“After five Test matches, you don’t want to telegraph to the world that you have a short-ball problem,” said former England skipper Nasser Hussain on air. He was, of course, discussing Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal, as the batsman once again walked in to a short-ball trap.
The minute Iyer entered the arena after Cheteshwar Pujara fell, the cameras panned to England coach Brendon McCullum. He was seen signalling to the bowlers and to skipper Ben Stokes to have two balls at the throat every over at Iyer, along with a signal to keep a leg slip.
