- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.5 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. 127/123.6 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. 153/236.5 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. 242/337.3 141.4 kmph short pitched delivery and YK Pathan pulls it weakly to midwicket. India 247 for 4. 247/447.1 cleaned up. Full, straight, on the middle, Dhoni shapes to whip it across the line, misses and the middle stump is knocked back. 352/5Extras20 (b 1, lb 9, w 10)TOTAL387/5 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Anderson 8 0 52 0 6.50 26 5 2 3 0 SCJ Broad 10 0 74 0 7.40 26 8 2 4 0 A Flintoff 10 0 67 1 6.70 28 6 3 0 0 SJ Harmison 10 0 75 2 7.50 27 11 1 2 0 SR Patel 9 0 78 2 8.66 13 8 2 0 0 PD Collingwood 1 0 15 0 15.00 2 0 2 0 0 KP Pietersen 2 0 16 0 8.00 3 0 1 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 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 34/33.2 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. 12/14.5 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. 17/227.1 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. 150/710.6 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 38/417.4 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! 76/526.1 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. 147/635.3 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 195/835.6 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. 207/937.4 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. 229/10Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL229 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)
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 7-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
14 November 2008 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- India: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (G Gambhir 29, V Sehwag 18, Ex 3)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 - fielding
- Drinks: India - 93/0 in 16.0 overs (G Gambhir 46, V Sehwag 39)
- India: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (102 balls), Extras 8
- V Sehwag: 50 off 44 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 102 balls (G Gambhir 46, V Sehwag 51, Ex 8)
- G Gambhir: 50 off 59 balls (8 x 4)
- India: 150 runs in 23.5 overs (147 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: India - 191/2 in 31.0 overs (SK Raina 17, Yuvraj Singh 24)
- India: 200 runs in 31.5 overs (197 balls), Extras 14
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (SK Raina 21, Yuvraj Singh 27, Ex 2)
- Power Play 3: Overs 34.1 - 39.0 - batting
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 42 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- India: 250 runs in 37.5 overs (234 balls), Extras 15
- India: 300 runs in 43.3 overs (269 balls), Extras 16
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (Yuvraj Singh 26, MS Dhoni 27, Ex 1)
- Yuvraj Singh: 100 off 64 balls (11 x 4, 4 x 6)
- India: 350 runs in 46.4 overs (290 balls), Extras 20
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 58 balls (Yuvraj Singh 60, MS Dhoni 38, Ex 5)
- Innings Break: India - 387/5 in 50.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 138, RG Sharma 11)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 - fielding
- England: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: England - 63/4 in 15.0 overs (KP Pietersen 17, PD Collingwood 10)
- England: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (127 balls), Extras 4
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 46 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (KP Pietersen 30, SR Patel 20, Ex 1)
- England: 150 runs in 26.5 overs (164 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: England - 173/7 in 33.0 overs (RS Bopara 11, SCJ Broad 14)
- Power Play 3: Overs 33.1 - 38.0 - batting
- England: 200 runs in 35.4 overs (218 balls), Extras 6
- RS Bopara: 50 off 37 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
England tour of India 2008-09 News
Kapil's mighty contribution must not be forgotten
Heroics of legendary allrounder Kapil Dev, who turned 50 this week, inspired childhood dreams in India, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .
India's approach showed 'contempt'
The BBC's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew is in no doubt that the tedious last day of the Mohali Test did little to boost the appeal of the longer version of the game
Meet the VVinners
And that brings us to the end of an eventful India v England 2008 series