Matt Prior hit Benn for four in the second over and now Eng are 6/0.
The pull of Strauss went in the air, D Smith could have dived forward and converted that into a catch, but he didnt and Eng are 6 for none !
Eng won the toss and elected to bat. Swann may be swearing again due to the dew factor. ' Just take a towel and wipe the ball" said Benn after a chuckle, hearing the complaint of the formidable off spinner.
Luke Wright comes in for the out of form Collingwood and Trenwell, comes in for Yardy.
For WI, the leggie Devendra Bishoo comes instead of Miller. The team management must have been influenced by the success of Imran Thahir on the same ground against Eng.
Andre Russel, bowling at 145 kph, struck twice removing Prior and Strauss. Now Trott is batting beautifully and Eng are 99/2 !
Now Bishoo, bowling beautifully, got rid of the dangerous Trott, for 47. Bishoo is of Indian descent. Now Eoin Morgan has got off the mark and Eng are 123/3 off 22.5 overs!
Kemar Roach clean bowls Ian Bell ( his wicket goes for a walk ) and Eng are 134/4 !
Great bowling by Bishoo ( 3/34 ), Roach ( 2/34) and Russell (4/49) was responsible for England's debacle.
Now Sammy is gone, bowled by Bopara for a well played 41 and WI are 113/4 ! Now Thomas bowled by Bopara and WI are 118/5 !
The danger for India is that if WI is bowled out within 148, then it is adverse for India. ( Now Pollard lofts one for four and the pressure is gone) ! It is a matter of 23 more runs !
22 runs were wanted and WI had 4 wickets. Then Russell got out and then Swann took Sarwan and Roach in successive balls, sealing the fate of the match. The Man of the Match should go to Swann !
Graeme Swann had only one over to go. Three wickets to capture. And Swann bowls a great over and gets 2 wickets. One more run out in the next over and Eng win by 18 runs ! What a great thriller !
Andre Russell played a great innings of 49. He got four wickets and may get the Man of the Match Award. Tredwell took four wickets and Swann 3.
No, Tredwell with his four wickets got the Man of the Match Award.
Both Eng and India are now tied at 7 points. But then India has one more match to go. The Net Run Rate is .76 for India and .07 for Eng. So India is slightly ahead in NRR.
The Net Run Rate is calculated according to the formula
NRR = For ( [Runs Scored/Overs] - Against ( Runs Given/Overs]
India
For Runs Scored /Overs = 1405 runs /232.3 overs
Against Runs Given /Overs = 1317 runs /249.4 overs
NRR = +0.768
England
For Runs Scored /Overs = 1600/298.4
Against Runs Given /Overs = 1576/298.1
NRR = +0.072
England continue to be the most exciting team in the world, as the matches they play are all thrillers. They are as unpredictable as the Pakis, who faced elimination in 1992 and then went on to win the Cup ! No team has entertained the one billion plus viewers like England !
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