Former England captain Nasser Hussain is concerned about England’s performance in the ongoing test series against India. The result of the series is sealed in India’s favour, ahead of the fifth test, which kicks off on March 7 in Dharamsala.
England are sitting at No. 8 on the points table in the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. They have 21 points winning three out of the nine tests played and losing five. In his column in the Daily Mail, Nasser Hussain expressed that England’s performance makes for good entertainment, but the results haven’t followed. He wrote,
“For all the good things that this England team have done in making people want to watch their matches, right now they sit second bottom in the World Test Championship table and to me, results remain the most important currency. In the end, all sports teams are judged on their statistics. How they end up at the end of a season or a series. In cricket, how many runs you scored, the wickets you took.”
Must get the scoreline 3-2 in Dharamsala: Nasser Hussain
England won the first test of the ongoing five-match series against India in Hyderabad. However, failed to capitalise in the next three tests. They have already lost the series 3-1, ahead of the fifth test. Nasser Hussain feels that should redeem themselves in Dharamsala. He wrote,
“This England side has provided great viewing over the past two years, too. But the win-loss ratio is the most important thing in my eyes, so they must get the scoreline versus India back to 3-2 in Dharamshala this week.”
“Of course, they’ll still have lost the series, but they can then point to the third days of the third and fourth Tests, when they let things slip on each occasion, as a justification that they were competitive across the entire five-match tour. That they simply failed to take their opportunities,” he added.
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