http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – England beat India in the 3rd One Day International – Match Recap
India 234 v England 218 (target: 218 runs from 43 overs) -
England won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)
England prevented India from levelling the series by beating them in the third fixture of the ongoing five-match one-day series after having won the second game at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
In this match that was played at Kennington Oval, London the English maintained their winning ways even when the Indians had posted a challenging total of 234 runs after being put into bat by the hosts.
The Indians, who were rooting for vengeance had a disastrous opening to their innings as they lost their first wicket of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 off the bowling of England’s strike bowler
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705.
In the sixth over the man in form http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 fell to his demise when after scoring two runs he was run-out.
In the next over opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 had his stumps uprooted by a delivery bowled by Anderson. The batsman walked back after scoring only three runs off 19 deliveries. At the time of his departure India had managed to post 13 runs on the board for the loss
of three wickets.
England went emphatic when they grabbed another wicket in the 11th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 after hitting seven runs was caught behind by the English wicketkeeper Kieswetter off the bowling of Anderson.
The English pacer (Anderson) was certainly causing trouble for the Indians as they were being reduced to rubble by some sensational bowling from him.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 forged a partnership to pickup the Indian wreckage in order to avoid a humiliating defeat.
The two batsmen showed impressive touch with the bat as they clobbered the batsmen at will. The duo put 33 runs on the board in the 5th wicket partnership.
The Poms struck again in the 19th over when Raina after playing a knock of 21 runs off 36 deliveries was caught behind by Kieswetter off the bowling of Stuart Broad.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 on the crease who turned out to be a saviour for the Indians as he played a remarkable innings of 78 runs off 89 deliveries alongside Dhoni.
The crusading duo smashed 112 runs in the sixth wicket partnership as they halted the English onslaught and prevented their side from disintegrating before putting an impressive tally on the board.
Dhoni was caught by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 in the 45th over after playing an innings of 69 runs off 103 deliveries.
Later, Jadeja and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597.
With a formidable target at hand, the English openers Cook and Kieswetter did not hesitate to smack the Indian bowlers right from the word go.
After scoring 23 runs off 34 deliveries, Cook lost his wicket in the 10th over when he was given leg-before wicket off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987.
Meanwhile, Kieswetter raced to 51 runs off 46 deliveries before losing his wicket in the 17th over.
Middle-order batsmen Trott then smashed 11 runs before getting clean bowled by Ashwin in the 18th over.
Later, Bell and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Stokes-c1142 were batting when play was interrupted due to rain. At this time England were on 95 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20.0 overs.
Play was resumed after putting the Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method) in place due to which the target was revised to 218 runs from 43 overs.
England moved steadily towards the tally and while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 was on the crease the English were looking certain to grab their second win in the series.
However, panic struck the English camp when Bopara was bowled by Ashwin in the 41st over when the batsman had scored 40 runs.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 helped the side achieve a well fought victory in the penultimate over of the innings as England made 218 runs.
India’s RA Jadeja was named as the Man of the Match for playing a sensational innings.
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