India vs England 2007 Cricket Series
India vs England A at Chelmsford
India-England Lions Match Ends In A Tame Draw
July 15, 2007
England Lions proved that India's impotent bowling attack has neither the zing nor the sting as the three-day warm up cricket match between them petered out into a drab draw in Chelmsford on Sunday.
Chasing an improbable 258 runs in the last hour, India reached 91 for one in their second innings. At draw of stumps on the final day, Wasim Jaffer was not out on 22 while Yuvraj Singh was batting on six. Dinesh Kaarthick (51) was the lone Indian wicket to fall after he had scored a scintillating half-century off just 45 balls stroking eight boundaries. He fell to leg spinner Adil Rashid as he charged down to play a shot but hit it straight to Ravi Bopara at short covers.
The hosts had declared their first innings at 413 for eight and it took a magnificent 171-run knock by stop-gap skipper Sachin Tendulkar , which propped up the visitors' response as India posted 383.
Tour match, Chelmsford, day four: Sussex 300-6d & 190-9 drew with India 388-7d & 184-8d
Tendulkar delights chelmsford with a masterly 171
July 14, 2007
A standout innings of 171 off 236 balls from Indias batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar reached his team to 336-7,within 77 runs short off England Lions 413-8 decl, on the second day of the three-day tour match at Chelmsford on Saturday.
India, who got off to a very shaky start to their innings losing 3-14, were steadied by Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh (59), who put on 140 for the fifth wicket after VVS Laxman (0) and Sourav Ganguly (14) had departed cheaply. India opener Wasim Jaffer once again failed for the third time in two tour outings and was out for a single digit score.
But the day belonged to Tendulkar, who completed a superb century just after tea to stamp in his first innings on England tour this summer. Graham Onions struck twice in his first over to reduce India to 14-3 but the Tendulkar-Singh partnership rescued India out of trouble.
The batting great was finally out to Onions, caught by Shah for his 63rd first class century. At stumps, M S Dhoni,the dashing wicketkeeper,was unbeaten on 44 while paceman Zaheer Khan remained not out on 18 as India ended the day on 336-7.
Tour match, Chelmsford, day two (close): England Lions 413-8d v India 336-7
England Lions expose Indian attack
July 13, 2007
A toothless Indian bowling attack stood thoroughly exposed as England Lions, riding on a sparkling unbeaten century by all-rounder Tim Bresnan and crisp half centuries from Joe Denly and Stuart Broad, rattled up 379 for eight on the opening day of the three-day tie at Chelmsford on Friday.
At stumps, Bresnan was not out 116 with Chris Tremlett (8) giving him company. Bresnan's 116-run knock included 15 fours and one six during his 156-ball stay.
Coming in to bat with the hosts precariously placed at 185 for six, the 22-year old Bresnan displayed a cool head before opening out to play some fine shots all round the wicket. He batted with just the right mix of caution and aggression to feature in a thrilling eighth wicket stand of 129 runs with Broad (50) that steered his team to safety.
