Archive for September 9th, 2007

Team spirit pleases Collingwood

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

England captain Paul Collingwood praised his team’s dedication after they crushed India in the one-day series decider at Lord’s on Saturday.
Collingwood said: “We’ve done well against a very good India side. Our approach, our dedication has been there and the effort has been fantastic.”
He said the challenge was to take the same form into the […]

Dravid laments poor batting show

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Captain Rahul Dravid admitted India’s poor batting display cost them the one-day series decider at Lord’s.
Only wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni managed to make a significant contribution in India’s 187.
“We didn’t get enough runs, if we had got 250 it would have been interesting but all credit to England, they bowled very well,” said Dravid. […]

England crush India to win series

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

England produced a polished all-round display to beat India by seven wickets and clinch their one-day series 4-3.
Andrew Flintoff passed a fitness test on his left ankle to take 3-45, while Dimitri Mascarenhas (3-23) was miserly as the tourists were skittled for 187.
Luke Wright and Matt Prior fell for ducks but Ian Bell (36) steadied […]