Story Mission 'Invincible India', [CC07], [IND vs. ENG 1st ODI Complete]

[SciD]

Old horse Ganguly still running. But yeah youth is way forward.

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

India vs. England 2nd Test
A match of swinging fortunes! (scorecard)

Rohit Sharma made a solid 136 in India's 1st inning after Kumble won the toss and elected to bat first. Gambhir and Pathan were the other major contributors, scoring 79 and 69* respectively. MS Dhoni entertained the crowd making 46 runs off just 42 balls. Off the English bowlers, Flintoff picked up 5 wickets which included Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman.

In England's 1st inning Vaughan and Trescothick compiled 133 and 134 runs respectively strengthening England's hopes of a great fightback. The situation looked threatening for India when England was 225 for 2. But the wicket of Trescothick triggered a collapse as England lost their last wicket on 352 giving India a lead of 100+.

At this point India looked to be in the driving seat.

Andrew Flintoff and Hoggard wrecked India's formidable batting order as India got all out on 193. Flintoff took 4 wickets while Hoggard picked up 3. Only Ganguly made a noteworthy 42. The 1st inning centurion Rohit Sharma, was out for a duck. India were at one point 127 for 7 but the lower order proved to be stubborn.

Now the match was anyone's for the taking.

England got off to a smashing start as their openers notched up a stand of 81 which was eventually broken by Tendulkar. Irfan Pathan blew over the middle order picking the wickets of Bell, Vaughan and Pietersen in a quick succession. Ganguly too chipped in with the important wicket of Trescothick and also the wicket of Foster. Flintoff however stood tall smacking all the bowlers and was the last man out. He scored 93 runs. Again the lower order failed as nobody provided any support to Flintoff.

India will be concerned with the form of Sehwag and Tendulkar though they lead the series 0-2. England on the other hand will be pleased with Trescothick's and Flintoff's form though they can only hope to draw the series.

Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff.

Highlights:

* Day 1

* India 1st innings

* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Sehwag 20, Gambhir 30, Extras 1)

* Gambhir 50: 72 balls, 117 minutes (11 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (Sharma 26, Gambhir 23, Extras 1)

* Lunch: India 107/1 after 26.0 overs (Sharma 28, Gambhir 56)

* Sharma 50: 71 balls, 119 minutes (8 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 164 balls (Sharma 59, Gambhir 39, Extras 3)

* Tea: India 226/3 after 53.0 overs (Sharma 88, Laxman 1)

* Sharma 100: 166 balls, 261 minutes (15 x 4's, 2 x 6's)

* End of Day: India 286/4 after 73.0 overs (Sharma 113, Ganguly 13)



* Day 2

* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (Sharma 19, Ganguly 26, Extras 5)

* New Ball Taken: India 319/4 after 80.0 overs (Sharma 123, Ganguly 32)

* Lunch: India 387/6 after 98.0 overs (Dhoni 31, Pathan 6)

* 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (Sreesanth 19, Pathan 24, Extras 8)

* Tea: India 488/9 after 123.0 overs (Sreesanth 22, Pathan 48)

* Pathan 50: 98 balls, 165 minutes (7 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* England 1st innings

* End of Day: England 60/1 after 15.0 overs (Trescothick 40, Bell 13)



* Day 3

* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (Trescothick 29, Bell 20, Extras 2)

* Trescothick 50: 62 balls, 90 minutes (6 x 4's, 2 x 6's)

* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Trescothick 29, Vaughan 20, Extras 3)

* Trescothick 100: 121 balls, 192 minutes (11 x 4's, 3 x 6's)

* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 133 balls (Trescothick 60, Vaughan 40, Extras 5)

* Lunch: England 200/2 after 48.0 overs (Trescothick 115, Vaughan 49)

* Vaughan 50: 95 balls, 141 minutes (7 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* Vaughan 100: 156 balls, 229 minutes (15 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (Flintoff 20, Vaughan 29, Extras 1)

* Tea: England 337/4 after 75.0 overs (Flintoff 20, Vaughan 130)

* India 2nd innings

* End of Day: India 69/4 after 17.0 overs (Laxman 1, Ganguly 16)



* Day 4

* Lunch: India 171/9 after 49.0 overs (Kumble 25, Khan 2)

* England 2nd innings

* Tea: England 44/0 after 11.0 overs (Trescothick 23, Cook 20)

* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (Trescothick 27, Cook 20, Extras 3)

* Trescothick 50: 75 balls, 96 minutes (9 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (Trescothick 31, Bell 21, Extras 0)

* End of Day: England 184/6 after 42.0 overs (Giles 8, Flintoff 24)



* Day 5

* 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (Giles 15, Flintoff 35, Extras 2)

* Flintoff 50: 53 balls, 86 minutes (11 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* Lunch: England 238/7 after 55.0 overs (Hoggard 0, Flintoff 60)

 

[SciD]

What a tight finish. Flintoff had very good match and deserved MOM award.

 

[Highlander999]

Nooo England. How could you lose again. Sharma and Pathan batted really well in the First Innings and that was what gave India the edge in the end.

Cracking works mate, keep it up

 

[jarl]

Nice win for India, India is doing good in story form 2-0 here and Freddiw is 2-1 againts Australia...

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Nice win for India! Flintoff deserved the MOTM!

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

India vs. England 3rd Test
Pathetic England concede a mighty win (scorecard)

Gautam Gambhir made a polished 274 as India smashed 605/2 in their 1st inning! Providing support to Gambhir, Rohit Sharma scored a sparkling 240*. Gambhir and Rohit shared a record 496 run partnership for the second wicket before Tendulkar scored a quick 17 not-out. Earlier Dravid made 49 runs. The English bowlers looked hopeless as Gambhir and Rohit gave no chances.

