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

[KungFu_Kallis]

wow... that’s embarrassing

 

[Burgey]

Crawley surely just got his papers marked. That's embarrassing.

 

[Spark]

These last few Tests from England really have been like a throwback to the very worst SENA performances in India in the 2010s when the pitches started really turning again

 

[cnerd123]

England have one foot on the plane back home lol. Awful batting so far. Root double ton or bust.

 

[tooextracool]

No point having 9 batsman if none of them truly trust in their defensive technique against spin.

 

[Gnske]

This is somehow worse than watching Faf and Van Zyl trying to play spin on that tour 5 years ago.

 

[Burgey]

Here I was after the first test a touch concerned this outfit might have a touch of resilience about them heading into the next home summer. Should have known better.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Pant actually called that two balls before. "Someone's getting angry" he said. Meant restless but close enough and got the message through to Crawley too apparently.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Fully expecting Ishant to knock over Bairstow right here

 

[Burgey]

Ishant charging in knowing this will be the only spell he has to bowl all game.

 

[Gnske]

Here I was after the first test a touch concerned this outfit might have a touch of resilience about them heading into the next home summer. Should have known better.

wtf how

 

[Burgey]

got the message through to Crawley too apparently.

I think this is overstating things somewhat. Crawley is just ordinary.

 

[Burgey]

wtf how

I know, I know.

 

[silentstriker]

Have wanted them to win all series tbh. They're awful and to be hated, but I'd rather the cricketing equivalent of Stalin's Russia win the series than the Kardashians.

Man that’s painful. Both for you, and to hear.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Ishant's inswinger been a thing of beauty this morning. Rarely get to see that amount of movement on the orthodox inducker these days.

 

[silentstriker]

Gavaskar is an unpleasant little gnome to listen to these days. I get the occasional fighting comment (well, no, I don't really), but the palpable sense of glee/schadenfreude in his voice as he rubs it in is awkward to sit through.

Gavaskar has been terrible to listen to for as long as I can remember to be honest.

 

[Daemon]

Bairstow off the mark against h4xar :o

 

[silentstriker]

Omg an over without a wicket for Axar!

 

[Arachnodouche]

This is such a Patty Cummins type of wicket. He'd be a right handful on this.

 

[Woodster]

It’s never good when your opener is dismissed skying it to mid off early on, but not sure it’s quite the ‘embarrassing’ or ‘gutless’ dismissal claimed here. He’s trying to be positive, we were criticised for not trying to do anything in the first innings of the last Test. Here he’s trying to put some pressure back on Axar, give him something to think about for a change, but it was fairly poorly executed.