Story India's Journey To World Cup 2011 [Commonwealth Bank Series 2010]

[Aditya]

It's Runs Per Over

Well on presentation side, it's massively improved & it looks great at the moment. But on the writing side, I would suggest some more things,

a) Use the third person context in writings & not to mix up the third & first person's speech.

eg : " I guess Sachin took too many singles " --> This type of first person speech should be there only if you are one of the actors there in the context, like in career stories.

b) Cross check the post for grammatical usage. But I can see it improving though. Good luck.

Always great to have suggestions from you. I would surely do that from next update.

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs England

Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs England
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

It was a horrible start for India. Gambhir got out in the first over of India's second innings and even Dravid followed his in the very next over......England team was overjoyed after getting India's two quick wickets....Then came Little Master,Sachin Tendulkar........

After Sachin came at the crease everyone wondered that now India are in deep deep pressure and Sehwag will stop his attacking batting and will play slowly. But Sehwag had different plans in his mind he didn't changed his batting at all......Sachin Tendulkar on other hand was taking singles as well as he was making sure he stays at middle for long time with Sehwga. Whenever he felt Sehwag is loosing his concentration he was having a short chats with him. Slowly and Slowly they were building a solid partnership.... Soon Sehwag reached his quick but well made fifty.....

Sehwag raising his bat after reaching his fifty!​

After Sehwag reached his fifty Sachin indicated him to stay at the crease and don't loose passions. After Sehwag reached his fifty Sachin started taking singles and doubles and improved the run-rate of the team.....Soon Sachin reached his fifty.......

Sachin raising his bat after reaching his fifty!​

After reaching his fifty,Sachin there was not much time left before close of days play....So he allowed Sehwag to take most of the strike and Sehwag started playing few big strokes and after sometime umpires said 'Common guys its end of day's play. Indians were looking happy with the days performance after all Sehwag and Sachin were playing at the crease and it itself is a big thing for Indian fans......

Most of the people though that Sehwag would start slowly when the 3rd day of the test match will start but Sehwag didn't bothered listening to them and from the ball one started smashing the bowlers all around the park.....

Andrew Strauss was shocked to see this kind of strategy from Indian batsmen and decided to change bowling and give bowl to Swann. Which didn't work Sehwag started taking singles when Swann came to the attack and started giving Sachin most of the strike but then he decided its time to play few big strokes and get as much runs in the pocket as he can...... Pressure started building on England and Strauss started changing bowling from both the ends but it was not working. Soon Sehwag got to his fabulous hundred and the crowd had no other option rather then clapping for Sehwag for his hundred. Strauss brought Swann again to the attack and all thought that Swann again. :doh But Swann got rid of Sehwag on his first ball of his over. Sehwag was on front foot and tried to push the ball for single but eventually missed it and bowl managed to hit the stumps. Next batsmen was Laxman and he started in his typical way by taking singles and doubles...... Sachin Tendulkar who was taking singles suddenly was looking out of touch and Swann took advantage of it and got his wicket. I guess Sachin took too many singles and he was in frame of mind of just taking singles and not taking risk and got confused and hence loosed his wicket. There were some questions raised by the commentators about the LBW decision but at the end all agreed that it was out.

Next batsmen was Indian captain,MS Dhoni. He took many singles and allowed Laxman to play calmly...... Dhoni knew that he is a main wicket and India cannot expect much from Yuvraj because his batting is not much suitable for test matches.... Dhoni took singles,doubles and triples too.... Soon he got really close to his century but then umpires said common guys its time for 'lunch'. Dhoni was looking happy with the proceedings so far and knew that they can put up good score of the board but for that Dhoni needs to stay there.

After lunch Dhoni and Laxman came to bat. Most of the Indian fans thought that now pitch is getting very good for bowling so Dhoni will decide to declare but he didn't.....Few of them also thought that Laxman is well settled there and he will make a big score but he didn't he was out in the first over after lunch and next batsmen was Yuvraj......

There were lots of questions raised about Yuvraj like he is not a batsmen for test matches,he is not a batsmen who deserves to be in Indian test side. But in this innings he silenced the critics..... He started of very slowly and allowed Dhoni to reach to his well made fifity......After Dhoni reached his fifty Dhoni took most of the strike and was adding crucial runs to the board.......

After Dhoni reached a score around 70 Yuvraj started hitting big strokes he had not interest in taking singles but when Dhoni saw that Yuvraj is playing too attacking cricket he said him few words and Yuvraj gave him single. After that Dhoni took most of the strike and after few minutes reached to his very well made hundred and after few more minutes even Yuvraj reached his fifty. But after reaching his fifty after few minutes Yuvraj gave away his wicket and after hit the tail collapsed and Dhoni was disappointed with that. Nonetheless India have set a good target in front of England lets see what happens but for now lets have a look at Indian batting scorecard and England bowling scorecard....

