Peter Moores, the England coach, says Andrew Flintoff’s niggling left ankle will be monitored at the ICC World Twenty20 but the fast bowler may have to accept the problem will never be completely fixed. Flintoff played through the pain in England’s seven-wicket win over India at Lord’s on Saturday and team management will watch him […]
The Indian cricket team returned from the tour of England earlier on Monday, the members who will not be playing the Twenty20 World Championships that start on Tuesday.
The team members were escorted by policemen at the airport as the team returned amid tight security.
India had won the Test series against England 1-0, but lost the […]
With the series decider at Lord’s ending in a no-contest, Paul Collingwood led England to their first ODI series win at home in three years by beating India 4-3. It was perhaps an apt result, since the closely-fought Test series went India’s way, ending England’s six-year unbeaten streak in Tests at home. […]
India may have lost its ODI series with England but at least one of its players, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, can draw personal comfort from the fact he is moving in the right direction in the LG ICC Player Rankings.
The right-hander was India’s top run-scorer in the seven-match encounter with 374 runs (only the man […]
Passing a rather critical assessment on India’s performance in the seven-match one-day cricket series against England, former captain Mike Atherton has termed Rahul Dravid’s men as a poor one-day outfit, whose best days are behind it. “The brutal truth is that India, far from being a powerhouse in one-day cricket, are a poor one-day outfit […]
India captain Rahul Dravid was determined to stay positive despite his side’s seven wicket defeat to England on Saturday.
Dravid said there were plenty of positives to take out of a tour that saw India win their first Test series in England for 21 years, but lose the one-day series 4-3.
“The resilience and intensity that we […]
It was a struggle to get out of St. Johns Wood station this morning, with a frenetic scramble for tickets clogging Wellington Road. Spectators were willing to pay ten times the actual amount and Lord’s was the place to be in London.
All the excitement culminated in the most anti-climactic end to a competitive series. The […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Luke Wright and Matt Prior fell in RP Singh’s first over to leave England 11-2, chasing 188 to beat India at Lord’s and win the one-day series 4-3.
Wright mis-timed a pull and Prior was caught behind moments after Zaheer Khan had a confident lbw appeal against him.
Andrew Flintoff, who passed a fitness test on his […]
England skittled India for 187 in the seventh and final one-day game to boost their chances of winning the series.
James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff, who was again troubled by the left ankle he passed a late fitness test on, took two wickets to leave the visitors 59-4.
Dimitri Mascarenhas then took 3-23 in 10 overs before […]