http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v England – Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Strauss score centuries to set ICC 2011 World Cup alight at Chinnaswamy Stadium
India 338 all out England 338/9 in 50 overs
India and England were involved in an epic encounter at the Chinnaswamy stadium, which has set the ICC 2011 World Cup alight.
The two teams played out a tie as the English refused to give up despite being set a gigantic target of 339 runs on a perfect batting track.
The match went down to the very last ball with the English team needing 2 runs to win off the last ball, which was driven for a single by Graeme Swann as the Indians escaped the ignominy of conceding the biggest ever chase in a World Cup match and the fourth
highest in One Day International (ODI) history spanning more than 3000 games.
India looked well set for a comfortable victory after they had amassed a huge total of 338 runs batting first. The cornerstone of the batting effort was another master class century by Sachin Tendulkar, who posted his 6th World Cup hundred and
47th overall in ODI cricket.
He hit 10 fours and 5 sixes in a vintage display of power hitting proving once again that he still has the amazing ability of upping the ante and getting stuck into an opposition whenever he feels like.
With the aid of fifties from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 and Yuvraj Singh the Indians ensured that they reach a big total.
However, they looked set for many more in the end stage of their innings before Tim Bresnan nipped out one batsman after another to end with a haul of 5 wickets.
The English team went after the target with all guns blazing. Andrew Strauss produced one of the best ODI innings ever and perhaps the best in a World Cup match chase as he smashed 18 fours and 1 six in a 158 run knock that took his team to the verge of
a historic win.
He was ably supported by Ian Bell, who scored 69 off 71 balls. The two added 170 runs for the third wicket, the English were coasting towards a win with 58 with a little more than seven overs to go, when Zaheer Khan sent the two set batsmen back to the pavilion
on consecutive deliveries.
The match went down to the wire with the English team needing 14 runs off the last over. The Poms managed 13 and drew one of the greatest ODI games ever to an enthralling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347.
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