Story England's Road to Glory: v India - 1st Test: Gallant India Turned Over by Rampant Lions

[formula1man]

hmmm not knowing England, well i wouldn't know but i'll have a wild guess. Ian Botham, lol im way off eh?

 

[shefellover93]

Nope, unlucky mate. This is in an innings btw

 

[shefellover93]

C'mon people vote. 5,000 vcash is up for grabs

 

[thesweepmaster]

Beefy mentioned this in commentary the other day and I think he said Derek Underwood got 7-32 or something like that?

 

[shefellover93]

Congratulations thesweepmaster, you receive 5,00 vcash!

 

[thesweepmaster]

it said $5,000 and you've gave me 5 lol

 

[shefellover93]

reli?
oops
hmmm

 

[thesweepmaster]

sorted! and I'll give you your $5 back lol

 

[shefellover93]

Nice doing business with you

 

[shefellover93]

Will update tomorrow morning

 

[shefellover93]

Galvin Announces Second Test Squad

England manager Kevin Galvin has announced the second test squad to face New Zealand at the home of cricket, Lord's.

This is the first time that the first test of the summer hasn't taken place at Lords, but the North London crowd won't mind waiting a little for their first taste of cricket.

Galvin has made one change to his side before the test. With Dimitri Mascarenhas replacing Mal Loye but a number of changes in the batting order.

England team to face New Zealand

1. M. Vaughan ©
2. A. Cook
3. K. Pietersen
4. I. Bell
5. M. Ramprakash
6. T. Ambrose (WK)
7. D. Mascarenhas
8. R. Sidebottom
9. M. Hoggard
10. S. Harmison
11. M. Panesar

Bracewell Announces New Zealand Squad

John Bracewell followed suit and announced his squad just minutes after his opposite number Kevin Galvin
New Zealand team to face England
1. J. How
2. L. Vincent
3. H. Marshall
4. C. McMillan
5. R. Taylor
6. J. Oram
7. B. McCullum (WK)
8. D. Vettori ©
9. D. Tuffey
10. K. Mills
11. C. Martin

shefellover93 added 19 Minutes and 51 Seconds later...

England do well all along the order



England won the toss on a hard Lord’s pitch with blistering sunshine and predictably elected to bat. A maiden in the first over was as good as it got for New Zealand in the opening exchanges as massive scores in the 3rd (9), 7th (10) and 11th (10) overs gave Daniel Vettori a headache, a mass of extras gifted Alistair Cook and Michael Vaughan a 50 partnership in the 11th over. Chris Martin replaced Daryl Tuffey in the 14th over but couldn’t make a breakthrough. The partnership reached 100 in the 21st over and all was going well for England.

Alaistar Cook hit a few good shots in his 100 partnership with Michael Vaughan


But Kyle Mills did get a wicket. Michael Vaughan not learning his lesson in the first innings. He chipped a catch to Daryl Tuffey in the 25th over and was out for 46.
Daniel Vettori brought himself into the attack and after two overs bowled Cook, the ball squirting past the left hander’s block to crash into his off-stump on 26. That ended the morning session. A massive 37 extras were conceded after only 29 overs.

MCC Members were happy with the day's progress



England kept going well after lunch and Bell and Pietersen reached their 50 partnership. But soon they were in trouble, first Bell had a block dropped at silly point. Than the ball looped off Pietersen’s glove and looped up into the air, only to drop safely at gully. The pair calmed down though and Pietersen reached his half century in typical fashion.

The Hampshire man making his milestone in only 49 balls after blasting a four in the 44th over. The same over the pair brought 100 up, but Bell was gone an over later after hitting it straight to captain Daniel Vettori off Daryl Tuffey’s bowling. Soon Pietersen was gone, after blocking one away from his body, the ball found the inside edge and cannoned into his leg stump. Ambrose came and went, coming down the wicket to Vettori but only managed to get stranded while Brendon McCullum whipped of the bails. Ambrose gone for nine. That was the last action of the afternoon session.

Daniel Vettori had Tim Ambrose out for only 9



The evening session was well balanced with some excellent cricket on offer. In the 62nd over a straight drive by Ramprakash squeezed through the tight slip field and was safe. ‘Ramps’ soon put this behind him to reach his 13th test 50. But two overs after his achievement he was out, trying to smash Kyle Mills over his head Ramprakash was caught by Jacob Oram, two new inclusions combining to take a crucial wicket.

Jacob Oram took the important wicket of Ramprakash


His partner Dimitri Mascarenhas went soon after, Lou Vincent taking a catch after a poor shot, Chris Martin the bowler to open up the lower order. Matthew Hoggard came in and played well with Ryan Sidebottom the night watchman. But he was out immediately after hitting a four in the 75th over, umpire Steve Bucknor deciding that the ball would have gone on to hit Hoggard’s leg stump after hitting above his knee roll. But Hoggard did make a good 34 runs before getting out.

New Zealand continued to struggle with the tail enders as Stephan Harmison came in after 6 overs at the crease together the partnership was worth 50. Sidebottom got onto his first ever test half century in the 85th over and wasn’t he delighted. The Huddersfield man took a lot of stick about his bowling performance in the first test, it seems that Sidebottom has swapped the ball for the bat! There was only one ball left in the day and that passed without incident as England finish the day on 460-8, with Ryan Sidebottom unbeaten on 52 and Harmison 32 not out.

Scorecard

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Huge total by England everyone chipped in with some runs and surprsied to see Sidebottom score a 50...well done with the story

 

[thesweepmaster]

Great update mate, the graphics and writing work perfectly together.
Anyway England have got a great total, hopefully the bowlers can do there job and England will win.

 

[Highlander999]

Great to see Dimitry playing and Ambrose would be pretty annoyed being the only person to fail to contribute.

Looking good mate, keep up the good work

 

[formula1man]

good work here. should be winner of SOTM.
good total here by england