The Bairoot show in Edgbaston classic

We review the England-India Test at Edgbaston, which see-sawed till day four - before England defied the odds.

Note: Readers in India can now buy Mike Marqusee's classic cricket book War Minus The Shooting on Flipkart and Amazon. Readers outside India, can buy the book on Amazon.

Talking Points:

• A fitting end to a high quality series


• Bazball: a marketing gimmick or viable cricketing strategy?


• England making the most of their ODI strengths in Tests


• Bairstow's purplest patch


• Joe Root the invincible - a 360-degree master


• Rishabh Pant's command over the bowling


• Balls that refused to swing after the 30th over


• Did India misread the pitch when choosing Shardul over Ashwin?


• India's third-innings collapses - a trend over the last two years


• The future of England's attacking approach

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Related:

• England post a record against India - Kartikeya Date - A Cricketing View 


• India's fourth-innings fumble: What has gone wrong? - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo


• In the zone - Kevin Pietersen and Mark Butcher on sporting nirvana - Sky Sports podcast


• Attack, attack, attack - Ben Jones - Cricviz‘


• As a captain, you don’t delegate decisions that affect winning or losing’: Ian Chappell - 81allout podcast