India vs England 2007 Cricket Series
India vs England A Practice Match at Northampton
IND v ENG Lions Practice ODI, Northampton: Warm-up match abandoned due to heavy rain
Aug 18, 2007
The warm-up cricket match between India and England Lions was abandoned due to heavy rain today.
Chasing a victory target of 297, India were 32 without loss in 6.5 overs with Sourav Ganguly batting on 18 and Robin Uthappa on 12 when rain stopped play and players went off the field. Play was later officially called off.
IND v ENG Lions Practice ODI, Northampton: England Lions 296-8 (50 overs) v India 32-0 (6.5 overs) - match abandoned
IND v ENG Lions Practice ODI, Northampton: Dhoni likely to lead India
Aug 18, 2007
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to lead the Indian side in place of skipper Rahul Dravid who will be rested for the warm-up cricket one-dayer against England Lions at Northampton today.
It will be a dress rehearsal of sorts for Dhoni who has been named the captain of the Indian team for the inaugural Twenty-20 World Championships in South Africa next month. The tourists are once again to be without the services of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan against a strong home team that boasts of Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah, all of whom have been named in England's one-day squad.
But Sourav Ganguly, who along with Tendulkar and Zaheer missed the one-off ODI against Scotland, was likely to return to action. The Indians had a comfortable 7-wicket win against Scotland at Glasgow on Thursday but they could face a severe examination today. The tourists, who won the Test series 1-0, now need to get back into top shape for the razmatazz of one-day cricket.
Promising Mumbai player Rohit Sharma could get a chance, keeping with Dravid's comment before the Scotland ODI that every member of the team would get a look in before the series proper begins.
Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa might continue to open the innings while Ganguly could come in at number three. Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla and Ramesh Powar form the bowling combination. Agarkar would be under pressure as he went for runs against Scotland although he picked two wickets.
Having won the Test series, India did well to outclass Scotland by seven wickets with all the bowlers doing a decent job. Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa then had a good sparring session notching up sparkling half centuries. However, while Scotland was a team lacking in both class and experience, on Friday India will be squaring up against an opponent that is packed with promising players all but one of whom have played for England. Led by the dashing Vikram Solkani, who has already been named in England's side for the Twenty20 World Cup, the team has plenty of international experience.
Also England's 36-year old wicketkeeper Paul Nixon will try and make his presence felt along with Tim Bresnan, James Kirtley, Jason Lewis, Darren Maddy, and Jeremy Snape. The weather man has predicted some showers for the day, so the fingers will have to be kept crossed again. India team (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Kaarthick, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar and Munaf Patel.
England Lions team (from): Vikram Solanki (Captain), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, James Kirtley, Jon Lewis, Darren Maddy, Paul Nixon, Chris Schofield, Owais Shah, Jeremy Snape, Luke Wright.
India vs England 2007 Cricket Series
India vs England A Practice Match at Northampton
Scores
India won the toss and decided to field
296 for 8 (50.0 overs)
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32 for 0 (6.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Solanki | lbw | b Chawla | 60 |
65 | 6 | 0 |
Maddy | c Patel | b Agarkar | 6 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
Wright | c Dhoni | b Powar | 56 |
40 | 8 | 1 |
Bell | c Agarkar | b Powar | 21 |
17 | 3 | 0 |
Shah | lbw | b Powar | 1 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
Bopara | c Uthappa | b Patel | 37 |
51 | 2 | 0 |
Nixon | st Dhoni | b Yuvraj | 39 |
50 | 3 | 0 |
Schofield | b Agarkar | 35 |
30 | 5 | 0 | |
Bresnan | not out | 32 |
26 | 3 | 0 | |
Lewis | not out | 1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 5w | 8 | ||||
Total | for 8 | 296 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Uthappa | not out | 12 |
12 | 0 | 1 | |
Ganguly | not out | 18 |
29 | 3 | 0 | |
Extras | 2lb | 2 | ||||
Total | for 0 | 32 | (6.5 ovs) |
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Umpires: N L Bainton, R K Illingworth
England Lions: Solanki, Maddy, Wright, Bell, Shah, Bopara, Nixon, Schofield, Bresnan, Kirtley, Lewis
India: Dhoni, Ganguly, Uthappa, Yuvraj, Gambhir, Sharma, Patel, Powar, Chawla, Agarkar, Zaheer
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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