England have lost four wickets early on Day 4.
Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Farokh Engineer slammed the England players during the ongoing ENG vs IND third Test at the iconic Lord’s Stadium. The former player felt that the English batters can play in a fast-paced approach, commonly known as ‘Bazball,’ only while competing against some of the below-ranked teams.
“They can do Bazball against Bangladesh or Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Against India, they cannot do that. I have always said that in the past. I wish they had adopted Bazball, we would have won the series by now,” he opined.
MAL-W
93/10
ASM-W
97/1
INA
141/10
PHL
142/4
Philippines beat Indonesia by 6 wickets
SK
115/9
INA
116/3
Indonesia beat South Korea by 7 wickets
SL
94/10
BAN
177/7
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 83 runs
GER
160/10
BEL
186/8
Belgium beat Germany by 26 runs
GER
156/5
BEL
152/5
Germany won by 5 wickets
GER
164/0
BEL
160/5
Germany beat Belgium by 10 wickets
GER
176/7
BEL
192/2
Belgium beat Germany by 16 runs
GBT
194/9
BUL
200/2
Bulgaria beat Gibraltar by 8 wickets
BJKW
68/5
FELW
84/4
French Eiffels beat Belgium Jeanekens by 16 runs
BBW
83/4
LMLW
84/4
Luxembourg Mullerthals beat Belgium Belforts by 6 wickets
LMLW
76/0
BBW
74/2
Luxembourg Mullerthals beat Belgium Belforts by 10 wickets
FELW
85/2
LMLW
67/5
French Eiffels beat Luxembourg Mullerthals by 18 runs
VBG
–
KNCC
–
VBG
–
SCK
–
KNCC
–
LEM
–
SCK
–
GCA
–
GCA
–
LEM
–
NVR
185/6
CCC
173/6
Navarang Club beat City Cricket Club by 12 runs
GTC
180/6
NAJC
179/4
Gauhati Town Club beat Nabajyoti Club by 4 wickets
91YC
–
NVR
–
GTC
–
BCC
–
HH
150/10
RR
151/6
Rangpur Riders beat Hobart Hurricanes by 1 runs
GAW
–
DC
–
CHK
–
STCC
200/1
GUJCC
–
RLC
–
WAF
–
MINY
–
KAK
161/10
YAR
214/3
Yanam Royals beat Karaikal Kniights by 53 runs
VMK
216/6
OAW
195/10
Villianur Mohit Kings beat Ossudu Accord Warriors by 21 runs
ML
182/7
GER
219/7
Germany won by 37 runs
BHN
89/10
TAN
90/0
Tanzania beat Bahrain by 10 wickets
AUS A
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SL-A
272/10
WOR
100/3
LEI
173/6
HAM
54/1
SUSS
167/7
GLAM
61/3
GLO
175/6
BB
42/2
NOR
240/6
YOR
151/9
DER
73/0
LAN
42/1
DURH
155/7
SURR
201/6
SOM
–
KENT
–
MID
111/4
LAN-W
148/7
DUR-W
149/8
Durham Women won by 2 wickets
SUR-W
175/6
SOM-W
107/10
Surrey Women beat Somerset Women by 68 runs
HAM-W
149/6
BRB-W
165/9
Birmingham Bears Women beat Hampshire Women by 16 runs
ESS-W
104/9
TBLZ-W
139/10
The Blaze Women beat Essex Women by 35 runs
ZIM
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SA
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He also took a dig at England’s opener Zak Crawley for deliberately wasting time in the final few minutes of the game on Day 3. The batter also got involved in a verbal confrontation with the newly appointed India captain, Shubman Gill. However, after putting in all the efforts and tactics, England successfully avoided playing the second over before the stumps of an enthralling third day.
“English people will call it professionalism but I would call it cheating. That was timewasting tactics. They did not want to face another over which was very obvious. He could have been discrete about it but he made it look so obvious,” added the former keeper.
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The star pair of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant started Day 3 brilliantly as they guided India from 145 to 247 without loss. But the sudden run-out of Pant in the final over before the lunch break shifted the momentum towards the English dugout. Though Rahul brought up his second century at the prestigious venue, he could not continue to make it a big one. He got out at 100.
Later, a crucial 72-run partnership between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja, followed by a 23-run contribution from all-rounder Washington Sundar, helped India level the first innings scores at 387. England faced just an opening over from the ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah and added two runs to the scoreboard before finishing off the day. India wanted to hurry and bowl a second over, but couldn’t because of the drama that followed.
Following the heated verbal exchanges of Day 3, the Indian bowling lineup started the penultimate day with a similar form of play. Mohammed Siraj struck twice to remove opener Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope. Youngster Nitish Kumar Reddy and the last fixture’s hero, Akash Deep, dismissed Crawley and Harry Brook, respectively. At the time of writing, England are at 125/4, with Joe Root and skipper Ben Stokes at the crease.
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