LIVE - India v England - 3rd ODI - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 goes for duck as Anderson strikes - Match Update
India failed to get the start they would have liked against the Poms, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 dismissed the opening batsman, Ajinkya Rahane, in the very first over the ongoing third One Day International (ODI) at the Oval, today, September 9, 2011.
The two openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 and Rahane, walked out to the middle in a bid to begin the proceedings with a bang as a good start was needed to post a decent total on the board. However, Rahane went back to the pavilion on a duck, courtesy James Anderson.
The English seamer angled the ball into the right-handed batsman but the ball swung away from Rahane after pitching at good length. The batsman was dazed as the ball took a thick edge off him and went straight into the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576, who made no
mistake at the first slip.
Earlier in the day, the English captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, asked the tourists to come out to bat first after winning the crucial toss. It was not a tough call for Cook since the track was expected to assist new-ball bowlers. Meanwhile, the sky is cloudy and
rain is once again expected to spoil the party.
The ongoing 3rd fixture from the five-match series is a do-or-die match for the visiting team, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s chances to win the series as the first ODI was washed out.
After the departure of Rahane, the veteran, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 are looking to collect some runs and set a solid platform for the succeeding
batsmen to have a go.
However, it will not be an easy task for the Men in Blue to set a challenging target since the Englishmen are on fire, on a track which is creating troubles for the Indian batsmen, it will be an uphill struggle.
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