Category: England Tour

England Tour 2011: Kolkata T20 Preview

| October 29, 2011 | 0 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 | 0 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 | 0 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 | 0 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 | 0 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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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 2nd ODI Match Report

| October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment

The hosts went 2-0 up, in the five match ODI series currently underway between England and India, on the back of a brilliant century by Virat Kohli, at Ferozeshah Kotla, in Delhi. Chasing a modest 238 to win, the hosts achieved the target, with eight wickets and nearly 14 overs to spare. England began the [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 2nd ODI Preview

| October 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

India take on England at Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi, in the 2nd ODI of what has been billed as the “Payback Tour”. Following their 126-run rout at Hyderabad, England have become the underdogs, and their batsmen’s inability against spin bowling stands brutally exposed. In another reversal of fortunes, England coach Andy Flower appeared as clueless, on [...]

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England Tour 2011-12: These Youngsters Are The Core Of The Indian Team For ODI World Cup 2015

| October 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Before the first ODI between the visiting England team and India, on Friday, October 14, in Hyderabad, all talk about the Indian team for the match revolved around how depleted the squad was and how England could expect an easy time against it. The absence of mega stars Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag and Zaheer Khan [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: First ODI Match Report

| October 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Every team is a lion in its own den. A depleted Indian team proved this adage when they beat England in the first ODI at Hyderabad, on Friday, October 14, by the massive margin of 126 runs. India’s best hope was to bat first on a track that got slower and lower as the match [...]

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England Tour of India 2011-12: First ODI Preview

| October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

England and India are set to clash in the first of five ODIs, in Hyderabad, on Friday, October 14, 2012, on England’s current tour of India, which also includes a Twenty20 international in its schedule. England have recently had successive home ODI series wins against Sri Lanka and India, especially commendable as they beat India [...]

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