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Tourists fall to 106-run loss in second Test against India‘I think the technology has got it wrong on this occasion’Ben Stokes was magnanimous after the 106-run defeat by India, accepting 1-1 after two Tests was fair and insisting a virus in the England camp was not to blame. But the tourists’ captain did have one query: a belief the Hawk-Eye was “wrong” for Zak Crawley’s pivotal dismissal.Chasing a record 399, England were all but out of the contest when two quick wickets fell on the stroke of lunch to leave them six down, still 205 runs from the target. Among these was Crawley, lbw to Kuldeep Yadav via the decision review system, having top-scored with a crisp 73 in his side’s eventual 292 all out.Given “not out” by umpire Marais Erasmus on the field – due to his belief the ball would have missed leg stump – the Hawk-Eye projection that followed Rohit Sharma’s review surprised many. Stokes was among them, even if he was keen to stress it was not the reason the tourists missed the chance to go 2-0 up with three to play. Continue reading...