Axar IMO.
swap Ishant for Kuldeep and you’re golden
It goes back to the same point I make about BazBall, we can rue missed opportunities but those opportunities were only created because of BazBall.
In India, Kuldeep is probably better IMO.
They didn’t Bazball at all in 4th Test . Their missed opportunity was entire Day 3 . Allowing IND to come close to their 1st innings score and collapsing from 110-3 to 145 all out in 2nd innings.
possibly but Kuldeep played like 6 tests in 2016-19 where as Ishant was a regular and the 4th most active bowler in that period