India Batting Scorecard

England Bowling Scorecard

To Be Continued​

 

[MaD]

That scorecard looks great IMO
Great job by Sehwag and Dhoni there

 

[Aditya]

That scorecard looks great IMO
Great job by Sehwag and Dhoni there

Thanks,Credit goes to Giggity for his scorecard.

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Good work by the batsmen hope our bowlers do well enough to restrict them and win the first test , Good update Adi

 

[AbhishekS]

Sehwag simply rules!
He is the best!
Loved to see many 0s at the end.

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs England

Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs England
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

So England just needed to bat for another 1.30 minutes. So they came in frame of mind of making as much runs as they can....So that they end day well and build pressure on Indian bowling...There start was not the best ones but they recovered soon when Strauss smashed Ishant Sharma for plenty of runs in his first spell.......

Dhoni wanted a wicket so he replaced Ishant Sharma with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan was bowling well but was not able to get wicket. On other hand even Cook changed his batting and started playing attacking cricket. It was getting dark and Dhoni was desperate to get any of the opening batsmen out. Then finally he decided to bring Sreesanth into the attack and that resulted in wicket of Andrew Strauss,England captain..Sreesanth got surprise bounce from the pitch and Strauss tried to hook it which resulted in think edge and Ishant accepted the catch.... :happy :banana2

Sreesanth was overjoyed but he controlled his aggression and celebrated the wicket with his team. :happy :banana2 Most of the people thought night watchmen will come to bat now and it will Anderson but no Jonathan Trott was the next batsmen and it shocked the crowd a lot and they said 'boooooooooo!!!!'...... Trott did well to stay at the crease and supported Cook well....Cook after Strauss wicket made sure that he stays at the crease and played few delightful strokes......After few minutes umpires said common guys back to the pavilion it's end of Day 3......

ENG : 60/1(18 Overs )[R/o=3.33]
A.Cook : 33*(50)
Jonathan Trott: 6*(17)

To Be Continued....​

 

[MaD]

Good play by Trott although I think India have the match in hand

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs England

Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs England
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

So England just needed to bat for another 1.30 minutes. So they came in frame of mind of making as much runs as they can....So that they end day well and build pressure on Indian bowling...There start was not the best ones but they recovered soon when Strauss smashed Ishant Sharma for plenty of runs in his first spell.......

Dhoni wanted a wicket so he replaced Ishant Sharma with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan was bowling well but was not able to get wicket. On other hand even Cook changed his batting and started playing attacking cricket. It was getting dark and Dhoni was desperate to get any of the opening batsmen out. Then finally he decided to bring Sreesanth into the attack and that resulted in wicket of Andrew Strauss,England captain..Sreesanth got surprise bounce from the pitch and Strauss tried to hook it which resulted in think edge and Ishant accepted the catch.... :happy :banana2

Sreesanth was overjoyed but he controlled his aggression and celebrated the wicket with his team. :happy :banana2 Most of the people thought night watchmen will come to bat now and it will Anderson but no Jonathan Trott was the next batsmen and it shocked the crowd a lot and they said 'boooooooooo!!!!'...... Trott did well to stay at the crease and supported Cook well....Cook after Strauss wicket made sure that he stays at the crease and played few delightful strokes......After few minutes umpires said common guys back to the pavilion it's end of Day 3......

Day 4 started of with lots of expectation from Indian team and England team fans. Indian team obviously had the upper hand but as they say cricket is a funny game and India still needed 9 more wickets...Alastair Cook continued his good batting but he didn't took any risk he played grounded stroke because he knew that his wicket is very important....On other hand Trott played very defensively..Soon Cook reached his fifty and after his fifty he took many singles and played all around the ground.

After Cook reached his fifty Trott made sure that he make some runs and take his score forward because he knew pitch can be hard to play anytime....They both were playing very well specially Cook he stopped hitting boundaries after his fifty and made sure he stays at the crease......Dhoni knew that this partnership could be very dangerous for India.

So he brought Harbhajan into the attack and that did the trick....Harbhajan bowled a good length delivery Cook gone on backfoot and got thick edge and Dhoni accepted the catch.....Cook was damn disappointed and next batsmen was Pietersen he just played one ball and umpire said common guys its time for lunch!

