England and Pakistan Move to the Semifinals

England and Pakistan have advanced to the semifinals of T20 World Cup 2010. Two matches took place today in the group and in the earlier part of the day, Pakistan won their match against South Africa by 11 runs.

This defeat meant that South Africa was out of the tournament. However, the win did not guarantee the advancement of Pakistan right away. Instead, the Pakistani players had to wait for the result of the match between England and New Zealand.

England won the match by 3 wickets and it helped Pakistan move in the semifinals. Pakistan is the reigning champion of T20 World Cup. 

Brazil Facing England in a Friendly Match on 14 November 2009

Brazil and England lock horn on Saturday in a high-profile international friendly schedule to take place at the Khalifa International Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This is a highly anticipating game for which millions of football fans are now waiting for. Both Brazil and England have already ensured their qualification into next year’s world cup.    Brazil vs England is always a big match in football world and the upcoming match would not be different.

Well, I am a bit disappointed to know that the match will not be shown live in any of the sports channels in my part of the world (South Asia). I searched about the live tv information in the net, but did not find out any popular sports channel who would telecast the match live. This would definitely disappoint many football fans.

England captain John Terry is doubtful for the game as the Chelsea centre back is now suffering from an ankle injury. A decision over Terry’s injury would be taken in the eleventh hour of the game. If he does not feature against Brazil, then there is a strong possibility that Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney would lead England in the match.

Meanwhile, Manchester City is angry at Brazil’s plan to feature Robinho in either of their friendly games against England and Oman. The striker missed a number of matches for City since he injured his ankle while representing Brazil in a world cup qualifying game. Naturally, City does not want Brazil to play the striker in either of their friendly games.

Kevin Pietersen looking to solve the dispute with coach Peter Moores

(This entry was originally published on Sunday, January 4th, 2009)

Ever since Kevin Pietersen took over as England captain there was a speculation concerning a rift between Coach Peter Moores and himself. Recently, Kevin Pietersen and Moores again had a disagreement over something which is not yet clear in the media. However, the English captain wants to solve all the disagreements or disputes with Coach Peter Moores before the team heads to West Indies on a tour.

Reports have it in the media that the two had a disagreement recently and following the incident Pietersen had talks with ECB officials in this regard. Now, Kevin Pietersen wants to solve everything before they reach West Indies. Performance of England cricket team was not satisfactory at all in the last two test series. At first, in August 2008, they lost the home test series against South Africa after a long time and then in India they lost the test series. So, if England wants to perform well in West Indies, they have to be united and there should not have any conflict or rift between captain and coach. That is what Kevin Pietersen is looking for at this moment. Now, let us see if Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores can sort out the problems between themselves.

Related article:

Reuters

England vs South Africa Third Test 2008: Paul Collingwood Comes to Rescue

Before the start of today’s play, many people had a doubt England had any chance in the match. South Africa was in an advantage condition because of their impressive first Innings Lead. However, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood had other things in mind. They fought bravely and helped England to be in a good position after the third day. Kevin Pietersen was very unlucky to be out for 94 runs. However,

Paul Collingwood was eager to score a century and this century helped England a lot.

Times Online reported:

The lead is more than 200 now and the advantage lies with England, but the outcome is still too close to call, given that the pitch is playing superbly. Ten out of the past 11 first-class games have been drawn here, which suggests that the surface will not deteriorate. South Africa will be confident of chasing a large last innings score, but they will have to bat better than they bowled yesterday.

It was a day when the advantage ebbed and flowed. England amputated the South African tail in the first hour, ceding a lead of only 83, and then lost three wickets themselves overhauling this deficit. England’s batsmen again got in and got out without producing anything substantial.

Wembley Stadium: The Venue of England vs Russia Match

Wembley Stadium is perhaps the most famous football stadium in England. It has hosted many memorable matches in the history of football. England is the birth place of modern football and Wembley Stadium is the heart of English football. In this stadium, England plays its international matches and also hosts the FA Cup Final.

Wembley Stadium has a capacity of 90,000 viewers and it is needless to say that all the people today will shout for English players. Russian players will need to keep their nerves strong in the match today.

England vs Russia Preview: Euro 2008 Qualifier

For live score and updates of the England vs Russia match, follow this link:

England vs Russia Live Score and Updates

http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/2007/09/england-vs-russia-live-score-and.html

England is going to play against Russia within less than 24 hours. The match is going to take place on 12 September England evening time. England and Russia both will want to win the match as a win in the match will help either of the team to go a long way in the qualification for Euro 2008. I am giving you the information you need to know about this match.

