SURRENDER AT SOUTHAMPTON
Sloppy fielding can take out the sting of a bowling attack and the way
Jadeja dropped Cook on 15, we lost the way and finished losers even
before lunch on the final day at Southampton In Ishant Sharma's
absence, the bowlers were flat. Forget 20, they didn't look like
picking up 10 wickets. India's shoddy slip catching contributed to
debutant Pankaj Singh ending up wicket less. T.A. Sekher from Tamil
Nadu suffered like him in Pakistan went wicket less in the entire
series. The opening partnership is yet to add 50 outside Asia. This is
a very old weakness. Most of the Indian players have weakness playing
the balls pitched outside the off stump. The middle order got in and
fell to soft dismissals. As we lack a quality off spinner in the
playing XI, left handed batsmen in the English team got a good look at
the military medium pace bowling and part-time spin bowling to
accumulate at will and at a faster pace. Seven batsmen strategy
boomeranged as Rohit Sharma showed dismal form in both the innings
with his lazy approach. England batsmen struck to their task and
punished poor length bowling. On the other hand English bowlers meant
business as Dhawan could score only 6 and the wickets fell at regular
intervals and even avoiding follow on appeared very difficult. In the
second essay the so called star batsmen in the side succumbed to the
pressure without semblance of fight and the team was in shambles on
the fifth morning. Moeen Ali taking six wickets against accomplished
players of spin was the perfect riposte to Ishant's bouncing out of
England's batsmen at Lord's. Surrender at Southampton was complete
and lost the vice like grip after the Lord's test win.
Cricket is sideways game and the team should learn how to come out of
woods. But the Indian Team failed to maintain the lead the bowlers won
at Lord's. Southampton show was not only shameful but disastrous.
From the day one the team was under pressure despite getting a dubious
decision in their favour when Ballance was ruled out by the field
umpire. Still the lower order batsmen plundered runs and the English
Lions feeling pressure of not winning a single test in the last 10
outings tighten the screws on Team India and made a match of it. As a
matter of fact, Dhoni and his bowlers failed to dismiss English Team
even once in this test match and the declaration saved the team from
further embarrassment. The bowling side appeared very weak with the
absence of Ishant Sharma, the hero of the first test with an inspired
spell of bowling. After losing the toss, there was no plan to upset
the English batting line up and the poor catching added salt to the
wound. The spin department lacked bite and Jadeja was just going
through motions and the dubious decisions helped him to get some
wickets. He gave away 156 runs in the first outing and added another
52 runs in the second innings to add to our woes. It is time to play
with a regular off-spinner. The move to drop Ashwin in South Africa
and then in New Zealand put paid our winning hopes there but Lord's
test win pinned hopes on part time spinners. They proved neither good
in bowling or in batting resulting in a huge loss. Southampton defeat
showcased our inability to play long innings in the conventional form
of the game and hence the defeat was not a surprising one. Dhoni
lacks imaginary captaincy and it is time to go for a change of
leadership if we wish to outdo teams on overseas tours on a regular
basis.
Coming back after being 1-0 down is not so easy but Cook made it right
after promising to do well after the Lord's loss. He batted well
upfront, used his bowlers cleverly and fielded very well in the slip
region to hit a purple patch at Rose Bowl. Captain should lead from
the front and Cook did it in style in the second test. He gauged
India's weakness against a pace cum spin attack and proved his worth
in the 11th game as captain. Indian team on other hand capitulated
and failed maintain form and complacency struck hard to play poor
cricket even after having an early lead in the series. The same thing
they did after the Ahmadabad test and lost the series 1-2 to England
at home. Winning is a habit and team selection play a crucial role in
helping out a winning cause. By picking Pankaj Singh and Rohit Sharma
both batting bowling were exposed and England edged out India in the
end. Out of 13 sessions of play in this test match, England managed to
get 100% record which is a unique one in the conventional form of the
game. Anderson proved that he is son of the soil with superlative
swing bowling and Moeen Ali proved an admirable foil in achieving an
emphatic win. Moeen Ali claimed six wickets as England beat India by
266 runs to win the third test and level the series at 1-1 with two to
play. Spinner Moeen took six for 67 - the first five-wicket haul of
his test career - as India were bowled out for 178 in their second
innings. England took the remaining six wickets they needed in the
morning session on the final day to secure a first test win since they
beat Australia at Durham in August of last year, ending a run of 10
matches without victory. The fourth test starts at Old Trafford on
Aug. 7.
