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The Independent
12 hours ago
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- The Independent
'We'll find another way': England assistant coach believes they can turn around the second Test against India
Former Warwickshire spinner Jeetan Patel knows how to win games at Edgbaston and he's backing Ben Stokes' team to turn around what had looked a hopeless situation and go 2-0 up in the series. After 150 overs in the field and facing the 587 posted by India, it was a rocky start for the hosts, who collapsed to 25-3 last night and were, at one stage, 84-5 on Friday morning. Speaking to the Guardian, Patel said: 'There's still three days of cricket left. There's a lot of cricket to go. And I think on a fast-scoring ground you never know what can happen sort of stuff. 'We'll just find another way to get over the line. And I think that's the beauty of the team that we have, and the players we have and the belief they have in how they want to play the game.' The early losses of Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope on Thursday evening, both without scoring, meant it was advantage India. Zak Crawley was also out for 19 before the close. With talisman Joe Root also out for 22 early on Friday and then skipper Ben Stokes becoming the third England player to be dismissed for a duck the very next ball, the tourists were cock-a-hoop. However a partnership of over 200 between Harry Brook and Jamie Smith, who both hit centuries, was the perfect counter for England. Earlier, Shubman Gill scored a brilliant 269 to set India on their way to that big first innings total. Of the Indian captain, Patel said: 'The way Shubman batted over the two days has been fantastic. He's put on a proper masterclass in how to bat on a good wicket. The guys threw everything at him, so they're very tired after their efforts. Everyone's all right, everyone's fine, there's just tired minds and tired bodies.'
BBC News
16 hours ago
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- BBC News
Brook and Root steady England after India's new-ball burst
Update: Date: 18:59 BST 3 July Title: Join us on day three... Content: England have plenty to do tomorrow to stay in this Test match. They are going to have battle and chip away at India's mammoth first-innings total. If you have missed any of the action from today you can watch highlights on BBC Four at 19:00 BST or via iPlayer. Scroll down to read the reaction and highlights after the close. Also make sure you check out Matthew Henry's report from Edgbaston. We will, of course, be back with live coverage at 10:30 tomorrow morning for day three with the Test Match Special team providing ball-by-ball commentary. Here's some stories which might be of interest between now then. Update: Date: 18:57 BST 3 July Title: 'Not fussed what's said outside' Content: England coach Jeetan Patel, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra: "The new ball tonight did a little bit and we got it to go as well, so it feels like a little bit of the new ball working at the moment but the boys put in some graft and 150 overs in the dirt takes a lot out of people." Reflecting on the toss: "We won't. I don't think you reflect on what's happened. Hindsight's hindsight. We decided to bowl and we'll stick by that. On the first day it showed enough for us and we created a lot of opportunities and it didn't go our way. The day might've looked different yesterday and this morning if we got those decisions. "People are going to look at any scorecard and make a decision on what they're going to think. I'm not really fussed and I don't think any of us are fussed about what's said outside of the group." On the group's fitness: "The fitness is alright, the boys are just tired. It's taken a lot out of the boys. It was a longer spell than I thought Brooky [Harry Brook] would've bowled." Update: Date: 18:53 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: England suffered a top-order wobble when Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope made ducks and were swiftly followed back into the pavilion by Zak Crawley. However, Joe Root and Harry Brook steadied the ship somewhat. Even if Brook's aggressive approach was questioned at times. They will resume unbeaten on 18 and 30 respectively on Friday. This video can not be played India take two wickets in two balls as England fall to 13-2 This video can not be played Crawley is caught by Nair off the bowling of Siraj Update: Date: 18:52 BST 3 July Title: Get Involved Content: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply) This is the hole England would have found themselves in at Headlingley had it not been for the obliging Indian collapse. This time it went to script. Simon, Hackney Update: Date: 18:50 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Steven FinnFormer England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra The fact that this felt like quite a long, slow innings when India scored at almost four an over is strange looking back now, but that was tough Test match cricket. That intensity is what makes me worry about players coming into Test matches without the proper preparation beforehand. Update: Date: 18:50 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Of course, we should not forget that earlier today Shubman Gill produced a stellar innings as he made the top score by an Indian in England with his majestic 269. This video can not be played Gill reaches 250 runs against England This video can not be played Vaughan analysis of Gill's batting 'masterclass' Update: Date: 18:49 BST 3 July Title: Get Involved Content: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply) I think the pile-on merchants should just take a step back and reflect on what this England team are capable of doing in turning round what seems to be a slam dunk defeat into a victory. It's day two for goodness sake!! Neil from Chester. Update: Date: 18:46 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special