Group E Standing

Russia and England both are in Group E of qualifying round of Euro 2008. Croatia is now at the top of the group with 20 points from 8 matches. In fact, tomorrow, Croatia has an easy opponent to deal with Andorra vs. Croatia match. Russia is in the second place with 17 points and then there is England with 17 points from 8 matches. After that in Group E, there is Israel with 17 points from 9 matches. FYR Macedonia, Estonia and Andorra are in the bottom 3 places and they are out of any chance of qualifying for Euro 2008 finals. So, I don’t need to emphasize to the fact that England has to win tomorrow’s match. England is going to travel to Russia next month.

England Squad

It is interesting to see that England has not announced its final squad yet although there are less than 24 hours to go. There is some speculation that England will have the same squad that defeated Israel 3 days ago. The players of that squad are:

Robinson, Richards, Ferdinand, Terry, Ashley Cole, Wright-Phillips (Bentley 83), Gerrard (Neville 71), Barry, Joe Cole, Heskey (Johnson 71), Owen.

Subs Not Used: Brown, James, Downing, Defoe.

Now, there is speculation that some changes may happen for England. BBC reported:

McClaren was impressed with the way England beat Israel 3-0 on Saturday but said: "This is a tougher challenge.

"Russia play a different system. They have an excellent defensive record and will be difficult to break down.

"As much as I would like to keep the same shape, formation and personnel, we may have to tweak one or two things."

Russia Squad

I could find the final squad of Russia too for this match. However, I think that Russian coach will field the same side that defeated Macedonia a few days ago.

Live Radio Commentary

The match between England and Russia has become a crucial one for England. England has to win this match. The match is going to take place in the historical Wembley stadium. If you cannot go to the stadium then no problem. You can enjoy live commentary of the match in BBC Radio 5.

You can get more information about it in the following webpage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/sport/commentaries.shtml

Live in ESPN TV Channel

You know that now, many important football matches are broadcast live in Asia. So, if you are in Asia and want to watch the match tomorrow live in TV then you should watch England vs Russia live in ESPN. This is what you can see in ESPN tomorrow:

EURO QUALIFIERS (ENGLAND) PRE-SHOW (SOCCER/FUTBOL)

England Vs Russia (L)

EURO QUALIFIERS (ENGLAND) (SOCCER/FUTBOL)

LONDON, ENGLAND England Vs Russia (L)

For details go to this webpage:

http://www.espnstar.com/tvtimes/search-tvtimes.cmd

Live Online Score

Russia has been showing some impressive performances in Euro 2008 qualifying competition. In the last World Cup in 2006, Russia could not make it to the final tournament. However, the current squad looks impressive. Russia has not lost any match yet after playing eight matches.

So, undoubtedly, England will have to face a hard challenge from Russia. Both England and Russia are in good form at this moment as both of the won their last match of Euro 2008 in style. England defeated Israel by 3-0 and Russia defeated FYR Macedonia by 3-0. So, it is needless to say that both teams are now determined to win in the upcoming match. Fans are also delighted to see their stars playing well in such an important match.

It is hard to predict anything when both competing teams are in good form. So, I just hope to see a competitive match. I think, all the football fans wish the same. Here, I am giving some links of the website that will provide England vs Russia match:

Sport Press

Live Football Scores

Live Score

Goalzz.com
Goal.com
Footie Scorez

Injury Problem for England

England will miss two of their key players in the upcoming match of Euro 2008 against Russia. Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard have been out of the final line up of England against Russia. Both the players also missed the recent match against Israel. The upcoming will have great importance for both England and Russia. Russia is ahead of England by one point and they are in second position of the point table. England stands in third position. With four matches remaining, England is now under huge pressure because any slip of can make them out of the Euro 2007.

John Terry about the Match

English and Russia are going to face each other in the qualifying match of Euro 2008 on 12 September. Russia is at this moment one point ahead of England and stands in the second position of the group E. There are four matches left for both England and Russia. So, the upcoming England vs Russia match will be very competitive. That is why, England captain John Terry has said that Russia will throw a big challenge for England and they need to overcome it.

As England is in the third position of point table, they are now under pressure. However, Terry is determined that his men will be bale to overcome the challenge as they did it in the past. England’s recent performance is impressive. England defeated Israel by 3-0 recently.

Revenge of Guus Hiddink?

