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Indian fans are eagerly waiting for the day 21 August and on that day, India is going to play against England in the first ODI match. India has won the test series and so, Indian people are now very happy and hoping that India will also win the ODI series. You know that ODI matches are very exciting and more exciting than test matches.
Indian Batting Strength
I know that you already know India has won the test series against England. This is the third time India wins test series in England. Anyway, now all attention is on the upcoming ODI series between Indian vs England. England will definitely try to win the series in order to give some moments for home supporters to cheer. On the other hand, India will try to increase their confidence level ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup 2007 next month.
The first ODI will be held on 21 August at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. After the disastrous world cap campaign, Indian team needed to bring some happy moments for the fans and over the last few months Indian team could impress with their performance. Top order Indian batsmen got their form back.
India’s overall performance in the ODI series against England will also depend on the performance of Indian batsmen. At this moment, Yuvraj Singh is in good form and he showed some excellent innings leading India to win the series. Now-a-days, Yuvraj shows more maturity in his batting and that is most important for a young batsmen. Moreover, top order batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar also came back in the right track against South Africa. Sachin’s performance in the Test series against England was also impressive. However, I am not sure about Captain Rahul Dravid though he played some good innings in the test series.
Newly appointed captain for India Twenty20 team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni can play a vital role in the coming ODI series against England. He might be more inspired to play well ahead of the Twenty20 world cup. India’s another wicketkeeper, Dinesh Karthik’s present form is now alluring and in the test series, he became the highest scorer for Indian side. Least but not last, Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa also played well in the last ODI match against Scotland.
Indian Bowling
The upcoming ODI series between Indian vs England is now just a few days away. Through the match in Rose Bowl, the ODI series will be started on 21 August. Earlier, I have written on Indian batting ahead of the series against England. Now, I am writing on Indian bowling.
At first, I have to say some thing against Zaheer Khan. At this moment, Zaheer is the most consistent bowler in the team and his performance graph is increasing day by day. In the test series against England, Zaheer was the most successful bowler in the series and got the man of the match award. I think, Zaheer can play a vital role in the upcoming series against England. Munaf Patel and Rudra Pratap Singh can also be vital for England. Rudra Pratap Singh played well in the test series against England.
For Indian spinner, I think, Harbhajan Singh could have been more appropriate than Ramesh Power. Piyush Chawla is young and I would be happy to see him showing some impressive performance against England. Ramesh Power has lack of consistency. Anyway, England pitches are typically helpful for pacers and slow medium bowlers. Yuvraj Singh might give some special breakthrough for India.
First ODI Live on ESPN
After the test series now both India and England are taking preparation for upcoming ODI series which will be started from 21 August. Host England is now under huge pressure as they lost a test series against India at home after 11 years. English media is now analyzing the overall test series and criticizing the players for their faults and mistakes. On the other hand, India is naturally in a strong position at this moment. The whole team celebrated the victory and now very confident to repeat the success of test series in ODI series as well.
First ODI match will be held at Rose Bowl and fans are now waiting for the exciting series. Ahead of this important series, there is a good news for the cricket fans over the worlds. That is, ESPN will telecast all the seven matches of the ODI series. Besides, Star Cricket will telecast the match for the Indian fans who are keen to hear Hindi commentary. Only Star Cricket telecast the test series and that is why; many cricket fans could not watch the exciting test series. As Star Cricket is a new channel, most of the cricket playing nations has not taken the subscription of this channel yet.
If you want to know more about the ODI series then you can visit this site.
Online Live Scores, Updates and Commentary
Most of you already know that the 1st ODI between India vs England will be held on 21 August at Rose Bowl. Most of the cricket fans will try to enjoy the seven match ODI series between these two cricket powers. ESPN and Star Cricket will telecast the series. Players, officials all are now waiting for the ODI series.
After India’s test series victory against England, India is now confident regarding the ODI series as well. However, English players are now facing criticisms from media as well from the cricket analysts. So, it is natural that England will try heart and soul to give some moments for their home fans to cheer on.
On the other hand, India will try to win the ODI series against England in order to increase their confidence level ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup tournament. Thinking about many busy cricket fans, I am giving some website links that provide online live scores below:
Action8cricket
Cricketworld.com
Cricket-online
Cricket.deepthi
Cricket 365
Cricinfo
Cricketzone
Stickiewicket
Cricketnext
BBC
Cricket Sulekha
Cricbuzz
Sify Sports
Who will Win?
It is a big question to answer that who will win a match. Especially about a cricket match it is very risky to predict anything beforehand. The first ODI match of the seven match ODI series between India and host England is going to be started from 21 August. The first match will be held in Rose Bowl.
Well, in terms of recent performance of these two cricket powers, India is now, for sure, ahead of England. India has recently won test series in England after 11 years. In the last ODI series India showed some impressive performances against South Africa as they won the series by 2-1. On the other hand, England lost their last ODI series against West Indies by 2-1. So, to tell the truth, England’s latest performance is not so satisfactory whereas India’s performance is excellent.
England Bowling Strength
Earlier I wrote about the England batting line up ahead of the first match of the ODI series between India and England will be held at Rose Bowl in 21 August. Now, in this article I am writing about the bowling side of England team.
England bowlers performance in test was not so satisfactory but in some innings they could show their ability to the star batsmen of Indian team. Especially in the first test, English bowlers played very well. Now, in ODI series, English bowlers have to deliver some good spells to win the series. I think, James Anderson and Captain Paul Collingwood will be vital for the English batsmen. In English condition, Paul Collingwood is more likely to shine. Medium pacer Stuart Broad has ability to do well in the ODI series.
Left arm spinner Monty Panesar can also play a vital role with some good deliveries. Though English condition typically does not support spinner and Indian batsmen play the spinners very well, I think, Panesae still can be vital for Rahul Dravid’s team.
England Batting Attack
First ODI match between India vs England is just 2 days away. Fans of both teams are now eagerly waiting for the series. Having won the test series, India is now definitely in strong position whereas host England team is now going though criticisms from media and cricket analysts.
ODI series victory can be a condolence for the English fans and for that, England has to play well in both batting and bowling. Now, ahead of the 1st ODI match, I am going to write about the batting line up of England.
England’s batting in last two tests of the test series was not good though Kevin Pietersen, Alastair Cook and Michael Vaughan played some good innings. Kevin Pietersen will be the main strength of the England betting line up. This hard hitter is now in his top form in both ODI and Test cricket. In the recently finished test series he had two centuries. England’s new ODI captain Paul Collingwood will also have a big responsibility in the middle order and have to play some excellent innings in the ODI series.
I do not know if Andrew Flintoff will play in the ODI series or not. If he plays then England will also expect some big score from this all rounder. Two openers Alastair Cook and Matt Prior have to show consistency over the series because a good start is like half of the works done.
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