Summary Jaiswal hits fluent century before retiring hurt on 104; Gill reaches fifty off 98 balls Rohit out lbw on review to Root; Patidar falls for duck to Hartley England slump from overnight 207-2 to 319 all out Duckett falls for sublime 153; Siraj 4-84, Jadeja 2-51, Kuldeep 2-77 Day three, third Test, Rajkot - series level at 1-1 Poor day for England. Close - India lead England by 322 runs with 8 wickets remaining
Dismal England slump to 28-4 in chase of 557 against India Summary Duckett run out after mix-up, Crawley lbw to Bumrah & Pope nicks Jadeja to slip Jaiswal makes brilliant double ton including 12 sixes - joint most in Test knock India 430-4 dec: Jaiswal 214*, Gill 91, Sarfaraz 68* India spinner Ashwin returns to Test Third Test, day four, Rajkot - series level at 1-1
England spiralled to a miserable and massive defeat by India on the fourth day of the third Test in Rajkot. In perhaps their worst performance since captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum took charge, England were dismantled by Yashasvi Jaiswal's 214 not out, then capitulated with the bat. Set a notional 557 to win, the tourists were bundled out for an embarrassing 122 in a blur of irresponsible strokes. The 434-run margin of defeat is England's largest in terms of runs since 1934 and India's biggest of all time. India, who take a 2-1 lead in the series, were led by the brilliant Jaiswal's second double century in as many Tests. No comment
Perhaps Joe Root has today brought a bit of sense back to English test cricket and an end to this slogaball nonsense which had become a disaster on the back of a stream of players out to irresponsible strokes because the other teams had adjusted their own tactics to deal with it. If that means a new coach and a new Captain with Stokes returning to the ranks so be it.
Close of play. Fourth Test, Ranchi (day one of five) England 302-7: Root 106*, Foakes 47; Deep 3-70 Better day for England.
Commentators early on suggested 250 might be a par score on that pitch, so on that basis England on top. The ball that got Stokes a case in point as it struck him just shin high.
Fourth Test, Ranchi (day two of five) England 353 all out: Root 122*, Robinson 58; Jadeja 4-67 India 219-7: Jaiswal 73; Bashir 4-84, Hartley 2-47 India trail England by 134 runs England on top atm
Fourth Test, Ranchi (day two of five) Close of play England 353 all out: Root 122*, Robinson 58; Jadeja 4-67 India 219-7: Jaiswal 73; Bashir 4-84, Hartley 2-47 India trail England by 134 runs
Disastrous day for England Fourth Test, Ranchi (day three of five) England 353 (Root 122*) & 145 (Crawley 60, Ashwin 5-51) India 307 (Jurel 90, Jaiswal 73; Bashir 5-119) & 40-0 (Rohit 24*) India need 152 more runs to win
Fourth Test, Ranchi (day four of five) England 353 (Root 122*) & 145 (Crawley 60, Ashwin 5-51) India 307 (Jurel 90, Jaiswal 73; Bashir 5-119) & 192-5 (Gill 52*, Jurel 39*; Bashir 3-79) India won by five wickets, lead series 3-1 Comfortable win in the end for India
Summary Woeful England slump from 175-3 to 218 all out India spinners take all 10 wickets - Kuldeep claims 5-72; Crawley hits 79 Ashwin, playing 100th Test, cleans up tail to take 4-51; Jadeja removes Root Fifth Test, day one, Dharamsala India have unassailable 3-1 lead in series
7 MAR 2024MEN'S INTERNATIONAL TEST MATCH SERIES - DAY 3 OF 5 India First innings477 all out England First innings218 all out Second innings195 all out India win by an innings and 64 runs Disastrous performance. Really poor show by England
Various players are underperforming according to the media, but Stokes is never mentioned. 199 runs in ten innings is well below par. Bairstow got 238. That's numbers 5 and 6 contributing just 437 at just under 22 per innings. Plus rookie spin bowlers who overall did ok, but figures compared to the Indian spinners tell the tale.