Guus Hiddink is one of the leading football coaches in the world. He has impressive track record. Guus Hiddink is currently the coach of Russian national football team. Russia is going to play against England on 12 September and the match will take place in England. So, England is the host team in the Euro 2008 match of England vs Russia. England is now in tough position and cannot afford to lose any more match if they want to qualify for Euro 2008 Football. Guus Hiddink is keen to see Russia trounce England convincingly. He has personal reasons for it.

Last year, when the position of England coach became vacant, Guus Hiddink was eager to get selected. However, he was not eager to give any interview for this position and felt that his track record was enough. FA Officials did not agree to this matter and Guus Hiddink was not selected. Naturally, Guus Hiddink got annoyed with this matter and he is now eager to see Russia defeating England convincing in the match of 12 September 2007.

Who will win?

This is a very tough question. I think that England will have slight edge over Russia despite the fact that England is suffering from injury problem. I think that England is a different team in their own home ground. England played very well against Germany last month. So, I think that either the match will be a draw or England will win it.

What is your idea about the match? Share your ideas in the comment section.

England vs Russia Euro 2008: Live in Star Sports Channel

For live score and updates of the England vs Russia match, follow this link:

England vs Russia Live Score and Updates

http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/2007/09/england-vs-russia-live-score-and.html

Tomorrow, England is going to play in a crucial match of Euro 2008 qualifying round. England cannot afford to lose this match. On the other hand, Russian media has now put a lot of pressure on the Russian coach and football team for a win. English team is suffering from injuries of some important players.

You know that now, many important football matches are broadcast live in Asia. So, if you are in Asia and want to watch the match tomorrow live in TV then you should watch England vs Russia live in ESPN. This is what you can see in Star Sports India tomorrow:

EURO QUALIFIERS (ENGLAND) PRE-SHOW (SOCCER/FUTBOL)

England Vs Russia (L)

EURO QUALIFIERS (ENGLAND) (SOCCER/FUTBOL)

LONDON, ENGLAND England Vs Russia (L)

About timing of the match, I should tell you something. Actually, the match is going to take place in evening time of 12 September (Wednesday) according to England time. However, in most parts of Asia, it will take place in midnight or early hours of 13 September.

I am sorry that earlier I wrote that ESPN will show the match. It is not correct. ACtually, Star Sports will boradcast the match.

For details go to this webpage:

http://www.espnstar.com/tvtimes/search-tvtimes.cmd

England vs Russia Euro 2008: Revenge of Guus Hiddink

For live score and updates of the England vs Russia match, follow this link:

England vs Russia Live Score and Updates

http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/2007/09/england-vs-russia-live-score-and.html

Guus Hiddink is one of the leading football coaches in the world. He has impressive track record. Guus Hiddink is currently the coach of Russian national football team. Russia is going to play against England on 12 September and the match will take place in England. So, England is the host team in the Euro 2008 match of England vs Russia. England is now in tough position and cannot afford to lose any more match if they want to qualify for Euro 2008 Football. Guus Hiddink is keen to see Russia trounce England convincingly. He has personal reasons for it.

Last year, when the position of England coach became vacant, Guus Hiddink was eager to get selected. However, he was not eager to give any interview for this position and felt that his track record was enough. FA Officials did not agree to this matter and Guus Hiddink was not selected. Naturally, Guus Hiddink got annoyed with this matter and he is now eager to see Russia defeating England convincing in the match of 12 September 2007.

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Russia will deliver killer blow to England hopes, vows Hiddink

India vs England 2007: Detailed Preview of Fourth ODI

India vs England fourth ODI will be held on 27 August 2007. The ODI series between India and England is going to see an exciting end as both India and England showed extreme competitiveness in the earlier matches of the series. It is easy to think that both the teams are trying rule over each other and win the series in order to increase their confidence ahead of the Twenty20 world cup which will be started from 11 September 2007.

Indian has lost the third ODI matches of the series and thus England has taken the lead by 2-1. Indian bowlers have failed again and batsmen were not impressive either. The most important thing is that lack of consistency. There is no bowler at this moment in the team who could perform regularly in the last few matches. On the other hand, England batsmen are continuing their superb performance in the ODI series. After the poor bowling performance in the second ODI match, English bowlers has come back and played very well in the third ODI. Now, the fourth ODI will be very vital for Indian team. There are still four ODI matches are left in the series.

Indian Batting Strength

Batting is always the strong side of Indian team. It is thought that India never lacks of batsmen. However, it is also true that many times India’s star batsmen could not live up to the expectation and thus they have been criticized. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid- these star trio sometimes can not prevent the breakdown of Indian batting line up. The most recent example of poor batting performance was in the last world cup this year.

