Church Crisis
The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, over historic abuse allegations is a moment of reckoning for the Church of England.
The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, over historic abuse allegations is a moment of reckoning for the Church of England.
John Turner (2/42) and Adil Rashid (2/62) were top bowlers for England. Livingstone and Jofra Archer got a wicket each.
Livingstone said that the team tried taking some risks early on and the wind was very strong.
With this win, the three-match series has been levelled at 1-1.
England head coach Brendon McCullum said captain Ben Stokes will be "hurting" after the 2-1 Test series defeat against Pakistan.
Which implied India’s own frailties in the briefest Test held in this land and even though some experts had already said that Motera wasn’t quite as blatantly spin-friendly as Chepauk during the second Test, the hosts’ guiding philosophy, once the first Test had been lost, was that no matter how they batted on designer tracks themselves, the visitors would do worse. India got it right too.
English skipper Joe Root informed about the return of James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley into the team.
Some evidence of it could be discerned this week when Sourav Ganguly, ahead of the Motera Test, a pinkball one, against England, spoke eloquently of a fullhouse blockbuster in the offing and how delighted he was that normality had returned after the loss of so many months to Covid-19.
And India confront a new reality in that, as the global reaction to England’s victory in the first Test drove home, they are the team to have a go at in the wake of the stunning series triumph they pulled off down under. The current contests had initially been previewed in terms of their centrality to the World Test Championship table equations ~ they are important enough still ~ but India’s defeat in the first Test bunged in sub-plots aplenty.
James Anderson might be rested for the second Test to cater to the England team's rotation policy, suggested the tourists' coach Chris Silverwood.
