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India vs England 2008-09 Cricket Series
England will play 2 Tests followed by 7 ODI's during the Indian tour starting November 09, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Fri 14, Nov 2008: India vs England, First ODI at Rajkot
- Mon 17, Nov 2008: India vs England, Second ODI at Indore
- Thu 20, Nov 2008: India vs England, Third ODI at Kanpur
- Sun 23, Nov 2008: India vs England, Fourth ODI at Bangalore
- Wed 26, Nov 2008: India vs England, Fifth ODI at Cuttack
- Sat 29, Nov 2008: India vs England, Sixth ODI at Guwahati - Cancelled
- Tue 02, Dec 2008: India vs England, Seventh ODI at Delhi - Cancelled
- Thu 11 - Mon 15, Dec 2008: India vs England, First Test at Chennai
- Fri 19 - Tue 23, Dec 2008: India vs England, Second Test at Mohali
India vs England 2008-09 Cricket Series
India England Cuttack ODI
IND v ENG, 5th ODI, Cuttack: 5th rout, 2 left (IND: 5-0)
Nov 26, 2008
Put into bat, England scored their highest total of 270-6 in the ongoing ODI series in India at Cuttack, which included a 111 runs century from captain Kevin Pietersen, but still lost out to India. Pietersen is the first English captain to register a hundred away from home.
Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag (91) added 136 for the first wicket with Sachin Tendulkar who made 50 and gave India a flying start. Sachin became the first batsman to register 90 fifties in ODIs.
England's bowlers removed Tendulkar, in-form Yuvraj Singh (6) and Sehwag in the space of 20 runs, the last two off successive deliveries, before the hosts recovered to reach 273 for four in 43.4 overs.
For his efforts, Sehwag was named man of the match for the second game in a row.
IND v ENG, 5th ODI, Cuttack: India 273 for 4 (43.4 overs) beat England 270 for 4 (50.0 overs) by 6 wickets
IND v ENG, 5th ODI, Cuttack: India look to sweep England one-day series
Nov 25, 2008
India will approach Wednesday's fifth one-day international against England as the start of a new series after clinching a decisive 4-0 lead, with the tourists out to salvage some pride.
Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag said coach Gary Kirsten wants the hosts to play with the same intensity even though the seven-match series had been comfortably won already.
"Gary said we should see the remaining matches as a three-match series and try to win them all," Sehwag said ahead of the day-night match at the Barabati stadium in this coastal eastern town.
India are expected to throw in new faces for the rest of the series as the selectors attempt to build a strong base for the 2011 World Cup, to be hosted in South Asia.
National under-19 captain and top-order batsman Virat Kohli, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and recalled all-rounder Irfan Pathan could make their first appearances in the series on Wednesday. There could be a further reshuffle for the last two matches, in Guwahati on Saturday and New Delhi on December 2.
England, meanwhile, will use the remaining games to get used to the fervent atmosphere in South Asian cricket ahead of the World Cup, and save themselves from further criticism at home.
India vs England 2008-09 Cricket Series
India England Cuttack ODI
Scores
India won the toss and decided to field
270 for 4 (50.0 overs)
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273 for 4 (43.4 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Bopara | c Yuvraj | b Zaheer | 24 |
33 | 3 | 0 |
Cook | c Tendulkar | b Zaheer | 11 |
15 | 1 | 0 |
Pietersen | not out | 111 |
128 | 10 | 1 | |
Collingwood | c Zaheer | b Harbhajan | 40 |
64 | 4 | 0 |
Flintoff | c Tendulkar | b I Sharma | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
Shah | not out | 66 |
57 | 9 | 0 | |
Extras | 4w 14lb | 18 | ||||
Total | for 4 | 270 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Sehwag | lbw | b Broad | 91 |
73 | 15 | 1 |
Tendulkar | b S Harmison | 50 |
57 | 6 | 0 | |
Yuvraj | c and b | Bopara | 6 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
Dhoni | lbw | b Swann | 50 |
61 | 5 | 0 |
Raina | not out | 53 |
53 | 8 | 0 | |
R Sharma | not out | 8 |
10 | 1 | 0 | |
Extras | 2nb 8w 5lb | 15 | ||||
Total | for 4 | 273 | (43.4 ovs) |
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Umpires: D J Harper, S L Shastri
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Raina, R Sharma, Dhoni (C/W), Y Pathan, I Pathan, Harbhajan, Zaheer, I Sharma
England: Cook, Prior (W), Shah, Pietersen (C), Collingwood, Flintoff, Bopara, Patel, Swann, Broad, S Harmison