I think, the main problem of Indian batting is lack of consistency. Though India won the test series against England recently, I do not think Indian batsmen were consistent throughout the series. In the first test at Lords India was on the verge of a crushing defeat because of poor batting performance. However, in the second test, Indian batsmen bounced back and could play some excellent innings and won the match. Then in the third test, Indian batsmen were really in good form and put on a huge total in the score board but India’s second innings batting made it really hard to believe that these same batsmen scored 600 plus runs in the first innings.

In the same way, Indian batsmen showed their inconsistency in ODI series too. In the first ODI, India suffered an embarrassing defeat to England. However, in the second innings Indian batting was up to date and with two 90 plus scores India could reach at 329 which was enough to win the match even though their ordinary bowling.

In the 3^rd ODI Indian batsmen could not continue their good batting performance of 2^nd ODI. Sourav Ganguly scored the highest 72 runs for Indian alongside captain Rahul Dravid’s 56 and Yuvraj Singh’s 45. Rahul Dravid is continuously playing well in the series which is a big relief for the team. However, the other batsmen of Indian team looked very ordinary in the team.

Actually, I am not satisfied with this batting line up. You can easily understand that the present Indian batting line up is not so deep. After wicket keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni there is not any batsmen whom Indian can rely on. It means that Indian batting line up has just 6 batsmen who can bat well and the others are tale ender. Having only six batsmen does not mean you have a good batting line up. Rather such a batting line up creates extra pressure on the top order batsmen.

England Batting Strength

England lost the test series against Indian at home soil after 21 years. To tell the truth, consistency was also a problem among the English batsmen. That embarrassing test series lose might have inspired English batsmen to play their best in the ODI series. That is why, England batsmen played excellent in the first two ODI matches of the series. Especially in the second match, I became astonished to see the deepness of their batting line up in second ODI. No. 8 batsmen of their batting order, Dimitri Mascarenhas played an excellent innings of 52 off 39 balls which and Stuart Broad, no. 9 batsman of English batting line up, scored 29 runs facing just 24 balls.

Having 9 batsmen (though not specialist) in a team is really something special for any team. However, still consistency is most important. I am hopeful that England batsmen will play well in Twenty20 world cup. Two English batsmen Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen have already earned fame because of their hard hitting. Now, two new players Dimitri Mascarenhas and Stuart Broad have joined in the list. Among the top order batsmen Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and Captain Paul Collingwood will be vital during Twenty20 world cup.

England batsmen have showed again that they are in good form and they can destroy any bowling side at this moment. I again became astonished to see the deepness of their batting line up in the third ODI match of the series. One down batsmen Ian Bell scored a brilliant half century in the match. He scored match highest 79 runs just facing 89 balls with 2 boundaries and 2 over boundaries. Opener Alastair Cook scored 40 and Captain Paul Collingwood scored 44 runs. Actually except Ian Bell, no English batsmen could make a big score but could contribute with small score.

Indian Bowling

Earlier I said that batting is the main strength of Indian team. Well, it does not mean that Indian bowlers do not contribute in their performance or India does not have any good bowlers. What I want to mention here is that Indian bowlers can not dominate over the opponent batsmen that Indian batsmen frequently do against the opponent bowlers. Playing well and having dominance over the opponents, these two things are not same at all. For example, Indian batsmen could not play well in world cup but still India experienced their highest ODI score in the world cup as Indian batsmen could put on a 400 plus runs against Bermuda. I know that Bermuda is not a strong team but still a 400 plus score deserve some praise. That means, Indian batsmen has the capability to destroy any bowling line up at any day if their batsmen are in form whereas Indian bowlers, to some extent, have a boundary of success that they hardly cross.

To tell the truth, I was shocked to see the performance of Indian bowlers in the first two ODI matches. It is not so hard to understand that though India won the second ODI, their bowlers could not resist the England batsmen from scoring a 300 plus score and it was really a matter of worry for Indian team ahead of the Twenty20 world cup. I think, Harbhajan Singh should have been taken in the ODI series against England. Except Zaheer Khan no other Indian bowlers could impress me in the test series. I do not know why Harbhajan Singh is being overlooked by the Indian selectors now-a-days. I appreciate the selectors that they have included Harbhajan in the Twenty20 world cup squad.

Indian bowling was again poor in the third ODI match and they lack of consistency. Harbhajan Singh was badly needed in that condition. Ramesh Power and Piyush Chawla are promising but sometimes experience becomes vital. Rudra Pratap Singh took three wickets but were economical. Zaheer Khan could not continue his test series performance in the ODI series though he became sick during the ODI series and missed the second ODI.

