England crush India by an innings and 54 runs
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England crush India by an innings and 54 runs to win the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Victory, achieved with more than two days to spare, put England 2-1 up in the five-match series ahead of next week's concluding Test at The Oval.
India lost six wickets for 52 runs as they suffered a spectacular collapse after tea on the third day, with off-spinner Moeen Ali taking four for 39.
Pace bowling all-rounder Chris Jordan took the last two Indian wickets in as many balls, yorking last man Pankaj Singh for a golden duck as India were bowled out for 161 in their second innings.
Brief scores
India 1st Innings 152 (MS Dhoni 71; S Broad 6-25, J Anderson 3-46) England 1st Innings 367 (J Root 77, J Buttler 70, I Bell 58; B Kumar 3-75, V Aaron 3-97)
India 2nd Innings 161 (M Ali 4-39)
Result: England won by an innings and 54 runs
Series: England lead five-match series 2-1.
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Aug 09, 2014 10:57pm
Where is BCCI now? Maybe planning their next money making move! Indian cricket prowess totally exposed.
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Aug 09, 2014 10:59pm
Beard is no hindrance to be a best Cricketer or anybody else.
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Aug 09, 2014 11:00pm
I think too much of T20 has affected test cricket in India. Also shows that overseas performance of Indian will remain a question mark..
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Aug 09, 2014 11:13pm
This is where this so called champion team belongs to... only capable of playing on dead wickets of the continent with only knowing how to hit the ball out of ground -- thanks to IPL.
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Aug 09, 2014 11:20pm
It sad to see India humiliated like this. But it is fault of IPL T20 in India. Indian players have forgotton Test Cricket style of the game. Credit goes to Sri Navasan and company for reducing Test Cricket in India to shambles.
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Aug 09, 2014 11:36pm
Something is not right here. A team collapsing not once but twice within 3 days requires someone to investigate the match. If it were Pakistan, someone definitely would have pointed towards match fixing. Shouldn't ICC look at such pathetic surrender of Indians in the last two test matches?
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Aug 09, 2014 11:59pm
Rooting for Sangakkara to score his 13th double ton and become the highest double ton scorer in the world and flying the SAARC flag high.
Majyd Aziz
Founder Chairman
Pakistan Sri Lanka Business Forum
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Aug 10, 2014 12:00am
Nine Indian wickets fell in just one session and that too against 10 men (without Broad). That must be some kind of a record. Virat Kohli has become Anderson
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Aug 10, 2014 12:01am
India needs to either give up T20 cricket (which is virtually impossible due to the money involved) or stop playing Test cricket.
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Aug 10, 2014 12:22am
Defeated not an issue but the way it went through really painful. Hope you learn from this MS
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Aug 10, 2014 12:35am
There is something seriously wrong. Winning and lossing is a part of game but the main thing is how you played the game.
I saw the match no resistance from the Indians.
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Aug 10, 2014 01:08am
Virat Kohli should perform in test cricket to prove himself a genuine batsman.
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Aug 10, 2014 02:38am
Sarah must be celebrating...I am surprised at her absence!!!
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Aug 10, 2014 05:04am
Cool.
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Aug 10, 2014 05:07am
@Harmony I can speak for myself. I am delighted. Not celebrating exactly.
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Aug 10, 2014 05:18am
Kohli is bound to come back in last test. He is extremely talented cricketer of modern of era. Win or lose is a part of any ball game. There is nothing to be ashamed of losing to a far better opponent. Teams from sub-continent hardly perform in English environment (apart from recent sri-lanka's performance). Moeen Ali is becoming an Indian tormentor.
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Aug 10, 2014 09:52am
@Rogers Evans No. India was always weak when playing overseas. Especially, on fast and bouncy wickets India was never a great team. IPL has actually benefitted Indian cricket in a huge way. This has given Indian team one world cup and place on big 3 in ICC. What else do you want? Sky?
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Aug 10, 2014 10:18am
Just as I predicted: Win 4th test, draw 5th test and send these losers home!!
Well played England!!! Outplayed India in all department!!! With the exception of MS Dhoni & Ashwin send everyone home and get new 9 players.... LOL!!
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Aug 10, 2014 10:49am
What a great news....
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Aug 10, 2014 12:36pm
Is it a "gift" for Mr.Gavaskar (Mr.Clean) from Dhoni & Co.
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Aug 10, 2014 12:44pm
@zafar So you mean India should not lose any match or have a bad phase just because BCCI is strong? Talk sense. BCCI is dominant administration, it doesnt play on feild. Its domination is linked to the financials, not the quality of game.
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Aug 10, 2014 05:22pm
They were not fast and bouncy wickets. They certainly had some bounce. Indian cricket team failed in basics in all departments including captaincy. The individuals mattered rather than the team's interest.It's as simple as that. So,Indians remained as paper tigers and mere cricket bullies.
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Aug 10, 2014 06:03pm
India the big daddy of cricket with billion population is humiliated by white anglo saxon plus Moeen Ali.
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Aug 10, 2014 08:42pm
@fida sayani The same way SL humiliated Pakistan today
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