We seem to be going downhill in all formats. I know it's not down to one reason, but the way our short summer is broken to accommodate four formats is a significant contributory factor, in my opinion. Our elite players don't play one-day games, we don't play enough 4-day cricket (especially on tracks that give spinners a chance), and now our T20-ers are getting biffed. I expect we'll knock off these 248 runs with five overs to spare now to make me sound like a ranting fool.
That man Dube, the so called non-bowler and the one Buttler and those that wanted an excuse for our defeat in the last game, has just come on to bowl, as he does, seam up. And taken the prized wicket of Salt for 55 with his very first ball.
97 all out. India win by 150 runs and the biggest defeat England have suffered in a T20 international. An absolute embarrassment of a performance especially taking into account that we had our strongest team out whereas India have had to replace so many of their former and current stars.
What an embarrassing display by England. Not just beaten but humiliated. Brook and Livingston have been awful this trip. Wood, Archer and Overton have been carted everywhere. Can’t understand why Mahmood was dropped for this game. Carse was our best fast bowler.
We seem to be going downhill in all formats. I know it's not down to one reason, but the way our short summer is broken to accommodate four formats is a significant contributory factor, in my opinion. Our elite players don't play one-day games, we don't play enough 4-day cricket (especially on tracks that give spinners a chance), and now our T20-ers are getting biffed. I expect we'll knock off these 248 runs with five overs to spare now to make me sound like a ranting fool.
Results for the last 12 months:
In all formats - Won 22 Lost 22
Tests - Won 8 Lost 8 ODIs - Won 3 Lost 5 T20s - Won 11 Lost 9
That really isn't very good given how much funding and support our team receives and that those victories include T20 wins against the likes of Namibia, Oman and USA.
We seem to be going downhill in all formats. I know it's not down to one reason, but the way our short summer is broken to accommodate four formats is a significant contributory factor, in my opinion. Our elite players don't play one-day games, we don't play enough 4-day cricket (especially on tracks that give spinners a chance), and now our T20-ers are getting biffed. I expect we'll knock off these 248 runs with five overs to spare now to make me sound like a ranting fool.
Results for the last 12 months:
In all formats - Won 22 Lost 22
Tests - Won 8 Lost 8 ODIs - Won 3 Lost 5 T20s - Won 11 Lost 9
That really isn't very good given how much funding and support our team receives and that those victories include T20 wins against the likes of Namibia, Oman and USA.
I wonder what the Test record will look like after we've played India and Australia in 2025/Jan 2026.
We seem to be going downhill in all formats. I know it's not down to one reason, but the way our short summer is broken to accommodate four formats is a significant contributory factor, in my opinion. Our elite players don't play one-day games, we don't play enough 4-day cricket (especially on tracks that give spinners a chance), and now our T20-ers are getting biffed. I expect we'll knock off these 248 runs with five overs to spare now to make me sound like a ranting fool.
Results for the last 12 months:
In all formats - Won 22 Lost 22
Tests - Won 8 Lost 8 ODIs - Won 3 Lost 5 T20s - Won 11 Lost 9
That really isn't very good given how much funding and support our team receives and that those victories include T20 wins against the likes of Namibia, Oman and USA.
Initially Bazball got decent results at test level. We were a mediocre test side and we suddenly started winning, at the price that the occasional defeat tended to be a humiliation. We're probably still doing better overall at test level than we were before. But we've run into the problem that was always obvious; Bazball is one-dimensional and oppositions know how England are going to play and can work out tactics confident that they won't face any surprises.
England win the toss and will bat! Root comes in with three seamers plus Adil Rashid and the rest of the overs to be shared between Livingstone, Root and Bethell. For India, Kohli misses the game with a knee injury but there are still half a dozen changes from the team that played in the T20 series between the sides.
A collapse, all started by some exceptionally lazy running from Duckett that left Salt stranded. Duckett then mistimed a pull and Brook has just been strangled down the legside. We've gone from 75-0 to 77-3.
Even with Buttler out now, providing we get to the last 10 overs not losing any more wickets. Bethell, Livingstone, Carse etc are more than capable of going at 10 an over plus at that point. This should be the "lull before the storm" !!!
Even with Buttler out now, providing we get to the last 10 overs not losing any more wickets. Bethell, Livingstone, Carse etc are more than capable of going at 10 an over plus at that point. This should be the "lull before the storm" !!!
But not if Livingstone bats like that before the storm!!!
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Results for the last 12 months:
In all formats - Won 22 Lost 22
Tests - Won 8 Lost 8
ODIs - Won 3 Lost 5
T20s - Won 11 Lost 9
That really isn't very good given how much funding and support our team receives and that those victories include T20 wins against the likes of Namibia, Oman and USA.
Jadaja with the bowling. Root out. 111-4
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