LONDON: The former England captain Andrew Strauss felt the way in which the Joe Root team surrendered to India was fired-up in the second test could hurt “bruises and battered” hosts in the rest of the five-match series.
From the position that seems comfortable, England fell to a 151-run defeat on the last day in God.
“They are a favorite but let things slip before lunch (on the last day) and then have another top-command collapse,” Strauss said ‘Sky Sports’.
“Their initial Wickets gave great pressure on the middle and Indian order only had enough overs for their bowls out.
It was Feisty.” He said India “Really worth” to go one in the five-match series.
“Every series with India, and especially (Virat) Kohli, is full of enthusiasm and as the match on the phone you expect anything else.
It’s been a brilliant five days of the test cricket.” Indian is amazing and there are times when England looks like they will get out of prison but, in the end, you have to say that India deserves it, they are not enough to win.
England will really be battered and bruise as a result of it, “he added.
Strauss also called for a change over British-order after another disappointing show by BATSMEN In Headingley.
For the first time in the history of the test, both the England appetizer was fired for ducks in the same half of the home match.
“At a certain stage if you continue to be two or three to the bottom for anything, it will come back to haunt you.” ” Yes, they are two good balls to get rid of Burns and Sibley but, of course, then Joe roots are under pressure, (Haseeb) Hameed is under pressure and then Jonny Bairstow and the middle order too.
You can’t continue to do it after time, “said Strauss.
Sibley averaged only 14.25 in four rounds in the series and with only one and a half century in the last 15 test rounds, Strauss expected the right of 25 years the hander would be fired.
Root ( 128.66) is the only English player on average above 30 “I think it might be time to bring Sibley out of the shooting path.
He has seen out of touch.
I think Ollie Pope might come back, who has been in and around the squad, but is it right for him to be a batting above three? This is not an easy solution.
“There are many problems for England, there is no doubt about it.
If they qualify again, we might have capable of paper during cracks but now no longer.”