The Bairoot show in Edgbaston classic

We review the England-India Test at Edgbaston, which see-sawed till day four – before England defied the odds.

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Note: Readers in India can now buy Mike Marqusee’s classic cricket book War Minus The Shooting on Flipkart and Amazon. Readers outside India, can buy the book on Amazon.

Talking Points:

• A fitting end to a high quality series
• Bazball: a marketing gimmick or viable cricketing strategy?
• England making the most of their ODI strengths in Tests
• Bairstow’s purplest patch
• Joe Root the invincible – a 360-degree master
• Rishabh Pant’s command over the bowling
• Balls that refused to swing after the 30th over
• Did India misread the pitch when choosing Shardul over Ashwin?
• India’s third-innings collapses – a trend over the last two years
• The future of England’s attacking approach

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Related:

• England post a record against India – Kartikeya Date – A Cricketing View
• India’s fourth-innings fumble: What has gone wrong? – Karthik Krishnaswamy – ESPNcricinfo
• In the zone – Kevin Pietersen and Mark Butcher on sporting nirvana – Sky Sports podcast
• Attack, attack, attack – Ben Jones – Cricviz‘
• As a captain, you don’t delegate decisions that affect winning or losing’: Ian Chappell – 81allout podcast

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Lead image from here.