The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

That is a pretty shocking effort. Root and Bairstow are really delivering nothing this series.

Root reverse sweep gobbled up by slip fielder was indeed a shocking effort.

[Risso]

An absolutely dismal day's play, like England of old. Absolute collapse, and then some help yourself bowling.

[Richard]

Surely time is up for Bairstow, he can still play one dayers. I'd like to see Hain given a chance in the summer, but he probably won't be.

[KevinGage]

That is a pretty shocking effort. Root and Bairstow are really delivering nothing this series.

Root reverse sweep gobbled up by slip fielder was indeed a shocking effort.

Pretty brainless stuff from Root and Hartley with the bat, considering the match situation.

I know Bazball boofball is supposed to be front foot attack attack attack. But there's still some merit to playing yourself in and maybe getting to 20/30 before you try the extravagant premeditated shots.

Boof ODI merchants like Bairstow and (previously Butler) can prob look to go big from the first or second ball. But Root at his best scores at a decent lick with the method that's served him well up until this year, so I don't get what he's trying to do now.

[Monty]

Yeah this hasn't been like last test, just what great bowling can do to you. Too many thrown away on a really inviting track, and now view the harvest.

[PaulWinch again]

Duckett played brilliantly, but he does come across a bit daft - : "The more the better. This team is all about doing special things and creating history. They can have as many as they want and we'll go and get them."

Nah Ben it’s ok to acknowledge that you aside we haven’t been very good here. It’s not a master plan and we almost certainly won’t chase whatever massive total is set.

[taylorsworkrate]

Our batting collectively has been poor this series. 2 superlative innings (one from Pope and one from Duckett) have flattered the displays.

I love the way that England approach the game, but that should not make them immune from criticism. Its almost as though "oh well, thats the way they play", is used as a shield to deflect from poor efforts. The collapse today was truly pathetic. The pitch was stl good and Ashwin wasn't a factor.

[Villan For Life]

Ravi Ashwin is back for day four. I think India will declare around lunchtime today and we will be lucky to get to day five.

[Villan For Life]

This is very painful viewing. A lead of 555 and they are just rubbing our noses in it.

Declared….Jaiswal batted beautifully and Sarafaraz looks a real find.

[Villafirst]

England threw away the advantage they gained on day two. Reckless shots played and here we are again. They haven't learned from the Ashes series last summer.

[PaulWinch again]

The Duckett innings aside this has been a pretty poor Test match, just generally sloppy and poor. That’s not a comment on England’s style, more we’ve just played poorly.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh dear the wheels are fully off.

[Villafirst]

Duckett's run out sums England up. Why even risk it so early in the innings!!

[PaulWinch again]

I love what McCullum and Stokes have done since they’ve come in - some of them rough edges have needed sharpening but philosophically it’s the right idea and they’ve brought through players who are clearly good enough who wouldn’t have had an opportunity previously.

However, there’s no getting away from the fact that the last two days have been absolutely shocking from a performance level point of view, irrespective of the style of play. I hope they front into that internally (I’m sure they won’t in the press). It’s fine to have a positive mindset, but you have to understand why things have gone wrong. The other broader problem this series is they’ve failed/borderline failed in all their first innings with the bat.

[taylorsworkrate]

Take out the two incredible innings from Duckett and Pope, and the batting has been shambolic. In all fairness they've had very good pitches to bat on too.