That’s a huge vig if I’m interpreting those odds correctly (I would have expected them to be quoted as India 1-16 and England 11-2)
England 15%
India 94%
Yeah, my book shows US lines, so I tried to interpret it for global readers. But I think your way is better.
ETA: also, the vig spread always gets wider the more one-sided the odds are.
Well, it certainly got interesting.
The only thing I will say, is that it’s not like we’d have done any better under Joe Root’s captaincy.
Hope! The last and cruellest malady in Pandora’s box.
Just for a minute, we believed. Which as @Teuton says, we wouldn’t have done under Root.
A good win for India, with their own young team who will now have a spring in their step and some evidence based confidence to draw in future.
From am England perspective, we were always asking a lot from a young spin attack, who did pretty well. Senior batters can also justifiably say it’s tough to go to India but had to do a bit more than they managed.
I just noticed that a win against England in the 5th test would increase India’s historical test match record to .500 (with 178 wins and losses, and 222 draws and 1 tie). That’s a pretty sad history, considering how well they’ve performed over the past decade.
There is always a substantial home ground advantage in Test series, but India have been and generally still are below par when travelling away from home.
Cameron Green’s century is looking increasingly useful, with him contributing 174 out of 383 runs, against an NZ total of just 179.
Out of which Williamson scored nil, but did produce a comedy run out by running into his partner.
Meanwhile Ireland tried to make it interesting against Afghanistan, falling to 39/4 chasing 111 in the fourth inning.
I’m hoping to wake up tomorrow morning to see that NZ are 150-0 chasing 369.
One can dream.
Shh, let him sleep, he looks so happy
A bit disappointed, but not hopeless yet.
Big concern today. Will Pucovski - an absolute star Australian junior from a very young age, always marked for higher honours, played one test about 3 years ago, did well, but got injured (shoulder). When he came back to state cricket, he got a couple of knocks to the head and suffered severe concussion issues. Over the next couple of years he would make a comeback, get a head knock and have more concussion problems. I think he had 7-8 bad knocks.
He took quite a bit of time off eventually, came back a month or so ago and scored his first century just a week ago.
Today - second ball - got hit - walked off with the physios. Concussion.
I think that could be it for him.
I’m sorry for the kid, but this is criminal. Someone in authority should have told him that he simply wasn’t going to be allowed to play cricket anymore. He is likely in for a plethora of health issues as he gets older.
Went to bed last night with Bumrah and Siraj giving the openers a severe examination. Did not expect to wake up to find that England did indeed get bowled out for a very modest score, but the spinners took all ten wickets.
Hard to beat India in India, even for a very good side.
Well, that’s that. A very tame ending from England. All credit to India, whose ability to bring in young players and still get a comprehensive result is just a little but scary.
Meanwhile New Zealand are attempting a big comeback. Having looked done and dusted after getting rolled for 162, they’ve clawed their way back and with Australia at 31-3 chasing 279, the Kiwis have the edge right now.
Aussies have been good at getting one guy or another to stand up when needed and Green, Head, Marsh and Carey could all yet play that role.
Alas, NZ falls well short with Australia winning by 3 wickets. @Mighty_Mouse called it with Marsh and Carey playing the crucial roles (80 and 98 respectively).
A cricketers dilemma for Carey being on 97 with 3 required.
Do you retain strike for the opportunity to take the runs for your ton or give the skipper the chance to score the winning runs?
He takes a single and gets stranded on 98* when Cummins drives a boundary through point.
Unfortunately calling a NZ-AUS cricket match is like calling an Eng-Ger football one. Big brother always wins.