Like buses you wait for ages then two come along with Hartley bowling the master spinner for 0
428/8
Definitely feels like a 3 day test match and the England party can spend a couple of days climbing a mountain or find a golf course before heading home after losing again to the Best home team in the world of cricket.
After England's 1st Innings the test batting average in this series was the same as the batting order with Crawley 1st and Duckett 2nd right down to Anderson the lowest at 11th.
Never seen that before as I guess Root was often the highest average batting at 4.
Hartley is the leading wicket taker in the Series. Fantastic work by him and Bashir on their international debut series. There has to be some context but also an acceptance that they will get even better with the right sort of experience:
We had a very slight sniff when they went 8 down & could have got them all out for 430. Sadly their tail wags rather than trying to hit 6's and with Stokes drop catch right at the end I feel an innings defeat is on the cards.
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403/5 and 3rd wicket for the Tyro spinner.
427-6
427/6
427-7
427/7
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428/8
Definitely feels like a 3 day test match and the England party can spend a couple of days climbing a mountain or find a golf course before heading home after losing again to the Best home team in the world of cricket.
Never seen that before as I guess Root was often the highest average batting at 4.
Hartley 22 @ 35.54
Jadeja 21 @ 27.04
Ashwin 18 @ 25.05
Bumrah 17@ 16.64
Kuldeep 17 @ 20.17
Bashir 16 @ 34.10
Rehan 11 @ 44.00
Anderson 9 @ 37.11
Root 8 @ 51.00
Siraj 6 @ 44.66
Axar 5 @ 41.20
Wood 4 @ 76.29
RIP Duncan Fearnley, former Worcs player and Chairman in their glory period, plus a successful batmaker
Kuldeep c Foakes b Anderson 30
477/9
Bumrah st Foakes b Bashir 20
Fifer for Bashir.
Ashwin has Duckett's number and claims his wicket for the 7th time.
Ben has a good test average but he needs a better defence as he picks the wrong ball to attack after going down the wicket.
2/1
22/2. Ashwin 2-9 and he had both openers discombobulated from his 1st ball.
Ashwin the master craftsman is on a mission to get this game done and dusted.
No sooner said 🤦🏻♂️and Pope c Jaiswal B Ashwin 19
36-3. Ashwin 3/18
36-3