Sloppy fielding can take out the sting of a bowling attack and the way
Jadeja dropped Cook on 15, we lost the way and finished losers even
before lunch on the final day at Southampton In Ishant Sharma's
absence, the bowlers were flat. Forget 20, they didn't look like
picking up 10 wickets. India's shoddy slip catching contributed to
debutant Pankaj Singh ending up wicket less. T.A. Sekher from Tamil
Nadu suffered like him in Pakistan went wicket less in the entire
series. The opening partnership is yet to add 50 outside Asia. This is
a very old weakness. Most of the Indian players have weakness playing
the balls pitched outside the off stump. The middle order got in and
fell to soft dismissals. As we lack a quality off spinner in the
playing XI, left handed batsmen in the English team got a good look at
the military medium pace bowling and part-time spin bowling to
accumulate at will and at a faster pace. Seven batsmen strategy
boomeranged as Rohit Sharma showed dismal form in both the innings
with his lazy approach. England batsmen struck to their task and
punished poor length bowling. On the other hand English bowlers meant
business as Dhawan could score only 6 and the wickets fell at regular
intervals and even avoiding follow on appeared very difficult. In the
second essay the so called star batsmen in the side succumbed to the
pressure without semblance of fight and the team was in shambles on
the fifth morning. Moeen Ali taking six wickets against accomplished
players of spin was the perfect riposte to Ishant's bouncing out of
England's batsmen at Lord's. Surrender at Southampton was complete
and lost the vice like grip after the Lord's test win.
Cricket is sideways game and the team should learn how to come out of
woods. But the Indian Team failed to maintain the lead the bowlers won
at Lord's. Southampton show was not only shameful but disastrous.
From the day one the team was under pressure despite getting a dubious
decision in their favour when Ballance was ruled out by the field
umpire. Still the lower order batsmen plundered runs and the English
Lions feeling pressure of not winning a single test in the last 10
outings tighten the screws on Team India and made a match of it. As a
matter of fact, Dhoni and his bowlers failed to dismiss English Team
even once in this test match and the declaration saved the team from
further embarrassment. The bowling side appeared very weak with the
absence of Ishant Sharma, the hero of the first test with an inspired
spell of bowling. After losing the toss, there was no plan to upset
the English batting line up and the poor catching added salt to the
wound. The spin department lacked bite and Jadeja was just going
through motions and the dubious decisions helped him to get some
wickets. He gave away 156 runs in the first outing and added another
52 runs in the second innings to add to our woes. It is time to play
with a regular off-spinner. The move to drop Ashwin in South Africa
and then in New Zealand put paid our winning hopes there but Lord's
test win pinned hopes on part time spinners. They proved neither good
in bowling or in batting resulting in a huge loss. Southampton defeat
showcased our inability to play long innings in the conventional form
of the game and hence the defeat was not a surprising one. Dhoni
lacks imaginary captaincy and it is time to go for a change of
leadership if we wish to outdo teams on overseas tours on a regular
basis.
Coming back after being 1-0 down is not so easy but Cook made it right
after promising to do well after the Lord's loss. He batted well
upfront, used his bowlers cleverly and fielded very well in the slip
region to hit a purple patch at Rose Bowl. Captain should lead from
the front and Cook did it in style in the second test. He gauged
India's weakness against a pace cum spin attack and proved his worth
in the 11th game as captain. Indian team on other hand capitulated
and failed maintain form and complacency struck hard to play poor
cricket even after having an early lead in the series. The same thing
they did after the Ahmadabad test and lost the series 1-2 to England
at home. Winning is a habit and team selection play a crucial role in
helping out a winning cause. By picking Pankaj Singh and Rohit Sharma
both batting bowling were exposed and England edged out India in the
end. Out of 13 sessions of play in this test match, England managed to
get 100% record which is a unique one in the conventional form of the
game. Anderson proved that he is son of the soil with superlative
swing bowling and Moeen Ali proved an admirable foil in achieving an
emphatic win. Moeen Ali claimed six wickets as England beat India by
266 runs to win the third test and level the series at 1-1 with two to
play. Spinner Moeen took six for 67 - the first five-wicket haul of
his test career - as India were bowled out for 178 in their second
innings. England took the remaining six wickets they needed in the
morning session on the final day to secure a first test win since they
beat Australia at Durham in August of last year, ending a run of 10
matches without victory. The fourth test starts at Old Trafford on
Aug. 7.
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