England win by six wickets Another whitewash then as England win the one-off Twenty20. Good game though, in the end India's slump in the second half of their innings cost them. Jade Dernbach was excellent, as was Eoin Morgan but it needed three desperate boundaries from Samit Patel in the final over to get England over the line. Andrew Miller has the report, which will well worth reading. There's a gallery too. Jade Dernbach is named man of the match for his four wickets. Good, bowlers don't get it enough. Anyway, that's the T20 series done, we won't remember it by the morning. Please join us on Saturday for the start of the ODI series.
19.3
4
Vinay Kumar to Patel, FOUR, finally Samit times one perfectly and finishes it in style! Down the track and smashes it over cover away for four. Punched the air a good four times, clearly meant plenty to him
19.2
4
Vinay Kumar to Patel, FOUR, that will be it! Samit backs away and gets more of this. Squeezed off the top-toe-edge and flew wide of Dhoni and away for four to third man!
19.1
4
Vinay Kumar to Patel, FOUR, boundary! Sweet relief but pure luck for England. Samit backed away, bottom edged and it sped past a diving Dhoni away. Five from five!
19.1
1w
Vinay Kumar to Patel, 1 wide, wide given. Ooh, that's a harsh call. Samit backed away so Vinay went full and well outside off. It was within the wide-guideline marks though
We have a Super Over if we tie, so look out. Vinay will bowl the last over and Samit Patel will start with the strike. Extra cover and midwicket are saving the single. Can Samit find the rope?
END OF OVER:19 | 3 Runs | ENG: 156/4 (10 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.21, RRR: 10.00)
- Ravi Bopara31 (36b)
- Samit Patel13 (13b)
- Munaf Patel4-0-25-2
- Vinay Kumar3-0-22-0
18.6
0
MM Patel to Bopara, no run, brilliant from Munaf! That over has got India right back in it. Yorker slips past Bopara as he aims a drive. India must be favourites now!
18.5
0
MM Patel to Bopara, no run, dot ball! Excellent from Munaf. Slower ball that Bopara heaved at and missed
18.4
1
MM Patel to Patel, 1 run, good timing from Samit but still just a single. Samit backed away, Munaf went full and outside off and it was driven hard to deep cover
18.3
1
MM Patel to Bopara, 1 run, excellent bowling from Munaf again. Perfect yorker that is just about jabbed out
18.2
1
MM Patel to Patel, 1 run, haha! Samit has snapped his bat here. Odd. The handle has snapped at its base. Bottom edge as he tried to slug it out to the off side and the bat just flew away. Samit was left holding a handle with no bat at the end of it!
18.1
0
MM Patel to Patel, no run, good start from Munaf! Touch slower and Samit ran down and swung past the ball
END OF OVER:18 | 7 Runs | ENG: 153/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 6.50)
- Samit Patel11 (10b)
- Ravi Bopara30 (33b)
- Vinay Kumar3-0-22-0
- Praveen Kumar4-0-27-1
17.6
1
Vinay Kumar to Patel, 1 run, Samit down the wicket to drive down the ground for a single
17.5
2
Vinay Kumar to Patel, 2 runs, Samit down the pitch to smash wide of long-off, who slips momentarily and allows Bopara to return to the non-striker's end for a sharp two
17.4
2
Vinay Kumar to Patel, 2 runs, again a top-edged slugs plugs into space. Samit tried to heave it leg side but could't get it ideally
17.3
1
Vinay Kumar to Bopara, 1 run, Bopara called two when he hit it but his leg-side clip went straight to deep midwicket
17.2
0
Vinay Kumar to Bopara, no run, Bopara tried to give himself room outside leg to smash through off bit couldn't time the shot. Valuable dot ball and the pressure heaps back onto Bopara
17.1
1
Vinay Kumar to Patel, 1 run, not the most perfect piece of timing from Samit. Thuds a low full toss to long-off
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | ENG: 146/4 (20 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.58, RRR: 6.66)
- Samit Patel5 (6b)
- Ravi Bopara29 (31b)
- Praveen Kumar4-0-27-1
- Munaf Patel3-0-22-2
16.6
1
Kumar to Patel, 1 run, good yorker to end the over and Praveen's spell. Samit digs out a single to midwicket
16.5
1
Kumar to Bopara, 1 run, low full toss this time is flipped to deep square
16.4
4
Kumar to Bopara, FOUR, four! Bopara gets the boundary but his heart would have been in his mouth for a moment. Full-toss crunched very hard down to cow corner where Munaf ran in, slid past the ball and it went away for four
16.3
1
Kumar to Patel, 1 run, Samit looked like he wanted to go big here, edging down the track and outside leg. But Praveen's length and line was solid and it was just pushed to deep point
16.2
1
Kumar to Bopara, 1 run, shortish ball is whipped to deep square. Again just a single
16.1
1
Kumar to Patel, 1 run, Praveen finds an outside edge that runs away to third man. Lots of batting to come, when do England gamble
