London: England defeat in oval tests against India not only reveals the shortcomings in their games but also proves that they do not harden or quite cruelly, said former captain Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain.
Joe Root’s troops held the top in the fourth test after bending India for 191 and won the first innings to run 99 years.
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Half a century between victory in this iconic soil was enough time for complete metamorphosis in the way India approached their cricket.
But chasing 368 for a victory in a flat track, England went from roaming at 100 without losses on the last day of the post-lunch session, surrendered to a 157-run defeat.
“Over the years we beat Australia and India in our condition, but now we struggle,” said former Captain Vaughan in a daily telegraph.
“England must work on how to become harder fighting when the pressure is on.” England allowed India from the hook in the first round when the tourists aged 127/7 but proceeded to post 191.
The side of the tour made a mistake in the second half by squeezing Series 466.
“They do not have the speed and variations of things to occur in flat conditions.
The test team depends on the pitch that helps them, “Vaughan said about the English attack.
He was more critical of Batsmen and said 290 English in the first half was sub-par for batting friendly conditions.
“England did not make enough run when flat and played poor blows through deviations in concentration,” he urged.
The host was also careless in the field, spilling six catches in the match, Irked Hussain.
“Their arrests have shaken for a while now, and they cannot continue to make 26 opportunities on each test because the block on the slip drops too much,” he wrote in a daily letter.
“What they will learn from this game is that the lack of previous cruelty in the game can return to haunting you.” The mistake looked small at that time, but they all increased.
It’s up to England to eradicate it.
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