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West Indies (297 & 28/0) beat England (204 & 120) by 10 wickets in the 3rd Test - Take series 1-0
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">England last 17 Tests:<br><br>Won 1<br>Lost 11<br>Drawn 5<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIvENG</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1508104874709467140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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England slumped to a chastening 10-wicket defeat early on the fourth day of the third Test to lose their series against West Indies 1-0.
After a dismal third day, England began 103-8, leading by just 10, and the hosts claimed the final two wickets within the first hour to have them all out for 120.
That set a target of just 28 and West Indies cantered to victory inside five overs to clinch the Richards-Botham trophy.
England have now lost four Test series' in a row - five if the unfinished India series which Joe Root's side trailed 2-1 is included - and are winless in nine matches.
The defeat, which comes on the back of a humiliating 4-0 Ashes loss, leaves England bottom of the World Test Championship table.
It looks set to reignite intense debate about the state of the men's Test team - a side at one of its' lowest points in recent memory.
England in crisis
Not since the 2013-14 Ashes capitulation, and the break-up of a team that followed, have England gone as many Tests without a win.
They have also won just one of 17 Tests going back to February last year - and not had such a poor run since the 1980s.
The result was all-but certain after England collapsed a day earlier in their second innings and the formalities were completed in less than 90 minutes of play.
Prior to this series England talked of a 'red-ball reset' and a wish to refocus on the longest format following the Ashes debacle.
There were flashes of promise in the first two Tests - a century for Zak Crawley, runs for Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes' return to form and Saqib Mahmood's encouraging debut. But their dismal display has their rebirth in tatters.
England next play a Test in June, at home against New Zealand, where they will hope to have appointed a new managing director and head coach, while captain Root's position will also come into question.
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After a dismal third day, England began 103-8, leading by just 10, and the hosts claimed the final two wickets within the first hour to have them all out for 120.
That set a target of just 28 and West Indies cantered to victory inside five overs to clinch the Richards-Botham trophy.
England have now lost four Test series' in a row - five if the unfinished India series which Joe Root's side trailed 2-1 is included - and are winless in nine matches.
The defeat, which comes on the back of a humiliating 4-0 Ashes loss, leaves England bottom of the World Test Championship table.
It looks set to reignite intense debate about the state of the men's Test team - a side at one of its' lowest points in recent memory.
England in crisis
Not since the 2013-14 Ashes capitulation, and the break-up of a team that followed, have England gone as many Tests without a win.
They have also won just one of 17 Tests going back to February last year - and not had such a poor run since the 1980s.
The result was all-but certain after England collapsed a day earlier in their second innings and the formalities were completed in less than 90 minutes of play.
Prior to this series England talked of a 'red-ball reset' and a wish to refocus on the longest format following the Ashes debacle.
There were flashes of promise in the first two Tests - a century for Zak Crawley, runs for Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes' return to form and Saqib Mahmood's encouraging debut. But their dismal display has their rebirth in tatters.
England next play a Test in June, at home against New Zealand, where they will hope to have appointed a new managing director and head coach, while captain Root's position will also come into question.
BBC
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WI have been on decline since 1995 and since then england have won just w
one series in the WI. When england have toured in ladt 27 the WI have had some pretty average sides but still managed to keep turning england over.
one series in the WI. When england have toured in ladt 27 the WI have had some pretty average sides but still managed to keep turning england over.
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lets hope Rameez and babar dont make england look like world beaters this winter.
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Root , speaking on BT Sport...
"I think I've made it quite clear at the start of this game and throughout this tour, I'm very passionate about taking this team forward and I will control what I can.
"I don't think it is ever in your hands completely. I feel like the group are very much behind me, we're doing a lot of good things and we just need to turn that into results now."
"We've got to show more of what we showed on the first day of this tour, when we find ourselves in those situations, that we can stand up and get ourselves to a competitive total. We've shown that we can do it, we need to do it more frequently. That's the frustration.
"I would say that the first day of the first Test match were among the more tricky conditions that we've had.
"I thought the attitude throughout the whole (tour) has been brilliant. In that respect, we've definitely made big improvements. There are so many good things that we can taken away but we've come here to win and we've not."
"I think, immediately, there is the frustration with how it's finished because throughout this series I think we've played some really good cricket. We've shown what we're capable of as a group. We've grown over the first two games as a batting group. We've taken big strides in that department and then yesterday really let us down, it really hurt us.
"It was an important day in the series and we just didn't stand up to it well enough. Unfortunately, it finds us in this position where we've ended up losing a series in which we've played so much brilliant cricket."
"I think I've made it quite clear at the start of this game and throughout this tour, I'm very passionate about taking this team forward and I will control what I can.
"I don't think it is ever in your hands completely. I feel like the group are very much behind me, we're doing a lot of good things and we just need to turn that into results now."
"We've got to show more of what we showed on the first day of this tour, when we find ourselves in those situations, that we can stand up and get ourselves to a competitive total. We've shown that we can do it, we need to do it more frequently. That's the frustration.
"I would say that the first day of the first Test match were among the more tricky conditions that we've had.
"I thought the attitude throughout the whole (tour) has been brilliant. In that respect, we've definitely made big improvements. There are so many good things that we can taken away but we've come here to win and we've not."
"I think, immediately, there is the frustration with how it's finished because throughout this series I think we've played some really good cricket. We've shown what we're capable of as a group. We've grown over the first two games as a batting group. We've taken big strides in that department and then yesterday really let us down, it really hurt us.
