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All Articles under 'Ind-Eng-ODI-2011'
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What started looking like same Windies story we've been seeing for last couple of decades, ended up as a whole new choking drama from England as they were bowled out for their lowest T20 total in this 2nd T20 at The Oval, losing the match they should have cruised home in..
Invited in to bat first, Windies kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and run raten never got the required acceleration. Marlon Samuels batted on almost 15 overs to stay unbeaten on run a ball 35 as English bowlers displayed their art smartly.
With asking rate below run a ball, England openers had all the time in the world but instead, they tried ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 26 September 2011
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207 twenty20 internationals, today England registered only the 6th victory with all ten wickets standing, beating Windies in some manner..
Invited in to bat first, Windies were off to rocket start with Dwayne Smith and Charls collecting 51 runs from powerplay overs but as soon as they were separated, English spinners and Ravi Bopara pegged visitors down. So down that they couldn't even bat their quota of overs.
Ravi Bopara's 4 for 10 is now the best bowling figures by an English bowler in T20 cricket.
Chasing their target, debutant Alex Hales and Craig Kieswetter just didn't leave anything remaining as they reached the victory banks 28 balls remaining.
Scorecard : England ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 26 September 2011
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With Stuart Broad injured and Alastair Cook not considered a twenty20 material, Graeme Swann has been given the captainship of England for the first, leading the side against West Indies in two T20 series this weekend..
Nottinghamshire offspinner will have the services of James Anderson who missed Indian T20 game but all eyes will be on young Jonathan Bairstow who hit unbeaten 41 off 21 against India in his debut game.
England selectors have included two uncapped players in Durham's Scott Borthwick and Hampshire's Danny Briggs. Borthwick is a 21 year old is a leg spinner who made his first class debut couple of years ago and seen as a future prospect while Briggs is ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 21 September 2011
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West Indies begin a long period on the road, starting with twin twenty20 in England followed by Bangladesh tour before visiting India and selectors continue to have trouble with experienced players, which means several youngsters are getting their chance..
For two T20 in England at The Oval on 23rd and 25th September, Windies have opted for as many as 4 rookies in their squad of 14 players, captained by allrounder Darren Sammy.
Likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath and Ravi Rampaul have been overlooked because most of them will be featuring in Champions League T20 being played in India at the same time. This gives Miles Bascombe, ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 20 September 2011
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Last time England played an ODI series in India, back in 2008, they lost 0-5 before last two games were abandoned. Even during recent World cup 2011, England couldn't progress past quarterfinals, lost to teams like Ireland and Bangladesh, which is a strong hint that British team don't enjoy the sub-continent conditions specially in limited overs formats..
English bowlers don't get the kind of assistance from pitches in India and around that they get back home and then, their batsmen lack the power to clear in-field which is mandatory as totals in excess of run a ball aren't considered huge here.
Fact : England, overall, have played 50 one day internationals in India and lost 27 ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 19 September 2011
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India's tour of England 2011 was only the 9th tour from which Indians returned home winless. They lost as many as 4 tests + 1 T20 + 3 ODIs = 8 matches besides a tie and a no result which is now their worst result ever but captain MS Dhoni insists the 5 ODI and a T20 England play in India as return series won't be about revenge..
“You shouldn’t have a revenge-like feeling,” Says Dhoni. “Once you have that on your mind, you get desperate to perform and you start putting pressure on the whole side. So rather than looking at the opposition in that way, what is important is to stick to the basics.”
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Added on Sun, 18 September 2011
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There have been only 48 players who won man of the match award on their ODI debut. The latest to join the rare list, is Jonathan Bairstow = only the 12 Englishman..
17 September 2011, Bairstow was given his maiden international cap after Ben Stokes had moderately failed and then got injured during Natwest series against India. Bairstow came in to bat when his team needed more than 7 runs an hour and mesmerised everyone, stroking three sixes in his 21 ball unbeaten 41.
Bairstow showed he packs a punch everytime he goes for big shots as well as has a cool head on his shoulders to negotiate tough situations. Jonathan raised 75 run unbroken ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 17 September 2011
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Match : India v England, 5th of 5 ODI Natwest series on 2011 India's tour of England.