Tour match, Chelmsford, day one (close): England Lions 379-8 v India
India vs England 2007 Cricket Series
India vs England A at Chelmsford
Scores
India won the toss and decided to bat
388 for 7 (130.5 overs)
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184 for 8 (51.0 overs)
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300 for 6 (85.1 overs)
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190 for 9 (55.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Karthik | b Saqlain | 76 |
177 | 10 | 0 | |
Jaffer | c Hodd | b Martin-Jenkins | 12 |
47 | 1 | 0 |
Gambhir | c and b | Yardy | 81 |
167 | 7 | 0 |
Dravid | retd hurt | 57 |
91 | 4 | 0 | |
Laxman | c Montgomerie | b Saqlain | 95 |
179 | 12 | 0 |
Y Singh | st Hodd | b Rayner | 31 |
90 | 4 | 0 |
Dhoni | lbw | b Rayner | 5 |
16 | 0 | 0 |
Kumble | c Montgomerie | b Saqlain | 2 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
Sreesanth | not out | 7 |
15 | 1 | 0 | |
Extras | 1nb 3w 12b 6lb | 22 | ||||
Total | for 7 | 388 | (130.5 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Nash | c Karthik | b Bose | 28 |
72 | 5 | 0 |
Montgomerie | c Karthik | b Sreesanth | 18 |
35 | 2 | 0 |
Yardy | c Laxman | b Kumble | 53 |
83 | 10 | 0 |
Hopkinson | lbw | b RP Singh | 5 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
Thornely | b Kumble | 2 |
27 | 0 | 0 | |
Hodd | not out | 106 |
165 | 12 | 0 | |
Martin-Jenkins | st Dhoni | b Kumble | 42 |
106 | 3 | 0 |
Rayner | not out | 19 |
18 | 3 | 0 | |
Extras | 4nb 9w 8b 6lb | 27 | ||||
Total | for 6 | 300 | (85.1 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Karthik | lbw | b Martin-Jenkins | 33 |
81 | 6 | 0 |
Jaffer | lbw | b Lewry | 4 |
10 | 1 | 0 |
Dhoni | c Nash | b Lewry | 11 |
11 | 2 | 0 |
Y Singh | c Hodd | b Kirtley | 18 |
32 | 3 | 0 |
Gambhir | c Hopkinson | b Martin-Jenkins | 7 |
26 | 0 | 0 |
Laxman | c Hodd | b Saqlain | 16 |
23 | 4 | 0 |
Dravid | not out | 30 |
53 | 2 | 0 | |
Kumble | c Thornely | b Yardy | 13 |
23 | 2 | 0 |
Sreesanth | c Thornely | b Yardy | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
RP Singh | not out | 41 |
46 | 7 | 0 | |
Extras | 6b 5lb | 11 | ||||
Total | for 8 | 184 | (51.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Nash | c sub | b Sreesanth | 0 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
Montgomerie | lbw | b Kumble | 59 |
83 | 10 | 0 |
Yardy | c Karthik | b RP Singh | 5 |
16 | 1 | 0 |
Hopkinson | c Gambhir | b Bose | 6 |
19 | 0 | 0 |
Thornely | b Kumble | 11 |
39 | 2 | 0 | |
Hodd | run out | 4 |
13 | 0 | 0 | |
Martin-Jenkins | not out | 45 |
87 | 7 | 0 | |
Rayner | b RP Singh | 3 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
Saqlain | c Laxman | b Sreesanth | 9 |
27 | 1 | 0 |
Kirtley | lbw | b Kumble | 8 |
20 | 2 | 0 |
Lewry | not out | 8 |
24 | 2 | 0 | |
Extras | 10nb 3w 10b 9lb | 32 | ||||
Total | for 9 | 190 | (55.0 ovs) |
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Umpires: G I Burgess, K Coburn
Sussex: Montgomerie, Nash, Hopkinson, Yardy, Thornely, Hodd, Martin-Jenkins, Rayner, Kirtley, Saqlain, Lewry, Liddle
India: Dravid, Gambhir, Y Singh, Karthik, Dhoni, Laxman, Jaffer, Kumble, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Bose
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Schedule
- July 07-10, 2007 : Practice Match, India vs Susex at Hove
- July 13-15, 2007: Practice Match, India vs England A at Chelmsford
- July 19-23, 2007: First Test, India vs England at Lord's
- July 27-31, 2007: Second Test, India vs England at Trent Bridge
- August 03-05, 2007: Practice Match, India vs Sri Lanka A, Leicester
- August 09-13, 2007: Third Test, India vs England at The Oval
- August 16, 2007: ODI Match India vs Scotland at Glasgow
- August 18, 2007: Practice Match India vs England A, Northampton
- August 21, 2007: First ODI India vs England at Rose Bowl (D/N)
- August 24, 2007: Second ODI India vs England at Bristol (D/N)
- August 27, 2007: Third ODI India vs England at Edgbaston
- August 30, 2007: Fourth ODI India vs England at Old Trafford (D/N)
- September 02, 2007: Fifth ODI India vs England at Headingley
- September 05, 2007: Sixth ODI India vs England at The Oval
- September 08, 2007: Seventh ODI India vs England at Lord's