England Bowling Strength

Except the first test, the performance of England bowlers was ordinary in test series. English bowlers also have lack of consistency. In the first ODI, English bowlers played very well. James Anderson was excellent in line and length but in the second ODI their bowlers could not resist the Indian batsmen. Though Andrew Flintoff took five wickets in second ODI, he was expensive and could not create pressure over the Indian batsmen. I do not know why left arm spinner Monty Panesar was not taken in the second ODI as he is the best spinner of England at this moment.

I know that Monty Panesar could not impress in the first ODI but to get something special you have to give some chances to your best bowler. To many, Monty Panesar is best for Test cricket. I agree that his performance in Test cricket is comparatively good but if you take him in one match and then exclude from the team in the next match then it becomes hard for a young spinner to prove his talent and skill. So, I think, the selectors of England team should give some chances to Monty Panesar thinking about the future of English cricketer. I think, Monty Panesar can be very vital during the Twenty20 world cup.

England bowlers bounced back in the third ODI and James Andersen performed well taking three wickets. Captain Collingwood and Chris Tremlett took 2 wickets each. I think, England bowlers also need consistency in ODI series in order to win the series.

Online Live Scores, Updates and Commentary

I know that most of you are now exited to enjoy the fourth ODI match of India vs England ODI series. However, some of you will not be so lucky to sick to the TV sets to watch and enjoy the every ball of the match because of personal and professional work. Thinking of the passionate fans of Cricket, I am giving some website links that provide online live score of any the India vs England ODI series below:

Action8cricket

Cricketworld.com

Cricket-online

Cricket.deepthi

Cricket 365

Cricinfo

Cricketzone

Stickiewicket

Cricketnext

BBC

Cricket Sulekha

Cricbuzz

Sify Sports

India vs England 2007: Detailed Preview of Third ODI

For live updates of today’s match, visit this link:

India vs England 2^nd ODI Live Updates 2008

Now, you can say that India vs England 3^rd ODI will be more interesting. Actually the ODI series between India vs England is going to be much more exciting as the performance of both teams are going through some ups and downs frequently. After losing the test series against in home soil English players were determined to come back in the ODI series and they started the series in style with a crushing 104 run victory over the touring India. However, in the second ODI, you must have seen the other side of the coin as India won the close match by 9 runs. So, now it is 1-1 draw situation in the series.

Still five matches are left in the ODI series. Anything can happen in the forthcoming five matches. India and England will meet in the 3^rd ODI in Birmingham on 27 August. Ahead of the 3^rd match both team must be determined to take the lead in the series winning the upcoming 3^rd ODI match. India took some changes in the second ODI which worked well. So, India may not come up with any change in the 3^rd ODI whereas English batsmen though play well, their bowlers could not show any resistant against Indian batsmen.

Indian Batting Strength

India batsmen showed their natural talent in the second ODI and could culminate a huge total for the host England. Two openers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar played a 100 run partnership which was a solid foundation for the later batsmen. Ganguly got out when he was 39 after putting on 113 runs in the first wicket partnership with Tendulkar. Tendulkar played another superb innings but again failed to reach 100 as he got out at 99. In the last few months Tendulkar got out at nervous nineties several times. Then Captain Rahul Dravid played a attacking 92 runs facing just 63 balls in which he hit 11 boundaries and one over boundaries. Yuvraj scored 49.

So, you can see that Indian top order was in good mode and they demolish the English bowlers in second ODI match. The interesting thing is that in the first ODI Indian played with 7 specialist batsmen but in the second match India played with six batsmen as Gautam Gambhir was not in the first 11 of second ODI. So, in the third ODI, I think India will not change any player in the batting line up.

England Batting Strength

Though England lost the second ODI, their batsmen played very well. Almost all of their batsmen could put on some runs in the scoreboard. Ian Bell was the highest scorer of England with 64 runs. However, England could cross 300 runs because almost all the batsmen played some small but useful innings. Specially, Dimitri Mascarenhas played a smashing 39 balls 52 at no.8 in the batting order. So, you can realize that how deep the England batting line up is. I think, having performed well in two back to back matches, England batsmen are now determined to do well in the third ODI as well. Even the no.9 batsmen Stuart Broad played a 29 run innings off just 24 balls.

So, England batsmen could repeat their first ODI performance in the second ODI as well. I think, there should not have any change in the England batting line up. This is the good side of a team that most of their batsmen are now in good form any of them can lead the team with a good batting performance.

