England Winter Tour of India 2024

[Gary]

No earlier wickets, India now 78 without loss, 114 for the series victory

[colp]

120/4. It's not over yet! Still 72 required.

7.03am Update, 131/5, three wickets for Bashir.

07.53am 168/5 the end is nigh.

8.08am India win by five wickets and win the series.

[slogen51]

India win by 5 wickets

Sounds like a few wobbles this morning

[colp]

Sadly not as bad as an England wobble/collapse.

[slogen51]

The Wobble does seem to be an England specialty, always has been

India 3-1 up in the five Test series it could have been 2-2 but it could easily have been 4-0 in this Topsy Turvy series

Baz Ball - Entertaining losers?

No Kohli but India at home are extremely good and difficult if not impossible to beat over 5 matches

[Gary]

England team for the final Test

England Men's XI

1. Zak Crawley
2. Ben Duckett
3. Ollie Pope
4. Joe Root
5. Jonny Bairstow
6. Ben Stokes (C)
7. Ben Foakes
8. Tom Hartley
9. Mark Wood
10. James Anderson
11. Shoaib Bashir

[Gary]

England won the Toss and decided to bat. Just made 50 without loss

[Gary]

Woke up to the carnage 194 for 8. Lost 5 wickets for 8 run need Foakes to score big and somehow get to about 300

[Gary]

There goes England last hope. Foakes unluckily gone for 24. 218 for 9

[Gary]

218 all out

[davem]

Woke up with the score at 124-2, by the time I was ready to leave for work the damage was done and it was a foregone conclusion...

[Gary]

India 376 for 3 at Tea. Leading by 158. Guess the only good news is Stokes has been bowling and got a wicket

[davem]

Afraid I'd have had Jimmy on for the last few overs rather than Woody. As he's now on 699 wickets and with India highly unlikely to bat again I'd have wanted to give him the shot at 700 in case he doesn't play a test again...?

[Gary]

I can’t imagine Jimmy would end on an overseas tour. I’m guessing we’ll see him 10th July at Lords. 11am with ball in hand if England bowls first against the West Indies.

Back to this match, like you can’t see England bowling again. I’m back at work this evening. So will be able to watch the first couple of hours of calamity tomorrow morning

[Gary]

Jimmy gets number 700! 477 for 9

[Gary]

All out 477, leading by a massive 259

[Gary]

Duckett already gone 2 for 1. I go to bed after my shift around 06.30. See how many have fallen by then

[Gary]

Crawley also gone 0, 21 for 2

[slogen51]

Laying on a bed in the Sino Centurian Palace listening to the commentary before breakfast

England 119-6 trailing by 140

As the commentator said - "This is getting Ugly"

[Mike]

England 195 all out, India win by an innings and 64 runs.