DECISION REVIEW SHOCKER

Stokes fury at tech 'gone wrong' in Crawley dismissal

- RORY DOLLARD

BEN STOKES thinks England fell victim to a HawkEye howler in defeat against India.

But the skipper refused to blame the result on "if, buts and maybes" - despite feeling let down by technology.

The odds were stacked against the tourists from the start, but they pitched up on day four in Visakhapatnam with real belief that they could do the unthinkable by chasing 399 - a target no England side has ever reached before and more than any side has ever made batting last on Indian soil.

Instead, their knack of turning cricketing logic on its head deserted them and they were knocked over for 292 to level the five-match series at 1-1.

They decisive moment came just before lunch, when top-scorer Zak Crawley and fourth-innings dangerman Jonny Bairstow both fell lbw in the space of five deliveries.

Crawley looked the man most likely to do something special and his dismissal for 73 just before lunch turned the game decisively in India's favour.