The first loss of England started with the practice game in Mumbai. This definitely should have put question in England players mind on their own performane. Mumbai Cricket Association surprised England and beat them by 124 runs. Couple of days back England beat Mumbai by 122 runs and they have experienced the same margin defeat today.
England wsa bowled out for 98 and couldn't play the full quota of 50 overs. They were bundled out in 25 overs, a surprising loss.
Scoreboard:
Match: Practice Game (ODI)
Venue: Barbourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: November 11, 2008
Teams: Mumbai Cricket Association XI and England XI
Captains: OJ Khanvilkar and Kevin Pietersen
Toss: England XI won the toss and decided to field first
Result: MCA XI won by 124 runs
Mumabi Cricket Association XI 222 for 7 in 50 overs (Waghela 4, Valthaty 44, Marathe 65, Khavnvilkar 0, Bagade 25, Moto 0, Shaikh 37, Salunkhe 19 not out, Sufiyan 14 not out, Extras--14 (lb 5, w 8, nb 1), Anderson 1 for 35, Harmison 2 for 38, Flintoff 0 for 21, Swann 1 for 32, Patel 2 for 50, Pietersen 0 for 19, Collingwood 1 for 22) beat England 98 all out in 25 overs (Bell 6, Prior 3, Pietersen 0, Collingwood 8, Patel 13, Bopara 9, Flintoff 5, Wright 1, Swann 24 not out, Harmison 4, Anderson 20, Extras--5 (b 1, w 4), Verma 2 for 12, Walingankar 5 for 37, Shaikh 3 for 35, Salvi 0 for 13)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment