Sunday, October 8, 2017

India (Kapi)lose, obviously aren’t E(ng)la(n)(te)d

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Kiran (Mo)replaced Dilip Vengsarkar. England made six changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Chris Broad, Neil Fairbrother, James Whitaker, David Capel, Jack Richards and Phil Edmonds made way for Bill Athey, Mike Gatting (who was leading the team), Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Gladstone Small and Eddie Hemmings.

On winning the toss, Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, put England in to bat. Tim Robinson, who faced 36 balls, scored 13. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was stumped by More. Maninder Singh broke the 40-run stand.

Athey, who faced 17 balls, scored four. He was caught by More. Chetan Sharma broke the 39-run stand. Gatting, who faced 62 balls, scored 56. His innings included five boundaries. Singh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 117.

Graham Gooch, the player of the match, faced 136 balls, scoring 115. His innings included 11 boundaries. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Singh was in seventh heaven – he broke the fourth-wicket stand.

Lamb, who faced 29 balls, scored 32. His innings included a couple of boundaries, and he was unbeaten. John Emburey, who faced 10 balls, scored six. Dev trapped him leg before wicket.

Despite the fact that his innings included a boundary, Phil DeFreitas, who faced eight balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Dev broke the 12-run stand. Downton, who faced five balls, scored one. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 20 extras. England scored 254 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Mohammad Azharuddin, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 13. Manoj Prabhakar bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40. Ravi Shastri, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. 

Sharma, who bowled nine overs, conceded 41 and picked up a scalp. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38 and picked up a couple of wickets. Singh, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 54 and picked up three scalps.

Despite the fact that his last international innings included a boundary, Sunil Gavaskar, who faced four balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven – DeFreitas broke the seven-run stand. Srikkanth, who faced 55 balls, scored 31. His innings included four boundaries. Neil Foster broke the 51-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 40 balls, scored 22. He was caught by Athey. Foster broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 15. Chandrakant Pandit, who faced 30 balls, scored 24. His innings included three balls. Foster trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 48.

Dev, who faced 22 balls, scored 30. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Gatting. Hemmings broke the 47-run partnership. Azharuddin, who faced 74 balls, scored 64. His innings included seven boundaries. Hemmings trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 36-run stand. 

The seventh-wicket stand was worth a run. More, who faced five balls, did not open his account. He was caught by Emburey off his own bowling. Prabhakar, who faced 11 balls, scored four. He was caught by Downton. Small broke the 13-run stand.

Sharma, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Lamb. Hemmings broke the one-run stand. The tenth-wicket pair didn't open its account. Shastri, who faced 32 balls, scored 21. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Downton off Hemmings’ bowling. Singh, who did not face a ball, was unbeaten.

England conceded 19 extras. India were dismissed for 219 off 45.3 overs. While the hosts lost by 35 runs, England advanced to the final. Gooch bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 16. Small bowled six overs, conceded 22 and picked up a wicket.

DeFrietas was in seventh heaven – he conceded 37 and picked up a scalp. Emburey bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35 and picked up a wicket. Foster, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47, and picked up three scalps. Hemmings bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 52 and picked up four scalps.






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