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- Dec 5, 2006
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England will rue putting down Ganguly with still a fair few overs to go, as he made a fantastically compiled century. His strike rate was above 90 runs per hundred balls, 91 to be precise and was the spearhead of the mass total of 297 runs. England leaked runs yes, but they took the wickets of Dravid, Yuvraj and Dhoni just when they looked to be establishing themselves, and were going to aid their captain at the other end.
It was a brave decision from the England captain to bring Pietersen at the death. I feel it was an excellent decision in the end, as by removing Pathan and Harbhajan, it stemmed the potential for more runs to be obtained. Despite Flintoff being able to reverse-swing the ball, and bowl very accurately at the death, i feel he would have found it difficult to dismiss both Pathan and Harbhajan, as an edge off his 86+mph bowling would have resulted in an instant boundary, with fine-leg likely being inside the circle during this stage of the innings.
The England bowlers were average, and no one out of the main five bowlers used, stood out. Even towards the end of the innings, short and wide is unacceptable, hence it was punished, despite the track being an excellent one for batting.
Overall, 297 runs to win is doable. In order for England to win, they will have to make certain of some factors. A) Their two pinch-hitters Lumb and Wright get the run-chase underway with a blistering start. B) The ten overs to be bowled by Harbhajan. On this hard wicket, bounce will be a certainty to be extracted by Harbhajan. England must make sure that they attempt to milk Harbhajan, even if it is for a sultry 3.00 tuns per over. As you highlighted earlier, i feel the main battle will be Irfan Pathan vs Kevin Pietersen.
Overall, it should be a fantastic match. My prediction is that India are to win by 18-27 runs.
England will rue putting down Ganguly with still a fair few overs to go, as he made a fantastically compiled century. His strike rate was above 90 runs per hundred balls, 91 to be precise and was the spearhead of the mass total of 297 runs. England leaked runs yes, but they took the wickets of Dravid, Yuvraj and Dhoni just when they looked to be establishing themselves, and were going to aid their captain at the other end.
It was a brave decision from the England captain to bring Pietersen at the death. I feel it was an excellent decision in the end, as by removing Pathan and Harbhajan, it stemmed the potential for more runs to be obtained. Despite Flintoff being able to reverse-swing the ball, and bowl very accurately at the death, i feel he would have found it difficult to dismiss both Pathan and Harbhajan, as an edge off his 86+mph bowling would have resulted in an instant boundary, with fine-leg likely being inside the circle during this stage of the innings.
The England bowlers were average, and no one out of the main five bowlers used, stood out. Even towards the end of the innings, short and wide is unacceptable, hence it was punished, despite the track being an excellent one for batting.
Overall, 297 runs to win is doable. In order for England to win, they will have to make certain of some factors. A) Their two pinch-hitters Lumb and Wright get the run-chase underway with a blistering start. B) The ten overs to be bowled by Harbhajan. On this hard wicket, bounce will be a certainty to be extracted by Harbhajan. England must make sure that they attempt to milk Harbhajan, even if it is for a sultry 3.00 tuns per over. As you highlighted earlier, i feel the main battle will be Irfan Pathan vs Kevin Pietersen.
Overall, it should be a fantastic match. My prediction is that India are to win by 18-27 runs.
I can imagine how much time it would have taken you to make it. 
