***Official England in India***

[Goughy]

You know a game's been a shocker when Owais Shah is on 70* off 44.

He is an excellent T20 player so this is no suprise. This suits his relaxed and carefree approach that he struggles to replicate in ODIs.

 

[jeevan]

Flintoff gone, India now back in the game a little bit.

 

[kingkallis]

Good 2 overs by Zak and Yuvraj did the job...

But yeah good fightback by England! D/L favoured India this time!

 

[andruid]

Great now we have to sit through dead rubber matches

 

[Evermind]

ZAK = MotM?

 

[silentstriker]

These delays are so annoying. Get on with it FFS. Dhoni, you don't need to poll the entire stadium after every ball.

 

[jeevan]

Zaheer 5-0-20-2, plus a catch

 

[wpdavid]

Great now we have to sit through dead rubber matches

Should be a real treat. Great idea these 7 game series when England are involved away from home,

Anyway, well done India. It does help having two opening bowlers who know what they're doing 9 times out of 10.

 

[Precambrian]

Terrible stuff from the openers. England might have won this had Flintoff and Pietersen opened.

 

[kingkallis]

Should be a real treat. Great idea these 7 game series when England are involved away from home,

Anyway, well done India. It does help having two opening bowlers who know what they're doing 9 times out of 10.

Thanks to BCCI! 5 ODIs and 3 test would have been much better! BCCI dont make much by playing tests in India and thats why they go for ODIs. Empty stadiums a worry in tests these days!

 

[Precambrian]

Good win for India. Held their nerves even when Flintoff and Shah ran amok.

England has got plenty of worries regarding momentum at the top. Bell could be "rested" for the coming games I guess.

 

[kingkallis]

Bell is not the issue!

KP looks so helpless...its a really tough task for him now!

 

[Shri]

Where does this series win leave India in the ICC rakings?

 

[Precambrian]

Where does this series win leave India in the ICC rakings?

England reached No.2 by blanking SA, the then No.2. So logically, India would become the new no.2. Fair enough and reflects reality.

 

[Richard]

No refunds in India, even if the entire match is rained out.

Shocker, ITBT. Even allowing for the fact that rained-off games aren't all that common in that part of The World.

 

[Richard]

He is an excellent T20 player so this is no suprise. This suits his relaxed and carefree approach that he struggles to replicate in ODIs.

Yeah, that's precisely the point.

 

[Precambrian]

Shocker, ITBT. Even allowing for the fact that rained-off games aren't all that common in that part of The World.

How did you think BCCI become the richest board?

 

[Richard]

England reached No.2 by blanking SA, the then No.2.

Did they? Deary me, my amount of give-a-damn-ness for those rankings might have sunk lower still. On the other hand it might not, as you can't sink through the floor.

 

[Richard]

Great now we have to sit through dead rubber matches

Should be a real treat. Great idea these 7 game series when England are involved away from home,

Why the long faces? India resting players (as they're likely to do) and the fact that even players of the low standard of England's have to perform sometime if you give them seven chances means we might just get a contest, maybe even two, in these dead matches.

Anyway, well done India. It does help having two opening bowlers who know what they're doing 9 times out of 10.

Not sure about Munaf Patel TBH but Zaheer Khan was superlative this game, nothing short of.

 

[andruid]

Why the long faces? India resting players (as they're likely to do) and the fact that even players of the low standard of England's have to perform sometime if you give them seven chances means we might just get a contest, maybe even two, in these dead matches.

Not sure about Munaf Patel TBH but Zaheer Khan was superlative this game, nothing short of.

Would rather have two of those matches replaced with a third test so the forth coming series can be more competitive