ENG : 146/2(50 Overs )[R/o=2.92]
Jonathan Trott : 40*(109)
Kevin Pietersen: 0*(1)

Last Wicket:Alastair Cook : 82(149)

To Be Continued....​

 

[Aussie Team]

India Need Some Wickets.

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Need to get some quick wicket to win this One , Must i keep on repeating good update well i will

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs England

Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs England
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

So England just needed to bat for another 1.30 minutes. So they came in frame of mind of making as much runs as they can....So that they end day well and build pressure on Indian bowling...There start was not the best ones but they recovered soon when Strauss smashed Ishant Sharma for plenty of runs in his first spell.......

Dhoni wanted a wicket so he replaced Ishant Sharma with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan was bowling well but was not able to get wicket. On other hand even Cook changed his batting and started playing attacking cricket. It was getting dark and Dhoni was desperate to get any of the opening batsmen out. Then finally he decided to bring Sreesanth into the attack and that resulted in wicket of Andrew Strauss,England captain..Sreesanth got surprise bounce from the pitch and Strauss tried to hook it which resulted in think edge and Ishant accepted the catch.... :happy :banana2

Sreesanth was overjoyed but he controlled his aggression and celebrated the wicket with his team. :happy :banana2 Most of the people thought night watchmen will come to bat now and it will Anderson but no Jonathan Trott was the next batsmen and it shocked the crowd a lot and they said 'boooooooooo!!!!'...... Trott did well to stay at the crease and supported Cook well....Cook after Strauss wicket made sure that he stays at the crease and played few delightful strokes......After few minutes umpires said common guys back to the pavilion it's end of Day 3......

Day 4 started of with lots of expectation from Indian team and England team fans. Indian team obviously had the upper hand but as they say cricket is a funny game and India still needed 9 more wickets...Alastair Cook continued his good batting but he didn't took any risk he played grounded stroke because he knew that his wicket is very important....On other hand Trott played very defensively..Soon Cook reached his fifty and after his fifty he took many singles and played all around the ground.

After Cook reached his fifty Trott made sure that he make some runs and take his score forward because he knew pitch can be hard to play anytime....They both were playing very well specially Cook he stopped hitting boundaries after his fifty and made sure he stays at the crease......Dhoni knew that this partnership could be very dangerous for India.

So he brought Harbhajan into the attack and that did the trick....Harbhajan bowled a good length delivery Cook gone on backfoot and got thick edge and Dhoni accepted the catch.....Cook was damn disappointed and next batsmen was Pietersen he just played one ball and umpire said common guys its time for lunch!

After lunch England strategy was to play bit fast and add some crucial runs to the board....Kevin Pietersen did well to add some crucial runs to the board on other hand Trott was taking singles and was inching closer to his fifty.....Pietersen was hitting some glorious stroke and the bowlers went clueless even Dhoni didn't knew in which bowler he should have faith...On other hand Trott reached his fifty and continued giving strike to Kevin....


But after reaching to his fifty after few minutes Trott was given LBW out....Ball got some swing from the pitch,Trott didn't expected any swing hence he decided to leave the ball but because of the swing ball managed to touch the off stump and umpire felt that yes it is out and gave Trott LBW...Next batsmen was Collingwood even his dismissal was pretty unlucky....This time ball didn't had any swing but he expected some swing and bounce bowl kept low and manged to hit off stump and Collingwood was bowled...

Even Kevin followed these two batsmen in the next over but this time it was KP mistake he was getting way too attacking and hence he was bowled because of a miss timed stroke....Prior came to the crease and played few strokes and after KP dismissal Broad came to bat and managed to stay at the crease with Prior. Soon umpires said 'common guys its time for TEA' and Indian team happily gone for the TEA. Now the question is can there be a twist in the match? No one knows.....

ENG : 244/5(81 Overs )[R/o=3.01]
Matt Prior: 33*(68)
Stuart Broad: 0*(8)

Last Wicket:Kevin Pietersen : 46(88)

To Be Continued....​

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Need some more quick wickets for India

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs England

Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs England
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

So England just needed to bat for another 1.30 minutes. So they came in frame of mind of making as much runs as they can....So that they end day well and build pressure on Indian bowling...There start was not the best ones but they recovered soon when Strauss smashed Ishant Sharma for plenty of runs in his first spell.......

