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India vs England 2007 Cricket Series

India vs England Seventh ODI at Lord's

IND v ENG Seventh ODI, Lord's: England beat India by seven wickets to clinch the NatWest series 4-3

September 8, 2007

Fifties from Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood guided England to a comfortable series-clinching win over India in the seventh and final one-day international at Lords on Saturday.
Chasing a modest 188 for victory, England romped hom in the 37th over after India had been bowled out for 187 (47.3 overs). Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50) and Sachin Tendulkar (30) top-scored for India.
The England chase was led by Kevin Pietersen (71 not out) and skipper Paul Collingwood (64 not out) who waded their way out of trouble after initial set backs. Two crucial umpiring shockers by Pakistans Aleem Daar, earlier in the Indian innings, sent back skipper Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as vital stages of the game and India never recovered from their loss.
In reply, India did well to remove openers Luke Wright and Matt Prior after RP Singh had caught them in the first over while Ian Bell (36) was run out. However, Pietersen and Collingwood both made half centuries to script an England win. Andrew Flintoff, who passed a fitness test on his left ankle, claimed 3-45 as India folded for 187 in 47.3 overs. He removed Tendulkar and Dravid. Dimitri Mascarenhas also chipped in with 3-23 and James Anderson took two wickets.

IND v ENG Seventh ODI, Lord's: England 188-3 (36.2 overs) beat India 187 (47.3 overs) by seven wickets

IND v ENG Seventh ODI, Lord's: England may drop Luke Wright at Lord's ODI

September 7, 2007

England debutant Luke Wright migth be axed for Saturday's series-decider against India at Lord's should allrounder Andrew Flintoff prove his fitness.
Wright showed at The Oval that he could become Flintoff's successor with his hard-hitting 38-ball fifty on debut. Flintoff, batted for more than half an hour in the Nursery Ground nets on Thursday and is scheduled to bowl tomorrow at England batsmen ahead of Saturday's final game.
Flintoff has been troubled again by his left ankle and England will be monitoring his progress for the Lord's game with the series tied 3-3.

India vs England 2007 Cricket Series

India vs England Seventh ODI at Lord's

Scores

India won the toss and decided to bat

India Innings

187 all out (47.3 overs)

England Innings

188 for 3 (36.2 overs)

India Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Ganguly	c Flintoff	b Anderson	15	22	2	0
Tendulkar	c Prior	b Flintoff	30	46	4	0
Gambhir	c Wright	b Anderson	12	20	0	0
Dravid	c Prior	b Flintoff	0	3	0	0
Yuvraj	c Collingwood	b Mascarenhas	28	48	1	1
Uthappa	c Anderson	b Mascarenhas	22	30	2	0
Dhoni	c Anderson	b Flintoff	50	72	4	1
Powar	run out		10	20	1	0
Chawla	st Prior	b Mascarenhas	0	6	0	0
Zaheer		b Panesar	7	16	1	0
RP Singh	not out		1	6	0	0
Extras		4nb 8lb	12
Total		all out	187	(47.3 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	9.0	1	28	2
Broad	10.0	0	44	0
Flintoff	8.3	0	45	3
Mascarenhas	10.0	2	23	3
Wright	2.0	0	11	0
Panesar	8.0	2	28	1

Fall of wicket
26	Ganguly
52	Gambhir
53	Dravid
59	Tendulkar
106	Uthappa
119	Yuvraj
147	Powar
148	Chawla
160	Zaheer
187	Dhoni

England Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Prior	c Dhoni	b RP Singh	0	7	0	0
Wright	c and b	RP Singh	0	2	0	0
Bell	run out		36	40	6	0
Pietersen	not out		71	96	6	1
Collingwood	not out		64	73	7	1
Extras		9w 8lb	17
Total		for 3	188	(36.2 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Zaheer	9.0	1	40	0
RP Singh	7.0	0	40	2
Chawla	9.0	1	44	0
Ganguly	4.0	0	13	0
Powar	5.2	0	32	0
Yuvraj	2.0	0	11	0

Fall of wicket
10	Wright
11	Prior
74	Bell

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Umpires: Aleem Dar, I J Gould
England: Wright, Prior, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff, Shah, Mascarenhas, Broad, Anderson, Panesar
India: Ganguly, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Dravid, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Uthappa, Powar, Chawla, Zaheer, RP Singh