Story India's Short Tour Of England

[m_vaughan]

i mean the pics dont load completely...for example...the sachin one stops just after "Sachin Tendulkar 33", and the kumble one stops half-way.

Also I see some blue lines on the kits.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

I don't see any blue lines but a fair number of the pictures aren't loading fully for some reason.

 

[Rahul]

laxman is completely beaten for pace!! clean bowled....he's gone for just 17

yuvraj plays and misses...very close to the edge...he's in the 90's and understandably nervous

yuvraj plays a beautiful hook shot for 4 to reach his hundred!!

brilliant knock from yuvraj on a seamer friendly wicket!! this knock might earn him a place in the indian test match eleven!! the crowd give him a standing ovation in acknowledgement!!

scorecard...at tea time on the 2nd day of the match
india looking in a confortable postion

 

[Rahul]

oops...got the story a bit wrong there....laxman got out after yuvraj made his hundred!! sorry coz i played the match sometime back..got the pics a bit wrong there!!

 

[Rahul]

yuvraj goes right after the tea break...hadnt got his eye in after the break...beaten by an outswinger and clean bowled!!

he acknowledges the crowd's applause...gr8 knock comes to an end!!

parthiv patel is trapped right in front of the stumps by kabir ali!!

ganguly battled away with the tail and got a very good 50!!

irfan pathan is bowled tring to defend gareth batty...he played for the spin but there was no turn on the green wicket
....but he played well for 33...supported ganguly very well!!

scorecard at the end of the 2nd days play!!

bowling card

 

[Rahul]

balaji misjudges a run and is runout

ganguly was bowled off batty and then india decided to declare 402/9 dec at the end

the bowling stats for worcester....kabir ali the pick of the bowlers!!

india declared in the 1st session of the 3rd day and had some
time to bowl...... cudnt take pics coz fraps didnt work at that time but pathan took a brilliant wicket....lbw ..the ball cut back in sharply!! beauty of a ball ....balaji got 1 early as well.....worcester off to a bad start.....peters trying to lead the fightback...at lunch worcester 46/2

bowling figures at lunch...very economical...peters smashed a few against pathan rite in the end though

peters carries on after lunch and reaches his 50...good fighting knock from him while wickets tumble at the other end

 

[Rahul]

solanki goes for a duck...4 down now

pathan strikes again..peters goes....safely taken by sehwag in the slips.....goes for 51

they are crumbling under pressure and still well short of saving an innings defeat

and the last wicket falls quickly as well......appauling performance by worcester...didnt even reach 3 figures

balaji celebrates the win!! india win by an innings...comprehensive win...very 1 sided match

final card.....very poor....no 1 showing any fight except for peters

bowling card

good start to the tour for india!!

 

[Rahul]

solanki goes for a duck...4 down now

pathan strikes again..peters goes....safely taken by sehwag in the slips.....goes for 51

they are crumbling under pressure and still well short of saving an innings defeat

and the last wicket falls quickly as well......appauling performance by worcester...didnt even reach 3 figures

balaji celebrates the win!! india win by an innings...comprehensive win...very 1 sided match

final card.....very poor....no 1 showing any fight except for peters

bowling card

good start to the tour for india!!

 

[Rahul]

while the forums were down i was posting the story at pc...u can check out the part leading upto here...i'm still on the tour matches.. ....won all of the 1s i've played!!



Next Match: India vs Northampton
finally last tour match before the start of the odi's!!

overcast conditions.....here is the indian xi selected

india electing to field first...they strike very early...it's pathan again!! he's a real threat for england!!

 

[Rahul]

pathan got another 1 very quickly......here batsmen tries to cut zaheer khan but hits it straight to the man at backward point

scorecard after 10 overs

bowling card

 

[Rahul]

pathan got another 1 very quickly......here batsmen tries to cut zaheer khan but hits it straight to the man at backward point

scorecard after 10 overs

bowling card

 

[Rahul]

harbhajan gets cook...he's gone for 33!!

zaheer gets swann...he's gone for 33 as well!!

zaheer strikes with a beauty

 

[Rahul]

50 for afzaal...fighting innings

afzaal gone

final card...bowled out in the 50th over

bowling card

 

[Rahul]

india off to a solid but not an extraordinary start after 10 overs....important thing they havnt lost a wicket!!

sehwag gone for 41!!

50 for ganguly

dravid reaches his 50 as well...and in very quick time as well.....good partnership

 

[Rahul]

indian creeping above northampton's finally...it had dropped and the rr had become almost 6....but some good batting has got it down

ganguly gone

dravid's gone as well just when india looked as if they were cruising

india went 7 down but pathan got the winning runs in the end....got close in the end though