Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    19.5 England have got their first wicket. Gambhir came down the track and chipped it to left of long-off. He didn't hit it hard, just sort of chipped it and couldn't find the distance. I didn't notice it but SMG on air says, "Sehwag gave him a mouthful for not hitting it hard!" There you go. Simple policy. 127/1
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    116.43
    23.6 Bell takes a beauty at midwicket to get rid of the imperious Sehwag. England strike back. Sehwag is down the track but ends up dragging his big heave to the right of midwicket. Bell flung himself to his right and picked the ball inches off the turf. Supremely athletic effort. Great to watch. Entertaining innings comes to an end. 153/2
    36.5 Caught by the diving Collingwood at backward point. Dipping low full toss outside off, Raina slices it to right of Colly who dives to take it. India have lost their third wicket. 242/3
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    176.92
    37.3 141.4 kmph short pitched delivery and YK Pathan pulls it weakly to midwicket. India 247 for 4. 247/4
    47.1 cleaned up. Full, straight, on the middle, Dhoni shapes to whip it across the line, misses and the middle stump is knocked back. 352/5
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    137.50
    Extras
    20 (b 1, lb 9, w 10)
    TOTAL
    387/5 (50 Overs, RR: 7.74)
    Fall of wickets: 1-127 (Gautam Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 2-153 (Virender Sehwag, 23.6 ov), 3-242 (Suresh Raina, 36.5 ov), 4-247 (Yusuf Pathan, 37.3 ov), 5-352 (MS Dhoni, 47.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JM Anderson805206.50265230
    SCJ Broad1007407.40268240
    A Flintoff1006716.70286300
    SJ Harmison1007527.502711120
    SR Patel907828.66138200
    PD Collingwood1015015.0020200
    KP Pietersen201608.0030110
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    10.3 edged and taken! Zaheer angles one wider across Bell, who cannot resist having a nibble when he sees width and succeeds in getting a nick to an ecstatic Dhoni, England three down 34/3
    3.2 Munaf gets the first wicket. Prior is back. It was slanted across Prior who was sucked into the chase and edged it to first slip where Sehwag held on. 12/1
    4.5 Good catch by Sehwag, diving to his left at first slip. Zaheer hurled it full and across Shah, who was squared up completely and got a thickish edge; the ball flew to left of Sehwag, standing wide, and he did well to lunge to his left to take the catch. England are wobbling here at Rajkot. 17/2
    27.1 KP is run out by Rohit Sharma. It was pushed to left of covers, Rohit picks and fires in a low throw, Dhoni lunges, collects, and breaks the stumps. Third umpire says out. KP already knows it. The crowd roar. England slip further. 150/7
    10.6 two in the over! Now Flintoff departs to one that pitches on a length just outside leg stump and striking him on the knee roll to hit him in front of middle stumps ... he's given out but thats a harsh call from the umpire 38/4
    17.4 And facebook arguments might get difficult today for the Englishmen. From round the stumps, RP gets one to straighten a touch outside off and Collingwood has a lame poke at it. Gone! 76/5
    26.1 Done in by the doosra. Patel charged down. Panic. Desperate swing. Air. Death knell. Patel couldn't reach the pitch of the ball, tried to chase it as it turned away but couldn't connect. Harbhajan signals bye bye to him. 147/6
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    142.10
    35.3 Again too much elevation and it drops into Gambhir's hands at long-on. Eight wickets down. Bopara now, no one is going to argue hopefully, left with tail enders 195/8
    35.6 Harmison is run out. It was turned to Harbhajan Singh at short fine-leg and they go for the risky single. The throw comes in right on target and Dhoni breaks the stumps. 207/9
    37.4 Game over. Fired in full and straight, Anderson misses the attempted paddle. Hawk eye suggets it would have turned and missed the off stump. India have won by 158 runs. 229/10
    Extras
    6 (lb 2, w 4)
    TOTAL
    229 all out (37.4 Overs, RR: 6.07)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Matt Prior, 3.2 ov), 2-17 (Owais Shah, 4.5 ov), 3-34 (Ian Bell, 10.3 ov), 4-38 (Andrew Flintoff, 10.6 ov), 5-76 (Paul Collingwood, 17.4 ov), 6-147 (Samit Patel, 26.1 ov), 7-150 (Kevin Pietersen, 27.1 ov), 8-195 (Stuart Broad, 35.3 ov), 9-207 (Steve Harmison, 35.6 ov), 10-229 (James Anderson, 37.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Z Khan712633.71294000
    MM Patel612013.33232000
    RP Singh402516.25144020
    YK Pathan3.4041111.1853300
    V Sehwag906817.55191520
    Harbhajan Singh804715.87204100

Match Notes

England tour of India 2008-09 News

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12IR BellMJ Prior
2nd5OA ShahIR Bell
3rd17IR BellKP Pietersen
4th4A FlintoffKP Pietersen
5th38PD CollingwoodKP Pietersen
6th71KP PietersenSR Patel
7th3KP PietersenRS Bopara
8th45RS BoparaSCJ Broad
9th12SJ HarmisonRS Bopara
10th22JM AndersonRS Bopara