{"id":36383,"date":"2018-09-06T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383"},"modified":"2018-09-06T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:33:11","slug":"england-vs-india-test-5-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383","title":{"rendered":"England vs India: Test 5 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36373\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\" alt=\"Alastair Cook RETIRES England 1012247\" width=\"525\" height=\"311\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg 590w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>Having lost the series despite a couple of matches that could have gone either way, India will now look to end the long England tour with a win in the final Test Match at Oval. The Final Match of the tour is not surprisingly, Alastair Cook\u2019s last International Match and it goes without saying then that the hosts will want him to be a part of the winning team- for one last time in the International Cricketing Arena. The former England Captain will be in for a mega farewell when the two teams meet for the final Test.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Indians will line up when Cook enters to bat as a mark of respect, that is only a symbolic gesture and Virat Kohli and his men will continue their search for victory, knowing full well that 3-2 will be looked upon as a far more competitive series than a 3-1 or 4-1. However, for India to win the final Test, India will have to abide by what their captain explains as \u201ccrossing the line\u201d. India have had their moments in the series and the results could have easily gone in India\u2019s favor, had they been able to hold on to a few crunch situations of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the series is already lost, India may play more freely and perhaps a few changes in the squad can be expected. While it is tempting to go with somebody like Prithvi Shaw, it would be interesting to see who Kohli sticks to for this last Test. Even R Ashwin faced a lot of criticism for his ineffective bowling at Southampton and Virat may consider playing Jadeja but that option looks unlikely given Kohli\u2019s faith in Ashwin.<\/p>\n<p>A consolation win in the final Test Match may just give them enough confidence going into the Asia Cup and then for the Tests against West Indies. England, on the other hand, despite their vulnerabilities have managed to clinch the series. The fact that the last Test is also Cook\u2019s farewell game is the only factor that may put some extra bit of pressure on the England team. With the inclusion of Moeen Ali, England have looked a far more balanced side as he not only picked up 9 wickets in the Previous Test but is also a useful option in the batting order.<\/p>\n<p>For a change it is India\u2019s batting that has cost India this series. On either side of Virat Kohli, not many have been able to show resistance to quality bowling from the opposition. In the lone Test that India won, it was India\u2019s batting besides Virat that clicked. The onus will be on the batsmen to give India- a much needed consolation win in the Final Test as the bowlers look well in shape to take another 20 wickets in Oval.<\/p>\n<p>The teams meet for the Final Test at Oval, 7<sup>th<\/sup> September (Friday). Broadcast Starts 15:30 Hours (IST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having lost the series despite a couple of matches that could have gone either way, India will now look to end the long England tour with a win in the final Test Match at Oval. The Final Match of the tour is not surprisingly, Alastair Cook\u2019s last International Match and it goes without saying then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Having lost the series despite a couple of matches that could have gone either way, India will now look to end the long England tour with a win in the final Test Match at Oval. The Final Match of the tour is not surprisingly, Alastair Cook\u2019s last International Match and it goes without saying then [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"England vs India: Test 5 Review\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383\"},\"wordCount\":495,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cricket\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383\",\"name\":\"England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg\",\"width\":590,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"Alastair Cook RETIRES England 1012247\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=36383#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"England vs India: Test 5 Review\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","og_description":"Having lost the series despite a couple of matches that could have gone either way, India will now look to end the long England tour with a win in the final Test Match at Oval. The Final Match of the tour is not surprisingly, Alastair Cook\u2019s last International Match and it goes without saying then [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","article_published_time":"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":590,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"England vs India: Test 5 Review","datePublished":"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383"},"wordCount":495,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg","articleSection":["Cricket"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383","name":"England vs India: Test 5 Review - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-06T15:33:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Alastair-Cook-RETIRES-England-1012247.jpg","width":590,"height":350,"caption":"Alastair Cook RETIRES England 1012247"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36383#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"England vs India: Test 5 Review"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}