"It was an important day in the series and we just didn't stand up to it well enough. Unfortunately, it finds us in this position where we've ended up losing a series in which we've played so much brilliant cricket."
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<b>England series review</b>
So that goes down as five Test series losses in a row and counting for England.
Yes there are indeed some positives to take from the tour:
+ Bravely (if controversially) trying to move on from Broad and Anderson, and standing by this decision even when Robinson and Wood got injured
+ Leach’s lengthy, accurate spells which showcased both his ability and his fitness
+ Saq Mahmood’s skiddy and fast reverse-swinging bowling spells
+ Foakes as keeper
+ Lees solid (if steady) as opener
+ Great tons for Crawley and Bairstow
+ Stokes back on form with bat and ball
+ Two more centuries for Root, this time batting higher up at 3; it suits him and is the right place for him to bat at the moment
+ Dan Lawrence’s quirky and useful part-time “golden bowling arm” and his positive intent with the bat
+ Almost all of the catches were taken
+ Resilient lower order batting
This “reset” England side actually won the majority of sessions in the series, but they also had the worst batting collapses and lost the big moments (as ever) and this ended up costing them the high price of a 1-0 loss away in the Caribbean.
England do need to move on from Stuart and Jimmy, but speaking brutally here, with other bowlers! — someone who is actually good, to partner up with Saq Mahmood. Because the new ball bowling from Woakes and Overton was absolutely awful throughout the series. It was extremely wayward and unthreatening.
Ollie Robinson is talented, but his fitness standards have proved to be very poor, so he also might not be the answer with the ball.
Time after time, new ball incompetence allowed the West Indies openers and consequently the rest of their batting lineup to book in for bed & breakfast, and this cost England a great deal.
Root’s captaincy and reactive field placings did not help matters during these passages of play either.
England still don’t know how to use the DRS as a fielding side and this needs to improve as well.
And despite the measured, promising century from Crawley, he played some horrendous shots in his other innings. Zak seems to be an “all or nothing” opener where he gets out super cheaply and early when it’s not his day & he doesn’t manage to hit his way into touch for a big score. Dan Lawrence also made some poor misjudgments despite his potential to be a dominant batter.
On the scoresheets almost all of England’s good work in the opening two Tests will now be forgotten. The 1-0 to West Indies is what will sit there and remain.
England when they are under genuine pressure, particularly with the bat, just bottle it and go from a middling side to a dreadful one.
Joe is arguably the world’s best batsman, and we fans really do love him, but as the captain he is accountable for this persistent underlying psychological weakness which runs through HIS team. It has been the biggest failure of his leadership.
The results don’t lie — five consecutive series losses is an unacceptable record — and this time, unfortunately, Joe should be paying for it with his job.
So that goes down as five Test series losses in a row and counting for England.
Yes there are indeed some positives to take from the tour:
+ Bravely (if controversially) trying to move on from Broad and Anderson, and standing by this decision even when Robinson and Wood got injured
+ Leach’s lengthy, accurate spells which showcased both his ability and his fitness
+ Saq Mahmood’s skiddy and fast reverse-swinging bowling spells
+ Foakes as keeper
+ Lees solid (if steady) as opener
+ Great tons for Crawley and Bairstow
+ Stokes back on form with bat and ball
+ Two more centuries for Root, this time batting higher up at 3; it suits him and is the right place for him to bat at the moment
+ Dan Lawrence’s quirky and useful part-time “golden bowling arm” and his positive intent with the bat
+ Almost all of the catches were taken
+ Resilient lower order batting
This “reset” England side actually won the majority of sessions in the series, but they also had the worst batting collapses and lost the big moments (as ever) and this ended up costing them the high price of a 1-0 loss away in the Caribbean.
England do need to move on from Stuart and Jimmy, but speaking brutally here, with other bowlers! — someone who is actually good, to partner up with Saq Mahmood. Because the new ball bowling from Woakes and Overton was absolutely awful throughout the series. It was extremely wayward and unthreatening.
Ollie Robinson is talented, but his fitness standards have proved to be very poor, so he also might not be the answer with the ball.
Time after time, new ball incompetence allowed the West Indies openers and consequently the rest of their batting lineup to book in for bed & breakfast, and this cost England a great deal.
Root’s captaincy and reactive field placings did not help matters during these passages of play either.
England still don’t know how to use the DRS as a fielding side and this needs to improve as well.
And despite the measured, promising century from Crawley, he played some horrendous shots in his other innings. Zak seems to be an “all or nothing” opener where he gets out super cheaply and early when it’s not his day & he doesn’t manage to hit his way into touch for a big score. Dan Lawrence also made some poor misjudgments despite his potential to be a dominant batter.
On the scoresheets almost all of England’s good work in the opening two Tests will now be forgotten. The 1-0 to West Indies is what will sit there and remain.
England when they are under genuine pressure, particularly with the bat, just bottle it and go from a middling side to a dreadful one.
Joe is arguably the world’s best batsman, and we fans really do love him, but as the captain he is accountable for this persistent underlying psychological weakness which runs through HIS team. It has been the biggest failure of his leadership.
The results don’t lie — five consecutive series losses is an unacceptable record — and this time, unfortunately, Joe should be paying for it with his job.
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London bridge has fallen down indeed!! What a poor show by England. They are a well resourced team as compared to Windies. Poor Root, had one of the best year as a batter and a worst year as captain. Everything went downhill for England after Chennai test.
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