Story England in India and Sri Lanka

[Jamee999]

The ECB and the BCCI have today announced England's schedule for their tour to India. The special news is that there will be a tri-series, sponsored by LG(who also sponsor the Tests) with New Zealand the extra team.

Here is the schedule:

--England arrive in India--

India A vs England
23rd February-27th February
Four Day Warmup
Chennai

India vs England
6th March-11th March
1st Test
Mumbai

India vs England
15th March-20th March
2nd Test
Kolkatta

Board President's XI vs England
24th March-27th March
Three Day Warmup
Pune

India vs England
3rd April-8th April
3rd Test
New Dehli

--New Zealand arrive in India--

India A vs England
17th April
One Day Warmup
Mumbai

New Zealand vs England
19th April
LG Series
Kolkatta

India vs New Zealand
20th April
LG Series
Pune

India vs England
22nd April
LG Series
Bangalore

Board Presidents XI vs England
24th April
One Day Warmup
Kolkatta

India vs New Zealand
24th April
LG Series
Mumbai

New Zealand vs England
25th April
LG Series
Chennai

India vs England
26th April
LG Series
New Dehli

LG Series Finals

First Final
30th April
Pune

Second Final
1st May
Bangalore

Third Final
3rd May
Chennai

--England leave India--
--New Zealand leave India--

After this England will travel down to Sri Lanka, but the schedule is yet to be confirmed for that tour.

Michael Vaughan and Sourav Ganguly practicing before the series begins.

 

[The Champ]

Looking forward to the tour friend should be a tough one for ENG

 

[SaiSrini]

Why is Ganguly banned here? India are starting with the tests and Ganguly has only been banned from six ODI matches!

 

[Jamee999]

England have announced their 21 man squad to tour India and Sri Lanka, Head Selector, Duncan Fletcher announced the squad today at a press conference.

Here is the squad:

Michael Vaughan(captain)
James Anderson
Kabir Ali
Mark Butcher
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Steve Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Robert Key
Darren Gough
Chris Read(wk)
Geraint Jones(wk)
Marcus Trescothick
Graeme Thorpe
Ian Blackwell
Andrew Strauss
Ian Bell
Simon Jones
Kevin Pietersen

Mark Butcher, Simon Jones and Graeme Thorpe will only be playing Tests and Darren Gough, Ian Blackwell and Kabir Ali will only be playing One Day matches.

England's first tour match, against India A at Chennai, will be coming up soon, will England play a full strength team or try out some of the backups?

 

[cheaterr]

England have announced their 21 man squad to tour India and Sri Lanka, Head Selector, Duncan Fletcher announced the squad today at a press conference.


England's first tour match, against India A at Chennai, will be coming up soon, will England play a full strength team or try out some of the backups?

Since it's just a tour match, I think it's a good chance to try your players as it won't really matter if you win or lose.

 

[Jamee999]

Pre-match

India A vs England at Chennai

Welcome to England's first warm-up for the Tests, against India A.

We've got a really hard pitch here at Chennai and Sriram has won the toss and chosen to bowl, which will be good for them early on but will be hell to bat on on the last day. It's sunny and humid with very little chance of rain, so it will be hard work for both batsmen and fielders.

SS Paul, the opening bowler, working hard in pre-match practise.

 

[nik]

good luck mate, you could use IMG tags for posting images then you can lay it out well!

 

[m_vaughan]

Gambhir, Balaji and Pathan are Indian players now.

Anyways, a great start to your story mate. Looking forward to it.

 

[Jamee999]

They're giving a bit more strength to the India A team, it not only makes it more competive but also gives these players who have had little domestic cricket for various reasons, more practise.

 

[fardin]

mate nice to see you coming to planetcricket I am banned from cricket web by the way

 

[indiancricketer]

gonna be intersting

 

[dobbo2k4]

this is gonna be an interesting tour. Hope england perform.

 

[Jamee999]

Trescothick out- England 12-1

After a sharp bouncer from Irfan Pathan, Marcus Trescothick lost his cool and was out, caught at mid-on, it was a poor shot from the opener, and has set England off on the wrong foot for the series.

Trescothick tries to keep a neutral look after being dismissed but is obviously dissapointed.

Trescothick scored 5 runs off 5 balls with 1 four, he was caught by Sandereep Singh off the bowling off Irfan Pathan.

Captain Michael Vaughan joins Andrew Strauss at the crease, and these 2 will be looking to start well.

 

[gold639]

Good start by Pathan and India.

 

[Jamee999]

Vaughan Out! England in trouble at 25-2

Michael Vaughan is out, he clipped a ball off his legs to Balaji, England need to settle down and concentrate on keeping their wickets in hand, Andrew Strauss and the new batsman, Kevin Pietersen, who was pictured on the way to the crease, need to play defensively and get their heads down.