England Gus Atkinson slipped Indian Mohammed Siri on the fifth day of the fifth cricket match between England and India in Kia Oval in London, Monday, August 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) England’s head coach Brendon McCullum described the performance of Mohammed Siri in the fifth and final test in the oval and described the game as one of the “best test matches of all time”.“This is the best test series of five matches I’ve ever been part or witnessed,” said McCullum Sky Sports.“In six weeks, it oscillated so much and I felt that he had everything. Sometimes there were hostility, sometimes, sometimes a big cricket and some average cricket, because the pressure was both teams.”“We knew it would be hard to come to the series. We knew they would test us physically and mentally. I think both teams tested more than we expected. It was a cracking series that would be part.”
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England arrived on the last day of a series of five games that needed only 35 runs with four goals in hand to complete the remarkable persecution of 374, but were blown out in the morning of unbearable tension.Mohammed Siraj took three out of four goals to fall and end up with the characters 5/104.“When (Mohammed) Siraj took the last goal, just as I was disappointed, I had admiration for him – for a fight he got as a cricket and the way he could do what he did.”“I think 2-2 was a fair reflection. It plays all five days of all five tests becomes a mental exertion, and I thought the way they dealt with it was impressive. Obviously we had to call fresh legs for this last test match.“It’s the hardest thing in cricket-bounding a series of five matches and testing just like you, if you are. Testing you not only as an athlete but as a character because he asks how much you want it. As a fan of the game I thought