Venue/Date : Sophia gardens in Cardiff.. 17 September 2011.
Debut : Jonathan Bairstow.
Toss : England, elected to field.
Result : England won by 6 wickets.
Man of the match : Jonathan Bairstow.
Man of the series : MS Dhoni.
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (West Indies) + Nigil Llong (England).
Head to head : 76th India v England ODI it was. Now, England have won 33 but India still lead with 38 wins besides 2 tied and 3 no results. In England, home team leads 18 to 11 with 1 tied and all those ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 17 September 2011
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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent, and it seems like Indian cricketers have given up all hopes and are just waiting to board the plane home. Thrashed in test series, slipped out of Twenty20 and now one day series gone ~ the only question remains as we go into fifth and final Natwest one day at Cardiff on Friday is can visitors win a match? If they don't, who'll be surprized but if they do, it'll give a happy retirement to Rahul Dravid who quits limited overs formats..
Rahul may not have set ODI charts on fire in his career as he did (and still does) in tests but he'll ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 16 September 2011
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Match : India v England, 4th of 5 ODI Natwest series on 2011 India's tour of Englnad.
Venue/Date : Lord's in London.. 11 September 2011.
Debut : none.
Toss : England, elected to field.
Result : Match tied. England needed 11 off last 7 balls which equals D/L par score.
Men of the match : Ravi Bopara and Suresh Raina.
Umpires : Richard Illingworth (England) + Marais Erasmus (South Africa).
Head to head : 75th India v England ODI it was and it was now the 2nd tie between two teams with India still leading 38 to 32 with 3 no results. In England, home team now leads 17 to 11 with ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 11 September 2011
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Match : India v England, 3rd of 5 ODI Natwest series on India's tour of England 2011.
Venue/Date : The Oval in London, 9 September 2011.
Debut : none.
Toss : England, elected to field.
Result : England won by 3 wickets, 7 balls remaining on DL method.
Man of the match : Ravindra Jadeja.
Umpires : Nigil Llong (Englnad) + Marais Erasmus (South Africa).
Head to head : 74th India v England ODI it was and sky blue team still leads 38 to 32 with 1 tied and 3 no results. In England, home team now leads 17 to 11 with 3 no results while at the venue, The Oval, England ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 10 September 2011
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As we come close to the end of this 2011 India's tour of England on which visitors have won nothing so far, the implicit question is ~ is this their worst tour ever? Almost. This is the only fourth time Indians have been whitewashed in a series of 4 or more tests but none of previous 3 tours (1959 to England, 1962 to West Indies & 1968 to Australia) contained any one day internationals (ODIs came into existance in 1971)..
In 1991, India toured Australia to lose 5 test match series 0-4 but they did manage to beat home team once in following tri-series and even reached the finals, thumping Windies off. 2000 tour was even poor, under ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 09 September 2011
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Match : India v England, 2nd of 5 ODI Natwest series on India's tour of England 2011.
Venue/Date : Rose bowl ground in Southampton.. 6 September 2011.
Debut : none.
Toss : England, elected to field.
Result : England won by 7 wickets.
Man of the match : Alastair Cook.
Head to head : 73rd India v England one day international it was. Now, Indian lead is cut short to 38 to 31 with 1 tied and 3 no results. In England, two teams clashed for the 30th time and home team now leads 16 to 11 with 3 no results. At the venue, Rose Bowl in Southampton, England now have won ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 07 September 2011
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Talk about nightmare tours? ask Indians! Right from the first day of this England series when they lost pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, casualty ward has continued to fill up, adding Harbhajan Singh (abdominal problem), Yuvraj Singh (broken finger), Virender Sehwag (labyrinthitis of the left ear), Ishant Sharma (ankle ligament injury), Gautam Gambhir (Concussion problem) and now Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma are returning home with toe injury and broken finger respectively..
No wonder, visitors are yet to register a win over home team on this tour in which just four more matches remain.