Indian Bowling Strength

After the defeat in the first ODI, I wrote that India should play with 5 bowlers because the extra 10 overs sometimes create the difference. In the first ODI India played only 4 bowlers and the extra ten overs were done by the occasional bowlers which created a huge difference.

In the second ODI India included five specialist bowlers and thus Captain Rahul Dravid had lot of option at his hands. Well, you can not say that Indian bowlers played very well in the second match. However, what is important here is that India had some balance in bowling line up. India did not use any occasional bowler except Sourav Ganguly in the match.

Zaheer Khan could play because of his sickness but his replacement Munaf Patel played well. Though he was very expensive he took 3 important wickets for India. Leg spinner Piyush Chawla showed tremendous performance with 3 vital wickets of English middle order. Ramesh Power and RP Singh took 1 wicket each. Now, in the 3^rd match, India can bring a change if Zaheer Khan becomes fit. Ajit Agarkar can be replaced by Zaheer because in the first two matches, Ajit Agarkar’s performance was poor.

England Bowling Strength

English bowlers could not stand up in the second ODI because of excellent batting performance of Indian batsmen. Andrew Flintoff though took five wickets, he was expensive. The hero of the first ODI James Anderson could not repeat his excellent bowling performance in the second ODI match. English excluded left arm spinner in the second match and medium pacer Chris Tremlett played as the replacement. However, the idea was wrong and I think, England should think off Monty Panesar in for the upcoming 3^rd ODI match.

English bowlers were totally failed to resist the Indian batsmen in the 3^rd ODI and they could not put any pressure on the Indian batsmen. So, the coming 3^rd ODI match will be very vital for the English bowlers.

Online Live Scores, Updates and Commentary

I know that most of you are now exited to enjoy the third ODI match of India vs England ODI series. As the series is now 1-1 draw both the teams will try heart and soul to take the lead winning the third match. However, some of you will not be so lucky to sick to the TV sets to watch and enjoy the every ball of the match because of personal and professional work. Thinking of the passionate fans of Cricket, I am giving some website links that provide online live score of any the India vs England ODI series below:

Action8cricket

Cricketworld.com

Cricket-online

Cricket.deepthi

Cricket 365

Cricinfo

Cricketzone

Stickiewicket

Cricketnext

BBC

Cricket Sulekha

Cricbuzz

Sify Sports

India vs England 2nd ODI Live Score

English players at last could give an opportunity to the home crowd to cheer on as England won the first ODI match in style against the test series winner India. This was a solid start for England and not they must be confident to win the series as well. Now, England will try to win the second ODI to increase the difference.

On the other hand, India is now in pressure as they have to recover the mistakes and come back soon in the series in order to win the ODI series as well. It is true that six ODI matches are still to be held and India has the opportunity to come back and win the series. Ahead of the forthcoming Twenty20 world cup, both England and India will definitely try to win the ODI series in order to have a sheer confidence before the tournament.

The second ODI match, I think, will be very crucial for both England and India. I know that hardly any fans will miss the match but sometimes, it becomes tougher to stick to the match and enjoy every ball because of personal and professional busyness.

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

India vs England 2007: Detailed Preview of Second ODI

India vs England second ODI will be held on 24 August in Bristol England is now leading series by 1-0. After winning the test series at English soil after 21 years, India started their ODI series with ordinary performance both in bowling and batting in the first ODI match that they lost by 104 runs. Now, ahead of the second ODI India must have to determine to win the match in order to come back in the series against England.

In the second match, I do not know if Indian management will bring any change in the squad or not because most of the players could not play their natural game in the first match. India took four specialist bowlers in the first ODI but I think this is not a good idea to keep the balance in the squad. Except Zaheer Khan no other bowlers could show any resistant against the English batsmen. India might take five bowlers in the 2^nd ODI match against England.

On the other hand, England played very well in the first match in both departments. With two centuries, I think their batting line up looked very strong to Indian bowling and their bowlers also played well keeping line and length and taking some early wickets. So, I think, England team will remain unchanged for the upcoming Second ODI match of the series.

Indian Batting Strength

After losing the first ODI match, Indian team is now in pressure. Indian batting line up said to be one of the best among the test playing countries. However, in the first ODI match, Indian batsmen could not show any resistance as they got all out 184 loosing the match by 104 runs. It is true that Indian bowlers also failed to impress but the target of 289 was not too big for the Indian batting line up including, Sachin, Sourav, Dravid, inform batsman Yuvraj Singh etc. Dinesh Karthik and Captain Rahul Dravid tried to put on some runs but could not lead India to chase 289 runs.

