England In India

[schwab2clarkson]

sounds like a good deal.

[mas cambios]

Originally Posted by schwab2clarkson

sounds like a good deal.

Not really. 7 ODI's is just overkill. 5 ODI's and 3 tests would have been the ideal compromise.

[eddiesmith]

Dont know why the hell England is already back there, been only about 2 years since the last tour

Stupid scheduling by India, but obviously hoping by a short series they can steal a win and draw the other, the tests will be decided by the toss, more than usual due to the short series

As for the ODIs, who really cares? Might pull off a few early wins as the Indians continue celebrating their test series win over Aus

[Jolldo87]

Originally Posted by el-capitano

Why only two tests?

So England can say they did just as good as or better than Australia.

[Ljp86]

Tour Schedule

November

Sunday 9th: Mumbai v England XI at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Tuesday 11th: Mumbai Cricket Association XI v England XI at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Friday 14th: 1st ODI - India v England at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot (9:00am local time, 3:30am GMT)

Monday 17th: 2nd ODI - India v England at Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore (9:00am local time, 3:30am GMT)

Thursday 20th: 3rd ODI - India v England at Green Park, Kanpur (9:00am local time, 3:30am GMT)

Sunday 23rd (D/N): 4th ODI - India v England at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (2:00pm local time, 8:30am GMT)

Wednesday 26th (D/N): 5th ODI - India v England at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack (2:00pm local time, 8:30 GMT)

Saturday 29th: 6th ODI - India v England at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati (9:00am local time, 3:30am GMT)



December 2008


Tuesday 2nd (D/N): 7th ODI - India v England at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (2:00pm local, 08:30 GMT)

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th: TBC v England XI at TBC, Baroda (9:30am local time 4:00am GMT)

Thursday 11th - Monday 15th: 1st Test - India v England at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad (9:30am local time, 4:00am GMT)

Friday 19th - Tuesday 23rd: 2nd Test - India v England at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (9:30am local time, 4:00am GMT)

[Stumped]

thats ridiculous! whats the Point in having 7 ODI? and 2 Tests? how can u expect a winner from Two Tests? and way to many ODI's

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by mas cambios

England went down by 124 runs in their latest warm-up game. I think that's all that really needs to be said.

I'm glad about that, it gives us a wake-up call and we never win a series after winning a warm-up match so I'm feeling confident now!

[Stumped]

lol very true, and look what we did to the South Africans! anything is possible!

[el-capitano]

Originally Posted by Jolldo87

So England can say they did just as good as or better than Australia.

I endorse this post!

[Ljp86]

1st ODI - India v England at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

India XI: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, *+ MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Munaf Patel

England XI: Ian Bell, +Matthew Prior, Owais Shah, *Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Samit Patel, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson


Game is well underway. England won the toss and chose to bowl first but that decision hasn't paid off at this stage with India 0/93 after 16 overs. Gambhir and Sehwag have opened well scoring 46 and 39 respectively. Flintoff has the the only fast bowler to limit the runs scoring with the other three quicks going for 5+ runs per over.