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England, THRASHED!

India on the ropes...

Game over, series over, the big mouthed & big headed England team can head home having been comprehensively outplayed on a turning track in Rawalspindi.

ENG 267 (Smith 89, Duckett 52, Sajid 6/128, Noman 3/88 ) & 112 (Noman 6/42, Sajid 4/69)
PAK 344 (Saud 134, Sajid 48*, Noman 45, Rehan 4/66, Bashir 3/129) & 37/1 (Masood 23* off 6 balls)

Pakistan win by 9 wickets and take the series 2-1.

Man of the match - Saud Shakeel
Man of the series - Sajid Khan (19 wickets @ 21)

Already crying about the pitches...well, beauty of test cricket is it is not always played on a dullard of a track like the kiddie cricket whack a ball crowd enjoy. Home advantage should mean home advantage. Seaming, swinging green tops in the UK have often found tourists out...so when a spin friendly strip is served up, shut up and take your medicine


If New Zealand can wrap up the India tail - they are currently struggling on 170/7 chasing an unlikely 359, then both of the big boy teams will have lost a test series on the same day. A good day for cricket friends...

NZ - 259 (Conway 76, Ravindra 65, Washington 7/59, Ashwin 3/64) & 255 (Latham 86, Phillips 48*, Washington 4/56, Jadeja 3/72)
IND - 156 (Santner 7/53) & 170/7 (Jaiswal 77, Santner 5/64)

New Zealand have completed their task. They have their first ever test series victory in India, achieved thanks to two excellent showings at Bengaluru and Pune. Man of the match Mitchell Santner finished with match figures of 13/157, spinning the tourists to victory inside three days. India crashed to defeat, losing by 113 runs and see the end of their unbeaten home record of 12 years in test matches.

Well done to the Kiwis, a magnificent effort.

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

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Good to see the big boys of cricket take an upper cut, on the same day to booth!

Let's be real though. Doesn't change a thing in cricket's world order. The have nots will continue to have not and those who have, will!

More power to whack it krikit!

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