In 2012, ENG toured India for a series longer than 2 or 3 Tests for the first time since 1984. Since then, they have now toured IND 4 times. They won in 2012 (2-1), and lost in 2016 (0-4), 2021 (1-3) and 2024 (1-4). In each series, ENG have done progressively worse.
It baffles me that most commentators on air or analysts discussing these matches later, including Indians, seemed to be still caught up in Bazball’s reality distortion field. So much so that hardly anyone made the point you’ve been making consistently: that to win test matches, one needs to have a bowling attack capable of taking 20 wickets consistently and cheaply, and that India have generally been doing well in tests because they have picked 5 bowlers offering much variety of attack.
Great article. But when you listen to it using the app, it converts score like “3/7” to “July 3rd”. Pretty sure there isn’t anything you can do about that, but I thought I’d just let you know.
It baffles me that most commentators on air or analysts discussing these matches later, including Indians, seemed to be still caught up in Bazball’s reality distortion field. So much so that hardly anyone made the point you’ve been making consistently: that to win test matches, one needs to have a bowling attack capable of taking 20 wickets consistently and cheaply, and that India have generally been doing well in tests because they have picked 5 bowlers offering much variety of attack.
Great article. But when you listen to it using the app, it converts score like “3/7” to “July 3rd”. Pretty sure there isn’t anything you can do about that, but I thought I’d just let you know.