http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v England - 5th One Day International - Match Preview
England and India are all set to play the fifth and the final One Day International of the five-match ODI series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.
After a nightmarish, winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, the world champions performed brilliantly on home pitches.
The Men in Blue have been impressive in all the areas of game. The defining feature of their success has been batting. The relatively inexperienced Indian batters established productive partnerships under immense pressure to bag the hosts comprehensive wins
in all the four games of the series played so far.
While India would enter Eden Gardens aiming to inflict a series whitewash on England, the tourists would be eager to script the only win in the series.
Tuesday’s One Day International will be a final chance for Alastair Cook and his men to avoid an outrageous whitewash. The visitors would have to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to their basics and play their usual game when they face India if they are to break the losing streak.
England batsmen failed to play the complete fifty overs thrice in ongoing series and would have to take the responsibility to bag their side a single win on the tour.
England’s big guns, including Craig Kieswetter, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 will have his hopes attached with
England’s batting mainstay, Jonathan Trott to deliver on Tuesday.
England bowlers seemed to be in a fine tune on Sunday as they had India struggling at 46 for 3 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 sealed the deal in India’s way with a startling 131-run stand for the fourth wicket. The main target of the Indian
duo remained the English spinners Ravi Bopara, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 and Borthwick.
The visitors are expected to recall spearhead spin bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 at the cost of Brothwick. The shabby English side would have to clean up its bowling stables when they turn around in Kolkata on Tuesday.
The Eden Gardens promises a good cricketing wicket with plenty of runs for the willow wielders.
The pitch curator of Cricket Association of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771, Prabir Mukherjee, has said that they have prepared a sporting One-Day track for the hosts and hoped the cricket lovers would witness competitive cricket on Tuesday.
"We have prepared a pitch that will stay firm with even bounce. It will be a typical one-day wicket. Plenty of runs will be on offer," said Mukherjee while talking to the media reporters on the eve of the match.
India (possible): 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744
England (possible): 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566.
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