Now, in the second ODI match, I think, India will not bring any change in the batting line up as they do not have any option in the squad except Robin Uthappa. However, I hope Indian batsmen will come back with their form and play well in the second ODI match.

England Batting Strength

England is now in relief as they could at last won a match in this tour. After losing the test series, English players were in huge pressure because they lost to India at their home soil after 21 years. So, ODI series is the last chance to take revenge. England started the ODI series with a smashing 104 run victory over India in the first ODI match. Both their bowlers and batsmen impressed their fans with their performance. Especially their batsmen could engage a huge total of 288 runs batting first in the match. Losing just two wickets, English batsmen could show that they have the capability tohelp England win the ODI series. Two English batsmen- opener Alastair Cook and one down batsman Ian Bell scored two brilliant centuries. The second ODI match will be held on 24 August 2007 in Bristol.

I think England has a deep batting line up and most of their batsmen are in good form at present. So, in second ODI match, England batsmen have to lead England to win the match and increase the lead 2-0. Indian bowlers will have to face really a big challenge from the England batsmen in the second ODI.

Indian Bowling Strength

India has suffered a defeat in the first ODI match of the series against England. The second ODI match will be held in Bristol on the 24^th of August. Indian players neither play well in batting nor in bowling. So, in both departments, Indian players failed to impress. The devastating defeat of Indian team also hurt their fans. Indian bowlers could not create any pressure on the English batsmen rather they fall in huge presser at this moment.

India’s four bowler strategy did not work well and thus in the second ODI , I think, team management may think of playing five specialist bowlers because of ordinary performance of Indian bowlers in the first ODI match. Except, Zaheer Khan, no other bowlers could show any resistance against English batsmen. In the upcoming second ODI match, off spinner Ramesh Powar and medium pacer Munaf Patel can be given a chance in the first eleven instead of Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla.

England Bowling Strngth

English bowlers performed excellently in the first ODI against India. Fast bowler James Anderson tremendous performance with bowl as he took four Indian wickets conceding just 23 runs in 10 overs. Anderson’s performance will surely inspire the other English bowlers to play well in the second match as well. Andrew Flintoff also played well after coming back to the team. England spinner Monty Panesar could not perform expectedly.

However, I think, before the second ODI match, English bowlers are now in good mood and they will be inspired to play well in the second ODI match. However, if India’s star batsmen come back with their form then, for sure, England bowlers will have to face a real challenge.

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English players at last could give an opportunity to the home crowd to cheer on as England won the first ODI match in style against the test series winner India. This was a solid start for England and not they must be confident to win the series as well. Now, England will try to win the second ODI to increase the difference.

On the other hand, India is now in pressure as they have to recover the mistakes and come back soon in the series in order to win the ODI series as well. It is true that six ODI matches are still to be held and India has the opportunity to come back and win the series. Ahead of the forthcoming Twenty20 world cup, both England and India will definitely try to win the ODI series in order to have a sheer confidence before the tournament.

The second ODI match, I think, will be very crucial for both England and India. I know that hardly any fans will miss the match but sometimes, it becomes tougher to stick to the match and enjoy every ball because of personal and professional busyness.

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India vs England 2007: First ODI Live Updates

England has won the first ODI by a huge margin.

After 40 Overs: India is 133

After 30 Overs: India is 102/4

After 25 Overs: India is 79/4.

After 20 Overs: 56/4. Now the only thing Indian batsmen should do it to try to play full 50 overs.

After 17 Overs India is 49/4. Dhoni is batting wiht Dravid.

After 15 Overs: India is 38/4.

After 13 Overs: India 36/3

Tendulkar is out and India has lost 3rd wicket.

After 11 Overs: India 34/2. Required run rate is getting higher and higher.

After 9 Overs: india is 27/2. Dravid is on 4 from 6 balls on the other hand tendulkar is on 12

After 7 Overs: India is 19/2. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are batting now.

After 5 overs: India is 19/1

Sourav Ganguly is run out. India loses first wicket

After 2 Overs: India 13/0. Tendulkar just hit a superb cover drive for four.

Sourvan Ganguly faced the first ball and in teh second ball he is off the mark. Sachin Tendulkar is now facing the English bowling.

India will start batting now.

After 50 Overs: England has scored 288 Runs. Come back after some time for INdian batting.

After 49 Overs: England 279/2.

After 48 Overs: England 269/2. Just two overs left.

After 47 Overs: England 261/2.

AFter 45 Overs: 246/2. Just 5 overs left.

After 42 Overs: England 222/2

Kevin Peterson is the new batsman.

