Despite a slight wobble, England completed the formality of victory easily enough on the fifth morning to stand on the brink of a historic series victory.
An Indian collapse after lunch took them to the brink of defeat before R Ashwin showed up the folly of his team-mates, succeeding in taking the game to a fifth day and winning a tiny moral victory.
England sleepwalked their way to a big first innings lead despite their batsmen intermittently running themselves out for no apparent reason.
Alastair Cook takes off his shoes, removes his silk briefs and sinks into a deep bath.
Australia bashing was the order of the day this week, following events at the WACA. Plus some inappropriate man-love for Tim Southee.
In the space of little over a fortnight, England seem to have remembered how to play cricket and followed up their bottom-smacking of India in Mumbai with a strong start in Kolkata.
No-one really enjoys being consistently good at cricket any more, that’s soooo 90s. Far better to swing between extremes. And we don’t mean those berks who did “More Than Words” in 1992.
Ricky Ponting’s final Test match wasn’t just about the man himself. It was also about South Africa giving Australia a right kicking.
After a month of Test cricketing nirvana, it’s high time we were all distracted by yet another nonsense T20 competition. The Big Bash succeeds because it’s more ridiculous than most.
So incensed were we at the state of the cricket video game market, we decided to concoct our own effort. Honestly, the best thing about it is probably the cover art. Which still puts it ahead of most efforts available these days.