Category: England Tour

England tour of India: 3rd ODI Preview, Team news and Match Timing

| January 17, 2013 | Comments

Match Timing: 12.00 IST, January 19 2013. Venue: HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi. The city of Ranchi,the hometown of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, hosts its first ever one day international as England and India are set to battle it out in the newly built 35,000 seater HEC stadium. With honours even at the end [...]

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England Tour of India 2012: 2nd Test Match – Results and Summary

| November 24, 2012 | Comments

Day 4: November 26, 2012 England cruise to a comfortable ten-wicket win in the second test match England was required to chase down a score of 56 in their second innings to level the series. Without any discomfort, England quickly concluded the proceedings in less than 10 overs. The openers Compton and Cook seemed to [...]

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England in India 2012: Second Test Match Preview

| November 23, 2012 | Comments

India and England are set to clash again, this time at Mumbai, on Friday, November 23. This promises to be an intriguing game, as England will be looking forward to bounce back into the series after a humiliating nine-wicket loss in the first test match at Ahmedabad. England who whitewashed India 4-0 when India toured [...]

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England tour of India 2012: 1st Test match – Results and summary

| November 16, 2012 | Comments

Day 5: November 19, 2012 India comfortably defeat England to go One-nil up in the Test series England started the final day with a lead of just ten runs and five wickets in hand. The batsmen added only 16 runs to their fourth day’s partnership as Prior was caught and bowled by Ojha early in [...]

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England Tour of India 2012: Squads, Schedule & Results Summary

| November 5, 2012 | Comments

India have announced a 15-man squad for the first two tests of their impending home test series with England. Yuvraj Singh’s comeback from cancer continues on its impressive trajectory, with the 30-year old all-rounder named in the squad that also includes off-spinner Harbhajan Singh who has been out of test matches since August 2011. Yuvraj [...]

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England Tour 2011: Kolkata T20 Preview

| October 29, 2011 | Comments
England Tour 2011: Kolkata T20 Preview

India and England will cross swords for a final time, at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Saturday, October 29, 2011. India are gung-ho, having “paid back” England in their own coin on the “Payback Tour”, with a 5-0 sweep of the ODI series. The T20 game presents another opportunity for poetic justice to play its [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 5th ODI Preview

| October 25, 2011 | Comments
England Tour Of India 2011-12: 5th ODI Preview

India and England are set to meet in the fifth and last ODI at Kolkata on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. The ongoing series was labelled the “Payback Series” before it began, and with one match left to play, the payback could be said to have taken place already, with India having won all four games, [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 4th ODI Preview

| October 23, 2011 | Comments
England Tour Of India 2011-12: 4th ODI Preview

Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is set to play host to an ODI for the first time since the world cup final, as India and England gear up for the 4th ODI of the ongoing series. Having lost the first three matches and the series, there’ll be no pressure of expectation on England, and hopefully, that should [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 3rd ODI Match Report

| October 21, 2011 | Comments
England Tour Of India 2011-12: 3rd ODI Match Report

India have won the ongoing ODI series, with two matches left to be played, with a five-wicket win, chasing 299, at Mohali, on Thursday, October 20, 2011. England were expected to put up a better show on the bouncier track at Mohali, and they began right, by winning the toss and electing to bat. They [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 3rd ODI Preview

| October 20, 2011 | Comments
England Tour Of India 2011-12: 3rd ODI Preview

India and England are set to face off in the third ODI of the ongoing series, at Mohali. A win in the game will give India the series, and that realisation should motivate England who have learnt early in the series that their ODI series win, against the world champions, at home, in England, counts [...]

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