AT last Second wicket fell ENgland. A huge partnership. Alaster Cook is out for 102. England 221/2. RP Singh bowled him.

After 41 Overs: ENgland 218/1.

After 40 Overs: England 210/1.

Alaster COok has scored a superb century.

AFter 39 Overs: England 201/1. Just 11 overs left. Let us how far England can extend their score. They have yet 9 wickets in hand.

After 37 Overs: 191/1. Now the main challenge for England is to pass 275 runs. Can they do it?

After 35 Overs: England 180/1

After 34 Overs: 172/4. Run has is now over 5.

AFter 32 Overs: England 162/1. 7 runs from teh over. England is now looking good and may be can score a big total.

After 31 Overs: England 155/1. 9 runs from the over.

After 30 Overs: 146/1. Partnership between Cook and Bell is now 101 runs in the second wicket for England.

After 29 Overs: England 141/1

A good boundary from Bell.

The over was bowled by Sachin Tendulkar.

After 28 Overs: England 132/1. 10 runs from the over of Piyush Chawla.

Smashing six from Bell.

After 27 Overs: England 122/1. Bad over from Tendulkar

After 26 Overs: England 115/1. 7 runs from teh over of Piyush Chawla.

After 25 Overs: ENgland 108/1. 5 runs from the over.

Change in bowling. Sachin Tendulkar is bowling now.

After 24 Overs: England 103/1. Just 3 runs came from the over of Piyush Chawla.

After 23 Overs: 100/1.

Alastar has scored 50 runs. Great fifty from him.

After 22 Overs: 95/1 for England.

50 runs partnership in the second wicket for England so far. .

CHange in bowling. Spin has been introduced. Piyush Chawla is bowling now.

After 21 Overs: England 92/1. 4 runs from the over of Sourav Ganguly.

After 20 Overs: 88/1. 2 boundaries came in this over of RP Singh.

Bell scored another super boundary. He is trying to exhilarate his score.

After 19 Overs: England 79/1. 7 runs from the over bowled by Sourav Ganguly.

A great boundary from Bell. He picked the ball from outside of off stamp and lifted it over mid wicket.

After 18 Overs: England 72/1. So, run rate is exactly 4. A tight over.

After 17 Overs: England 71/1

Change in bowling. Sourav Ganguly has come to bowl.

Tea Time

after 16 overs: england 66/1

AFter 15 Overs: England 62/1. Ajit Agarkar bowled the over. Now, run rate is just over 4

After 14 Overs: England 57/1.

This over was bowled by RP Singh.

Another good boundary from Alastar Cook. Great cover drive.

After 13 Overs: England 50-1. So, 50 runs came from exactly 13 overs. The run rate is just below 4. The over was bowled by Agarkar.

A good bounday from Alastar Cook.

After 12 overs: England 45-0.

Now, RP Singhhas come into the bowling.

After 11 Overs: England 43-1.

Ian Bell is the new batsman.

England Lost First Wicket. Dravid took the catch from Zaheer Khan's ball. Martin Prior got out after scoring 19 runs.

After 10 Overs: England 40-0.

Ajit Agarkar bowled the over.

After 9 Overs: England 37-0. Zaheer Khan bowled well but he suffered one six and that destroyed the goodness of other five deliveries.

First Six of the match.

After 8 Overs: ENgland 31-0.

Ajit Agarkar bowled the over. He did now bowl bad but English batsmen played well.

After 7 Overs: England 21-0. 7 RUns came from this over bowled by Zaheer Khan. Indian bowlers are bowling very well and putting good pressure on ENglish batsmen.

After 6 Overs: England 16-0. A maiden over from Agarkar.

Youvraj Singh tried to catch but he missed it.

Ajit Agarkar bowled the over.

After 5 Overs: England 16-0. This was a tight over from Zaheer. Only one run came from this over.

Zaheer Khan bowled the over.

After 4 Overs: England 15-0 (five runs came this over)

After 3rd Over: England 10-0 (Fours runs came from this over).

Zaheer Khan bowled the third over.

After 2nd Over: England 6-0 and 3 runs came from this over. Cook is not out on 4 runs and Prior is on 2.

Ajit Agarkar bowled the second over.

After One Over: England 3-0. Zaheer Khan bowled the over and he gave 3 runs.

The match has just started and England is batting. So, India is fielding.

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India vs England first ODI match is going to be started within few hours. Fans are now excited and eagerly waiting for the match. After the three match test series, the seven match ODI will take place in different venues of England. England has lost the test series and now must be determined to win the ODI series whereas Indian cricketers will try to continue their success in ODI series too.

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