Dhoni wanted a wicket so he replaced Ishant Sharma with Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan was bowling well but was not able to get wicket. On other hand even Cook changed his batting and started playing attacking cricket. It was getting dark and Dhoni was desperate to get any of the opening batsmen out. Then finally he decided to bring Sreesanth into the attack and that resulted in wicket of Andrew Strauss,England captain..Sreesanth got surprise bounce from the pitch and Strauss tried to hook it which resulted in think edge and Ishant accepted the catch.... :happy :banana2

Sreesanth was overjoyed but he controlled his aggression and celebrated the wicket with his team. :happy :banana2 Most of the people thought night watchmen will come to bat now and it will Anderson but no Jonathan Trott was the next batsmen and it shocked the crowd a lot and they said 'boooooooooo!!!!'...... Trott did well to stay at the crease and supported Cook well....Cook after Strauss wicket made sure that he stays at the crease and played few delightful strokes......After few minutes umpires said common guys back to the pavilion it's end of Day 3......

Day 4 started of with lots of expectation from Indian team and England team fans. Indian team obviously had the upper hand but as they say cricket is a funny game and India still needed 9 more wickets...Alastair Cook continued his good batting but he didn't took any risk he played grounded stroke because he knew that his wicket is very important....On other hand Trott played very defensively..Soon Cook reached his fifty and after his fifty he took many singles and played all around the ground.

After Cook reached his fifty Trott made sure that he make some runs and take his score forward because he knew pitch can be hard to play anytime....They both were playing very well specially Cook he stopped hitting boundaries after his fifty and made sure he stays at the crease......Dhoni knew that this partnership could be very dangerous for India.

So he brought Harbhajan into the attack and that did the trick....Harbhajan bowled a good length delivery Cook gone on backfoot and got thick edge and Dhoni accepted the catch.....Cook was damn disappointed and next batsmen was Pietersen he just played one ball and umpire said common guys its time for lunch!

After lunch England strategy was to play bit fast and add some crucial runs to the board....Kevin Pietersen did well to add some crucial runs to the board on other hand Trott was taking singles and was inching closer to his fifty.....Pietersen was hitting some glorious stroke and the bowlers went clueless even Dhoni didn't knew in which bowler he should have faith...On other hand Trott reached his fifty and continued giving strike to Kevin....


But after reaching to his fifty after few minutes Trott was given LBW out....Ball got some swing from the pitch,Trott didn't expected any swing hence he decided to leave the ball but because of the swing ball managed to touch the off stump and umpire felt that yes it is out and gave Trott LBW...Next batsmen was Collingwood even his dismissal was pretty unlucky....This time ball didn't had any swing but he expected some swing and bounce bowl kept low and manged to hit off stump and Collingwood was bowled...

Even Kevin followed these two batsmen in the next over but this time it was KP mistake he was getting way too attacking and hence he was bowled because of a miss timed stroke....Prior came to the crease and played few strokes and after KP dismissal Broad came to bat and managed to stay at the crease with Prior. Soon umpires said 'common guys its time for TEA' and Indian team happily gone for the TEA. Now the question is can there be a twist in the match? No one knows.....

After the Tea England and Prior strategy was to hit some quick runs. Spinners were bowling so it was ideal time for Prior to hit some big strokes and that's what he did. He smashed spinners all around the park and got to his well made fifity...This inning from Prior is really frustrating Indians because Indian team knows that if he gets out win will be in hand of us. But he is not getting out and even Broad is trying his best to stay at the middle with him....

Broad got some lucky escapes and Indian fielding was really poor i have to say that.....After reaching to his fifty,Prior started playing a innings which ensure England's win....Prior started taking singles and rotating the strike but he forgot that Broad is not a specialist batsmen he can bat but it's not sure that he can bat all day with him......Fortunately for England Broad stayed at the middle and didn't gave away his wicket for a fair time.....

But,As soon as Yuvraj came into the attack Broad was having difficulties playing him. Third ball of the Yuvraj over got rid of Broad. He pitched the ball on off side but it got some spin and Broad was bowled. Broad thought that ball will not spin and it will have some bounce too but it didn't had bounce and it did spin and Broad gave away his wicket cheaply...After Broad got out Swann came to crease and managed to stay at the middle till the end of the day and supported Prior.....Swann defended the ball and gave strike to Prior too but the main thing he did was he allowed himself to stay at the crease and we know Swann has some serious talent with the bat but can he win this match for this team? Lets see but after sometime umpires said 'common guys back to pavilion its end of day 4'....

ENG : 303/6(111 Overs )[R/o=2.72]
Matt Prior: 73*(170)
Stuart Broad: 7*(53)

Last Wicket:Stuart Broad : 11(33)

ENG need more 74 runs to win with 4 wickets in hand.

To Be Continued....​

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Will the get it ? probably yes and Indian bowlers please get the quick wickets to win this one

Good update Adi