***Official*** India in England

[pasag]

This is over, well done England and full credit to India for getting back into the series. Has been a high quality one, even though the final hasn't been representative of that.

 

[aussie]

The ODI team is moving foward, good stuff

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Great play by England. Ive forgotten what its like to win a One day series

Which is the bigger shock? England winning the ODIs or India winning the Tests. Im edging for England winning the ODIs

 

[Scaly piscine]

Nice to see England bat sensibly, eventually. That's all they have to do most of the time.

If they'd done that they'd have won 5-2/6-1.

 

[pasag]

Thought Anderson should have been MOM tbf, really set the scene for the England win.

 

[SJS]

The better side won.

India have far too many issues to linger on the umpiring (I am sure they wont) or feel too good just because they fought back to draw level. The coming back of the experienced openers and the bowling of Powar and to a lesser extent Chawla are the only real positives to take from here. The negatives are far too many.

Well done England.

 

[viktor]

Thought Anderson should have been MOM tbf, really set up the scene for the England win.

Yeah he should have been MoM. He really set the match up.

 

[Jono]

Well done England, definitely the better team in the series.

Very disappointing from an Indian fan's perspective. So many holes and faults in the team, and its a serious wonder whether they'll ever be fixed.

 

[GIMH]

Great series. Great to see us win, and tbh 2 of the games we lost were real close as well. Best ODI performance by us in ages I say.

 

[jammay123]

vaery good series which was deservedly won by england. could his finally be an england odi team that can consistantly challange all other major nations?

 

[Turbinator]

Test cricket is real cricket - all I have to say.

 

[Turbinator]

Test cricket is real cricket - all I have to say.

On a serious note, well done England you guys certainly did outplay us in this one day series, just the way we outplayed you in the tests tbh.

Most people would've thought for things to be the other way around before this series, with England winning the Tests, and India winning the ODI series.

But whatever the results, both teams played some great cricket, it was truly a memorable English tour. Both teams have their strengths and weaknesses, areas where they can improve and areas where they can continue to do good in. Both teams, I am sure, learned a lot from this.

As a die hard Indian fan, yes I am a bit disappointed that we couldn't win it all (both the tests AND the one dayers), but as they say, you learn more from defeat. And I am sure this has been a great experience for the Indian players. England played amazing one day cricket, no doubt, they outplayed us in pretty much every department. But I am glad that atleast India did show some fighting spirit in the previous two one dayers.

Hopefully, India improves their game before the series against Pakistan and Australia. And gives a much better performance.

But yes, overall, as an Indian fan, I'm fairly happy with the 1-0 India and 4-3 England results on this tour.

 

[wpdavid]

Nice to win, and I'm trying to remember the last time we won two oneday series in the same year. Really, the win in Aus was more impressive, but this side looks more settled.

Loads of plusses - Bell's consistency, Collingwood's all round performance (arguably our best batsmen - he didn't benefit from as many letoffs as Bell, and was twice cut short by runouts), Fred's bowling, Bopara, Broad (who will surely take more wickets when not facing SRT & SG on a series of roads), Mascarenhas improving all the time, Anderson usually achieving early breakthoughs, KP eventually showing up and Wright's debut innings at The Oval. That lot could well provide the bulk of a decent side for years to come.

The only negatives are the obvious ones - Cook, Prior &, to a lesser extent, Panesar. The other loser out of all of this, imo, is Wright who, if he'd produced any sort of innings today after his 50 on debut would have been in pole position to open next time we play a 50 overs game. Instead, he reminded me of one journalist's description of Ally Brown's debut appearance - something along the lines of how he would hardly have looked more ridiculous if he's come out to bat in a clown's costume & riding a unicycle. Obviously he has talent, and I'd imagine we'll see more of him, but he hasn't made life easy for himself.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Nice to win, and I'm trying to remember the last time we won two oneday series in the same year. Really, the win in Aus was more impressive, but this side looks more settled.

Loads of plusses

I'm trying to remember the last time you saw something positive in an England side

 

[Nishant]

On a serious note, well done England you guys certainly did outplay us in this one day series, just the way we outplayed you in the tests tbh.

Most people would've thought for things to be the other way around before this series, with England winning the Tests, and India winning the ODI series.

But whatever the results, both teams played some great cricket, it was truly a memorable English tour. Both teams have their strengths and weaknesses, areas where they can improve and areas where they can continue to do good in. Both teams, I am sure, learned a lot from this.

As a die hard Indian fan, yes I am a bit disappointed that we couldn't win it all (both the tests AND the one dayers), but as they say, you learn more from defeat. And I am sure this has been a great experience for the Indian players. England played amazing one day cricket, no doubt, they outplayed us in pretty much every department. But I am glad that atleast India did show some fighting spirit in the previous two one dayers.

Hopefully, India improves their game before the series against Pakistan and Australia. And gives a much better performance.

But yes, overall, as an Indian fan, I'm fairly happy with the 1-0 India and 4-3 England results on this tour.

Sums up my views too TBH.....and im happy with the 2-1 win over SA...if u look at this as a tour...

 

[Raghav]

In their last 40 ODIs, England are:

0-6 vs. Sri Lanka
1-4 vs. India
3-5 vs. Australia
2-3 vs. NZ
2-2 vs. Pakistan
3-2 vs. West Indies

That's not a terribly good record. They may do well, and maybe win, but domination I think is quite unrealistic.

4-3 vs India to add

 

[pasag]

Very hard series to predict, can see it going either way tbh. Will say England 4-3 off nothing more than a hunch.

 

[Raghav]

England 4-3 IMO

Thats called gun prediction!

 

[Nishant]

Thats called gun prediction!

Rub it in why dont u!!!!!

 

[Raghav]

Rub it in why dont u!!!!!

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