So far in this Bazball era they either blow teams away, chase brilliant or they get hammered. They don't play the boring draw because they've never had to. I'll be intrigued to see what happens if England lose a few quick ones tomorrow and if they think we have to dig deep. Update: Date: 18:45 BST 3 July Title: Get Involved Content: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply) The crazy thing about Bazball is that nobody knows whether 77-3 at the end of the second day in response to 587 is a good day or not. From Peter Price in Morecambe Update: Date: 18:40 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special I'm not too sure what England will be thinking. I hope Ben Stokes is thinking, 'we should've batted first'. The way that England bowled today was a slight concern. There were a few things I saw in the field which made me think this looks a bit ominous going forward. Sometimes you bat first to grind the opposition into the dirt and that's what England looked like. They played three tired shots. It couldn't have gone any better for India. They got lucky because Shubman Gill wanted to bowl first and I don't know why you would even consider that. Update: Date: 18:39 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: India captain Shubman Gill speaking to Sky Sports: "Good position to be in with England three down. Hopefully we get a good start tomorrow." On his batting form: "I worked on a few things before the series and after the IPL. Looking at the results, those things are working for me." On what India worked on after the first Test: "Getting the catches was really good confidence for us. Fielding is something we spoke about going into this match. If we were half as good [at Headingley], the result would have been different." Update: Date: 18:35 BST 3 July Title: England 77-3 at stumps Content: Harry Brook sees off the final delivery. That's stumps. India's day, without any shadow of a doubt. Update: Date: 18:35 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special Harry Brook does well not to stand on his stumps there. Update: Date: 19.5 overs Title: Eng 77-3 Content: This video can not be played That's one way to avoid being bowled A square drive from Harry Brook for four off Prasidh Krishna. This partnership now worth a 50. Next ball, Brook jabs one into the pitch and is then like Bambi on ice as the ball loops up and is heading back down towards his stumps. Brook resists the urge to punch the ball - ala Graham Gooch - and instead shoulder barges the ball away. Update: Date: 19.3 overs Title: Eng 73-3 Content: Heart-in-mouth stuff from Joe Root as he takes on a bouncer from Prasidh Krishna and top edges it towards deep square, but the ball does not carry. Three balls left in the day. Harry Brook to face them. Update: Date: 19.2 overs Title: Eng 72-3 Content: Two dots to Joe Root from Prasidh Krishna to start the final over. Update: Date: 18:31 BST 3 July Title: Get Involved Content: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply) Ollie Pope, Josh Tongue, Brydon Carse, Shoaib Bashir - none of them are good enough for Test cricket. I don't care about Pope's hundreds, he's shockingly inconsistent. Drop them all for the next Test and start building a team that can actually complete Down Under. Brett, Leeds Update: Date: 19 overs Title: Eng 72-3 Content: Despite Harry Brook's procrastination, India manage to get round quickly enough to get one more over in. To be bowled by Prasidh Krishna. Update: Date: 18.4 overs Title: Eng 72-3 Content: Harry Brook is backing away to leg between deliveries from Ravindra Jadeja, trying to ensure this is the last over. But he gets a ticking off from the square-leg umpire. Update: Date: 18:28 BST 3 July Title: Post Content: Michael VaughanFormer England captain on BBC Test Match Special We all know England don't play for draws. India look like they're going to dangle the carrot and not let them score at five or six an over.
Telegraph
17 hours ago
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- Telegraph
England vs India, second Test, day three: Score and updates from Edgbaston
England's reply got off to a woeful start as they slipped to 25-3, as Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley all fell cheaply. Duckett and Pope fell in consecutive deliveries to Akash Deep; Duckett for a five-ball duck after his 149 in the second innings of the first Test at Headingley and Pope, also a centurion in the first Test, to a golden duck. Joe Root (18 not out) and Harry Brook (30 not out) guided England to the close without losing another wicket but not without the odd scare. Although the deficit for England currently looks enormous, they have won all three matches that they have conceded 500 or more runs in an innings during the Stokes/McCullum regime. Speaking after the second day's play, England's spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel has said the group are not fussed about any external noise. 'I do not think you reflect on what has happened. Hindsight is hindsight. We decided to bowl and we will stick by that. On the first day it showed enough for us and we created a lot of opportunities and it did not go our way. The day might have looked different yesterday and this morning if we got those decisions. People are going to look at any scorecard and make a decision on what they are going to think. I am not really fussed and I do not think any of us are fussed about what is said outside of the group. 'We will try to find another way to get over the line. That is the beauty of the team that we have and the players that we have and the belief they have in how they want to play the game. There are still three days of cricket left and there is lots of cricket to go. On a fast-scoring ground, you never know what can happen. We have got two of the greatest batters in the world at the crease at the moment. Hopefully they go back in, and really cash in on what could be a good day's cricket for England.'