England managed only 365 runs in their 1st inning. Cook scored a century while Vaughan and Flintoff scored half centuries. India enforced a follow on. Sreesanth took four wickets while Pathan took 3.

In England's second inning, they were much worse and scored just 176 runs. Only Pietersen showed resistance scoring 71 runs. Agaiin Sreesanth was the pick of the bowlers picking up 4 wickets. Kumble supporting him bagged 3 wickets.

Man of the Match: Gautam Gambhir.

Highlights:

* Day 1

* India 1st innings

* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (Gambhir 26, Dravid 22, Extras 2)

* Lunch: India 88/1 after 26.0 overs (Gambhir 37, Dravid 49)

* Gambhir 50: 114 balls, 174 minutes (6 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (Gambhir 24, Sharma 25, Extras 1)

* Tea: India 169/1 after 53.0 overs (Gambhir 70, Sharma 47)

* Sharma 50: 85 balls, 128 minutes (5 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 195 balls (Gambhir 47, Sharma 53, Extras 3)

* Gambhir 100: 201 balls, 314 minutes (13 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 261 balls (Gambhir 65, Sharma 83, Extras 3)

* New Ball Taken: India 274/1 after 80.0 overs (Gambhir 123, Sharma 97)

* 2nd Wicket: 200 runs in 347 balls (Gambhir 98, Sharma 99, Extras 4)

* Sharma 100: 172 balls, 273 minutes (10 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* End of Day: India 291/1 after 85.0 overs (Gambhir 136, Sharma 100)



* Day 2

* Gambhir 150: 264 balls, 411 minutes (21 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 250 runs in 403 balls (Gambhir 129, Sharma 116, Extras 8)

* Lunch: India 387/1 after 107.3 overs (Gambhir 180, Sharma 146)

* 2nd Wicket: 300 runs in 489 balls (Gambhir 143, Sharma 146, Extras 11)

* Sharma 150: 246 balls, 402 minutes (18 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* Tea: India 408/1 after 114.0 overs (Gambhir 192, Sharma 154)

* 2nd Wicket: 350 runs in 570 balls (Gambhir 162, Sharma 175, Extras 14)

* Gambhir 200: 381 balls, 590 minutes (28 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 2nd Wicket: 400 runs in 633 balls (Gambhir 189, Sharma 195, Extras 16)

* Sharma 200: 318 balls, 517 minutes (23 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* End of Day: India 520/1 after 139.0 overs (Gambhir 243, Sharma 209)



* Day 3

* 2nd Wicket: 450 runs in 706 balls (Gambhir 208, Sharma 224, Extras 18)

* Gambhir 250: 437 balls, 692 minutes (38 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* New Ball Taken: India 599/2 after 160.0 overs (Tendulkar 11, Sharma 240)

* England 1st innings

* Lunch: England 9/0 after 2.0 overs (Trescothick 4, Cook 4)

* Cook 50: 82 balls, 123 minutes (10 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* Tea: England 123/2 after 29.0 overs (Vaughan 23, Cook 51)

* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (Vaughan 24, Cook 28, Extras 0)

* Vaughan 50: 67 balls, 96 minutes (8 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 145 balls (Vaughan 56, Cook 46, Extras 0)

* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (Flintoff 30, Cook 21, Extras 0)

* Cook 100: 163 balls, 272 minutes (18 x 4's, 1 x 6's)

* End of Day: England 263/4 after 63.0 overs (Flintoff 35, Cook 107)



* Day 4

* Flintoff 50: 56 balls, 85 minutes (10 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

* 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 125 balls (Flintoff 52, Cook 48, Extras 0)

* Lunch: England 363/9 after 90.0 overs (Harmison 9, Anderson 3)

* England 2nd innings

* 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (Pietersen 28, Vaughan 20, Extras 2)

* Tea: England 104/3 after 24.0 overs (Pietersen 40, Vaughan 38)

* Pietersen 50: 78 balls, 112 minutes (10 x 4's, 0 x 6's)

 

[freddiw]

I agree you need all 4 of them

 

[Karachi Xpress]

That was really bad batting by England! They need to work hard on their batting! Also they bowled really bad in the first inning. 605/2

Nice presentation!

 

[SciD]

Good partnership between Gambhir and Sharma. India looking strong day by day.

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

India vs. England 4th Test
Spotless India win without a coach! (scorecard)​

Shockingly BCCI wanted a meeting with the coach and called him to India for a meeting despite it collided with the 4th test! Still India won convincingly by 171 runs. Interestingly India played a kind of reversed order i.e. bowlers first in their 2nd inning.

With the coach being absent, there is no match report.

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Lol...Poor coach...Couldn't see a great victory!

 

[Roofrom50]

Lol, interesting update

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

India vs. England 1st ODI
England cruise to victory (scorecard)

Finally, the Indian coach had to answer some critics. After winning the toss Dhoni elected to bat. Soon the decision backfired as Tendulkar got a golden duck trying to pull a ball from Flintoff. His other partner was Preveen Kumar who was supposed to be a pinch hitter had to play a responsible inning as wickets fell at the other end. He scored a very neat 64 off 78 balls. Most of the others got starts but threw their wickets trying to play too many strokes. Especially Dhoni and Uthappa looked in good nick. India could only get 225 runs batting first.

After Praveen Kumar got Strauss' wicket cheaply, he got hammered for 19 runs in the same over. Vaughan was severe on the Indian bowlers and scored 48 off just 47 balls. Trescothick held the inning together while scoring 60 runs. Collingwood and Pietersen finished off the match in style as England won by 6 wickets. Earlier Collingwood also picked up 3 wickets.

Man of the Match: Paul Collingwood

 

[freddiw]

someone is always cruising