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2085dThe Report by Andrew Miller

Pietersen and Finn deliver England a rare win

Steven Finn capped a personally outstanding tour with the superb figures of 3 for 22 in only his second Twenty20 international, as a chastised England team produced a spirited display in the field to limit India to an obtainable 120 for 9

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KP Pietersen
53(39) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 0 7 2 13 1 8 18
SK Raina
SK Raina
39(29) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 1 4 5 11 0 10 8

Best performances - Bowlers

ST Finn
ST Finn
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
RS Bopara
RS Bopara
O3
M1
R16
W2
Eco5.33
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

England won the one-off match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.50, Interval 19.50-20.10, Second Session 20.10-21.30

Match days

29 October 2011 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Liam Brickhill

There you have it, England's first win in India since 2006, and it's by six wickets. The early dismissals hurt India's effort, and they struggled to add any real impetus to the innings - especially once Raina was dismissed. England's reply had its nervy moments, but there was never the weight of runs to really set their hearts racing. Read all about today's game in Andrew Miller's bulletin.

"Liam, you believe it or not but I am really emotional about this. I WILL miss you. But I wish you the best of luck, wherever you are..." Thanks Anees, I'm a touch emotional too, to be honest. If any of you would like to follow whatever it is I do next (clue: wacky shenanigans) then feel free to find me on Twitter. As a special thank you to all of you who have made my time here special, here's a little treat: it's the story of how I got into cricket.

"Bopara is the new Waqar, Jadeja is the new Warne (not my analogies) AND Liam is quitting cricinfo. What is this world coming to?" We live in strange times, Sabeen.

"For God's sake Liam. You never published my comments. Please do it now." Oh alright, Anjul, there you go.

"Bad captaincy by Dhoni today, dissapointed. First of all, he persisted with Yusuf Pathan and he ended up giving away a very precious expensive over - offspin! 2 right-handers batting would have thought Manoj Tiwary would be a better option, Jadeja's figures says it all...P.S Let's actually have 1 match-related post published now, will miss you Liam! :( Thanks for such great comms at Cricinfo!" Still, Punit, a job well done by Dhoni during this tour as a whole. He was the man of the ODI series, after all.

"I'm pained that Liam is leaving. I can't read the whole commentary because the hotel internet is worse than a dial up. I don't comment on Cricinfo at all, but Liam deserves a goodbye. Thanks for making me giggle like a school girl." Any time, Ravikiran Dinakar.

By the way, I assure you we will have the match presentations and interviews in a moment!

Samit Patel is presented with a motorcycle for his all-round effport

"We were 15 runs short," says MS Dhoni. "It was the sort of wicket where you'd aim for 150 odd runs. We didn't get off to a good start. It was very slow, so it was very difficult. They used the slower ball very well. Ashwin played some shots, and that's why we reached 120 odd runs. No point thinking about the Australian series right now, what's important is the next few days off and then back for the Tests. It'll be a good series for the youngsters, especially the bowlers."

Kevin Pietersen is the Man of the Match for his half-century. "Tricky wicket," he says. "It's one of those wickets were the first six overs you've got to take a risk or two. Luckily i was dropped! It's a good place to come and play as a batter, but a lot of us underperformed. But believe me, we tried our hardest. We've got a lot of work to do technique-wise here in the subcontinent. But we'll continue to give our best and try to improve. We've tried really hard on this trip, although we came unstuck in the one-dayers."

"It's been a very tough month for us," admits Graeme Swann. "We've played some abjectly horrible cricket, but it came together today. Finn has been the shining star for us for the whole month, I brought him on today when I needed a wicket and he provided. We know that we played some poor cricket for five games, and one swallow doesn't make a summer."

And that is just about that. It's sad to say goodbye. I hope you've all enjoyed my commentary efforts, and indeed, that you continue to enjoy cricinfo. It's been great. Thank you, one and all, and goodbye.

18.4
1
Kohli to Bopara, 1 run, dabbed to short third man, and finally England win in India!

All the fielders are in now.

18.3
0
Kohli to Bopara, no run, pushed to point, straight to the fielder
18.2
1
Kohli to Bairstow, 1 run, another shovel goes to leg, scores level
18.1
1
Kohli to Bopara, 1 run, turned off the pads into the leg side, a quick single taken

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs | ENG: 118/4 (3 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.55, RRR: 1.50)

  • Ravi Bopara12 (13b)
  • Jonny Bairstow1 (2b)
  • Suresh Raina2-0-9-1
  • Virat Kohli2-0-10-1

"Can we have a mini-collapse please?" It'll have to be a pretty major one now, Rakesh Kumar.

17.6
1
Raina to Bopara, 1 run, flicked to leg, one more taken

"Where's me tuk-tuk," asks Bumble on the TV commentary. "Start me tuk-tuk."

17.5
2
Raina to Bopara, 2 runs, squeezed through point for a couple
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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21C KieswetterAD Hales
2nd19KP PietersenAD Hales
3rd60KP PietersenSR Patel
4th6KP PietersenRS Bopara
5th15RS BoparaJM Bairstow