Indian Express
19 hours ago
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- Indian Express
England assistant coach Jeetan Patel explains ‘tired' shots leading to ducks: ‘150 overs in the dirt takes a lot out of people'
England assistant coach Jeetan Patel assured that England batsmen's fitness wasn't a concern after their three quick dismissals, but the 150+ overs spent fielding had taken a bit of a toll on their top order. Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope went for ducks, Zack Crawley made 19. Patel, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra credited the Indian bowlers, but added that anyone was bound to be knackered after a day and 3/4th almost spent fielding with Shubman Gill in his pomp. 'The new ball tonight did a little bit and we got it to go as well, so it feels like a little bit of the new ball working at the moment but the boys put in some graft and 150 overs in the dirt takes a lot out of people,' he told BBC Radio 5. Rufus Bullough, CricViz analyst, was quoted as saying that the last session on Day 2 had more swing than in any other of the match so far. 'India have found 1.1° of swing in with their new ball, nearly double what England found in the first hour with either of theirs previously,' CricViz wrote. However, Patel was bombarded with questions on reconsideration of the toss decision with Ben Stokes opting to bowl, and allowing India – with 5 centuries in last Test – to launch the scoreboard pressure. Reflecting on the toss to BBC, he said, 'We won't (regret). I don't think you reflect on what's happened. Hindsight's hindsight. We decided to bowl and we'll stick by that. On the first day it showed enough for us and we created a lot of opportunities and it didn't go our way. The day might've looked different yesterday and this morning if we got those decisions,' he maintained. Just like the first Test, where Stokes' decision was questioned till England turned it around, Patel said the thinking in the hone dressing room wasn't particularly fussed. 'People are going to look at any scorecard and make a decision on what they're going to think. I'm not really fussed and I don't think any of us are fussed about what's said outside of the group.' However he did concede that the prolonged stay on the field as England laboured to get 10 Indian wickets, and Gill, alongside Jaiswal, Jadeja and Washington pummeled them, did impact their batsmen when they came out to bat. Asked about the group's fitness, Patel said, 'The fitness is alright, the boys are just tired. It's taken a lot out of the boys. It was a longer spell than I thought Brooky [Harry Brook] would've bowled.'
Times of Oman
a day ago
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- Times of Oman
"Can talk whatever you want": Jadeja's bold reply to England spin coach's "100 per cent" win remark
Birmingham: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja delivered a bold statement in reply to England spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel's remark that the hosts have a "100 per cent" chance to stand triumphant in the second Test. In his scathing reply, Jadeja declared that a team needs to "perform" and take 20 wickets, as anybody can talk whatever they like during a press conference. After the end of the second day's play, filled with a fair share of entertainment, the element of spice entered the picture when Jadeja gave a no-nonsense take on Patel's strong claim about England's chances of success. In reply to India's daunting 587, England were rattled early after Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj made early inroads. The duo bowled in tandem and removed Ben Duckett (0), Ollie Pope (0) and Zak Crawley (19) within the blink of an eye. Joe Root and Harry Brook stitched a comeback by raising an unbeaten 52-run stand to propel England to 77/3 at the end of a pulsating day. Despite the peculiar position England finds itself in, Patel was adamant about the prospect of the Three Lions staging a victory at the end of the second day. "100 per cent. I've said this many a time in front of all of you, and you keep laughing at me. But we'll go back in there, and we'll have a quick chat about how the day's gone, and what might look forward for tomorrow," Patel told reporters after the end of the second day. Jadeja, who blazed his way to a priceless 89, didn't mince his words when asked about Patel's claim and said, "In a press conference, you can talk whatever you want, that is none of my business. You have to go out there, perform and take those 20 wickets. That is what matters." India thrived on its captain Shubman Gill's swashbuckling 269(387), laced with a whopping 30 fours and three towering maximums. Gill tantalised England's bowling attack, bereft of experience, with his surreal strokeplay, a blend of aggression and caution. England would need a similar performance from its established stars. Patel feels Root and Brook, "the two greatest" batters at the crease, can turn the tide in the hosts' favour. "I just think we'll find another way to do it. We'll just try to find another way to get over the line. And I think that's the beauty of the team that we have, and the players that we have, and the belief they have in how they want to go and play the game," Patel said. "We've got two of the greatest batters in the world at the crease at the moment, and hopefully they'll go back in tomorrow, and they really nestle in, and really question what could be a good day's cricket for England," he added.
