England in India 2008

The England Tour to India between November and December of 2008 is covered here with match analysis, scoreboards, and pictures! Hope you enjoy them!

Match Report of Practice Games:

Practice Game 1: England v. Mumbai XI
Practice Game 2: England v. Mumbai Cricket Association XI

Match Report of ODIs:

ODI 1: India v. England
ODI 2: India v. England
ODI 3: India v. England
ODI 4: India v. England
ODI 5: India v. England
ODI 6: India v. England
ODI 7: India v. England

Still more to come!

Practice Game: Mumbai v. England XI: The Only win So Far!

The only win so far England tasted in the 2008 tour to India till the completion of the 3rd ODI was against the Mumbai team during the first practice game. It was a comfortable win for England. They scored 297 and restricted Mumbai for 175.

Scoreboard:

Match: Practice Game (ODI)
Venue: Barbourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: November 9, 2008
Teams: Mumbai and England XI
Captains: Nilesh Kulkarni and Kevin Pietersen
Toss: Mumbai won the toss and decided to field first
Result: England won by 122 runs

England 297 for 4 in 50 overs (Bell 58, Prior 13, Shah 83, Pietersen 6, Flintoff 100 not out, Collingwood 22 not out, Extras--15 (lb 8, w 6, nb 1), Sinha 1 for 32, Prashan Bhoir 0 for 57, Valthaty 1 for 56, Yeligati 1 for 41, Kulkarni 1 for 40, Salunkhe 0 for 63) beat Mumabi 175 for 8 in 50 overs (Bagade 3, Marathe 36, Shetye 50, Valthaty 25, Shashank Singh 23, Sufiyan 2, Salunkhe 2, Poojary 15, Yeligati 2 not out, Kulkarni 1 not out, Extras--16 (b 2, lb 7, w 7), Anderson 3 for 15, Broad 0 for 21, Flintoff 1 for 22, Harmison 0 for 24, Swann 0 for 37, Patel 2 for 38, Pietersen 0 for 5, Collingwood 1 for 4)

England Tour of India - 2008 - Squad

The England team is touring India for playing 7 ODIs and 2 test matches. The England team is lead by Kevin Pietersen and India is lead by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The squad arrived in India and will be playing 2 limited overs practice matches. The first ODI begins on November 14 at Rajkot.

The England Squad for 7 ODIs:

Kevin Pietersen (c), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, and Luke Wright

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The England Squad for 2 Test Matches:

Kevin Pietersen (c), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson , Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar, and Andrew Strauss

The Indian Squad for the first 3 ODIs:

MS Dhoni (c & wk), Virender Sehwag (vc), Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Murali Vijay, and Yuvraj Singh

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England tour to India 2008 - Schedule

England is touring India in November-December 2008. The team lead by Kevin Pietersen will be playing in 2 practice games, 7 ODIs and 2 Test Matches. With Dhoni's men in full form after beating Australia 2-0 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy will be ready to take on the English Challenge.


ODI Practice Games Schedule:

Sun Nov 09, 2008: Mumbai v. England XI in Mumbai
Tue Nov 11, 2008: Mumbai Cricket Association XI v. England XI in Mumbai

ODI Schedule:

Fri Nov 14, 2008: 1st ODI: India v. England in Rajkot
Mon Nov 17, 2008: 2nd ODI: India v. England in Indore
Thu Nov 20, 2008: 3rd ODI: India v. England in Kanpur
Sun Nov 23, 2008: 4th ODI: India v. England in Bangalore
Wed Nov 26, 2008: 5th ODI: India v. England in Cuttack
Sat Nov 29, 2008: 6th ODI: India v. England in Guwahati
Tue Dec 02, 2008: 7th ODI: India v. England in Delhi

Three-Day Practice Games Schedule:

Fri Dec 5 to Sun Dec 7, 2008: To be Decided v. England XI in Baroda

Test Match Schedule:

Thu Dec 11 to Mon Dec 15, 2008: 1st Test: India v. England in Ahemadabad
Fri Dec 19 to Tue Dec 23, 2008: 2nd Test: India v. England in Mumbai

Can the Indians continue the performance and outplay England to capture the No. 1 position in Test Rankings? Can Dhoni's team do it again?

All the best to both the teams!