Going into second one day at Rose Bowl, Indians will struggle to put a fit eleven on the field, specially in batting deparment ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 06 September 2011
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Match : India v England, 1st of 5 ODI Natwest series on 2011 India's tour of England.
Venue/Date : Riverside ground in Chester-le-Street.. 3 September 2011.
Debut : Ajinkya Rahane.
Toss : England, elected to field.
Result : no result, rained off.
Man of the match : none.
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (West Indies) + Richard Illingworth (England) with Marais Erasmus (South Africa) as TV (3rd) umpire.
Head to head : 72nd India v England one day match it was. Now, India still leads 38 to 30 with 1 tied and 3 no results. In England, two teams have clashed for the 29 time and home team still leads 15 to 11 ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 03 September 2011
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Indians have been down in the dumps so far on this England tour, losing test series 0-4 and then letting England off the hook in one off twenty20 encounter at Manchester. Questions have been raised whether visiting team can rise to challenge but youngster Virat Kohli is confident his team can fight back in 5 one day Natwest series..
Speaking at pre-match press conference, Kohli points out his team is missing some prominent names but comeback is just around the corner.
"It's all about how you come back and fight," says Kohli.
"The last game (T20) we fought really well. There wasn't any sign of us letting the game go. We fought all the ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 03 September 2011
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Among many benifits of being part of a team that's winning, is that you can sneek pass few games under-performing the standards set by yourself..
Graeme Swann has been the best spinner of the year so far but except the last day of fourth test, he had an ordinary series and wasn't really effective in one off Twenty20 game the other day either. Despite that, England have not let Indians wins a single game on this 2011 tour so far and according to Swann, home team is not going to show any sympathy for the visitors going forward to one day series as well.
"The summer has gone great for us so far and we'll be ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 03 September 2011
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To start the tour, the challenge for Indians was to defend their no.1 test ranking. They couldn't, losing 0-4. Then, it came down to one off T20 clash in which IPL champions must have hoped to put forward better performance. they did, but victory eluded them. Now, its down to one day series where visitors will have to prove their world cup triump wasn't a fluke at home..
Honestly, that isn't going to be easy. Home team have a potent bowling attack suited to conditions besides a never ending batting line-up. Unless curators make a pitch full of runs, which hasn't been the case on the tour so far, visitors seem like under-dogs.
Last time these ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 02 September 2011
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Under-19 world cup has been around for a while now and Pakistani selectors have been throwing in baby talents out of those tournaments into big league since long but their English counter-parts were always reluctant upto now, when Ben Stokes gets his international call couple of months after his 20th birthday..
Stokes caught public eye on 21 January 2010 against India under-19, stroking a century off just 88 balls with four fours and six sixes. He seemed like a young Yuvraj Singh in making, using his reach and strong wrists to send ball out of boundary regularly. Currently, England are trying to build their one day team and Ben has been thrown up a chance after two first ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 31 August 2011
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Not just in cricket or sport but in life in general, we all aspire to lead the pack we live in, hoping to set new examples. Sadly, not all of us have the leader aka man manager in us, an ability a cricketer must have besides bat & ball skills to be able to captain his team..
Stuart Broad was surprize pick as England selectors announced three captains for all three formats, specially when they won World T20 2010 under Paul Collingwood, ignoring other potential candidates like Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann. Now, having lost his captainship debut, a one off t20 game against Sri Lanka, Stuart Broad is up with a challenge to prove himself. The ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 31 August 2011
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Less than two days ago, Leicestershire were on cloud 9, winning domestic T20 competition and qualifying for lucrative Champions league in process. They were expected to challenge visiting Indian side who're coming off 0-4 defeat in tests to national team but sadly, foxes failed to find another miracle, losing this t20 encounter by 15 runs..
Invited in to bat first, Indians found Parthiv Patel stroking the ball well once again like he's done in all games since called up in one day squad. Left hander made a condifent 40, adding 52 run opening stand with Ajinkya Rahane off just 5.3 overs and then another 21 runs with Rahul Dravid who batted in his usual solid self. The acceleration ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 30 August 2011
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When you are coming out of whitewash, even wins in practice games against first class sides is a confidence booster you really need. Yesterday, Indians beat Sussex and today, they achieved a tense victory over Kent..
Rain in the afternoon truncated the match to 20 overs per side.
Invited in to bat first, visitors lost Parthiv Patel in first over but then onwards, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli exibited some classical batsmanship, adding 49 runs from a ball less than 7 overs. Rohit Sharma joined Kohli and innings started to accelerate even further as 71 runs came from just 8.1 overs but late introduction of experienced offspinner James Tredwell turned the tides around. Denly ran out ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 27 August 2011
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Test series was like free honeymoon for England and never ending nightmare for Indians who were whitewashed out of their no.1 rank. Visitors just couldn't stand upto the challenge but we also have to agree home team simply didn't give anything away..
Now, focus turns to limited over formats, begining with one off T20 match between India and England at Old Trafford in Manchester on 31st August 2011. England are current World T20 champions but they've new captain in Stuart Broad who's yet to taste victory in his leadership whereas MS Dhoni will be inspired by the youngsters at his disposal, improving fielding exponentially. here's how the story stands before the battle begins :-
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Added on Sat, 27 August 2011
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England's rise as new world no.1 test team has been a much documented story in last one month but they still have some way to go before they stamp their authority in one day format as well. Alastair Cook's boys showed grit to win Natwest series against Sri Lanka recently, coming from 1-2 behind and similar fight even not more will be needed against current world champions India in next fortnight..
Schedule : England v India 2011.
England selectors have taken one major decision to keep Kevin Pietersen away from the squad, saying they want him to rest even though it's almost the end of the season for them with no cricket coming in next ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 26 August 2011
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On one hand, it seems like England are using whatever quality talent is coming out of Ireland (like cases of Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan and now Boyd Rankin) but on other hand, one has to admit, English cricket is very much responsible for where Irish cricket stands currently, frequently sending their national team over as well as letting their players play in county circuit and gain experience..
Today, Eoin Morgan handled himself quite well as he made his captaincy debut against his country of berth and ended up being the man of the match. Sadly, Ireland disappointed after standing head and shoulders to their famous opponents for first half of the match, electing to bowl in this day ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 26 August 2011
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Nothing better than poor in two tour games and then whitewashed in 4 test match series, Indians today achieved their first win of this England tour 2011, beating county side Sussex in a list A match at Hove..
Invited in to bat first in this day game, Praveen Kumar drew first blood, eating up opener Luke Wells in his second over and then Kiwi import Lou Vincent fell to RP Singh after cracking few good boundaries. Captain Chris Nash and young Joe Gatting added 31 runs for the 3rd wicket but RP Singh separated them too. Gatting then added another 47 with Matt Machan who top scored for the home team. Wicket keeper Ben Brown and Kirk Wernars ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 25 August 2011
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Recently, Kevin Pietersen was in middle of controversy for saying he isn't English but just works here. Consequences may have been harsh but since he performed and England went on to whitewash India in test series, voices against him are just enjoying the victory but for how long? as soon as England slid downwards again, KP may be in firing line again..
Similar is the case with Eoin Morgan who quit his motherland Ireland to play for England. Team is winning so everything seems fine from the outside but will British fans digest an Irishman when their team goes downhill? only time will tell but selectors have sent a strong message by appointing Morgan as captain for one ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 25 August 2011
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To break into national team, as a batsman, flamboyance works more than solidarity, doesn't it? In modern cricket today, selectors and even general fans take notice of those who can stroke the ball out of the park rather than those who defend with authority and soak up the pressure..
Meet Ajinkya Rahane, a right handed Mumbai lad who made his first class debut in 2007 and in past three years, he's been among the leading scorers in Ranji trophy ~ 1089 runs at 68.06 in 2008 (2nd best), 809 runs at 73.54 in 2009 (2nd best) and 609 runs at 87.00 in 2010 (7th best). Rahane is averaging healthy 67.72 in his career of 48 first class games ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 24 August 2011
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