Story England International Season - September 8th, 2007 - India in England

[treva]

England international Season. England start off their season with a home Test and ODI series versus India. First up is the 3-match Npower Test Series...

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India tour of England itinerary
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1st npower Test - Lords, 19-23 July - England beat India by 8 runs
2nd npower Test - Trent Bridge, 27-31 July - India beat England by 7 wickets
[Day One] [Injuries] [Day Two] [Injury Update] [Day Three] [Day Four] [Eng Ratings] [Ind Ratings]

3 Day Match - India vs Sri Lanka A - Grace Road, 3-5 Aug - Match Drawn
[Review]

3rd npower Test - The Oval, 9-13 Aug - Match Drawn
[Eng Team] [Ind Team] [Day One] [Day Two] [Day Three] [Day Four] [Day Five] [Atherton Article]

[Test Series Batting Statistics]

ODI - India vs Scotland - Glasgow, 16 Aug - India beat Scotland by 7 wickets
[Review]

One Day Match - India vs England Lions - Northampton, 18 Aug - India beat Lions by 55 runs
[Review]

1st Natwest ODI - Rose Bowl, 21 Aug - England beat India by 6 wickets
[Review]
2nd Natwest ODI - Bristol, 24 Aug - India beat England by 12 runs
[Team news] [Review]
3rd Natwest ODI - Edgbaston, 27 Aug - England beat India by 48 runs (D/L)
[Review]
4th Natwest ODI - Old Trafford, 30 Aug - India beat England by 3 wickets
[Team news] [Review]
5th Natwest ODI - Headingley, 2 Sep - India beat England by 6 wickets
[Team news] [Review]
6th Natwest ODI - The Oval, 5 Sep - England beat India by 3 wickets
[Team News] [Review]
7th Natwest ODI - Lords, 8 Sep
[Team News]

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Sharma makes the 15 as Sehwag is left out

The Indian selectors have included young batsmen Rohit Sharma into the 15
man squad for the upcoming ODI series with England. Virender Sehwag misses
out after appearing in the test team for all 3 test matches. Murali Kartik and
Mohammad Kaif both are kept out after being included in the test squad but
not playing a single test. The others to miss out are Dinesh Karthik, Wasim
Jaffer and Anil Kumble. The Indian selectors have made a bold move insuring
that a new, young Indian side is the way forward. Yuvraj Singh comes back
into the side after being left out in the cold for the test series.
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Indian ODI squad: R.Dravid (c), A.Agarkar, P.Chawla, MS.Dhoni (wk), G.Gambhir,
S.Ganguly, Z.Khan, I.Pathan, R.Powar, R.Sharma, H.Singh, RP.Singh, Y.Singh, S.Tendulkar, R.Uthappa

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Flintoff returns to the action

Andrew Flintoff's long waited return has arrived as he was announced in the
15-man squad for the ODI series with India. Flintoff hasn't featured in any of
this Summer's tests and will be hoping for a fresh start after events at the
World Cup. Stuart Broad comes into the side after a bit of an up and down
series against the West Indies. Liam Plunkett, Andrew Strauss and test
captain Michael Vaughan are the players to miss out after being selected in
the test squad. Luke Wright, Owais Shah and Dimitri Mascarenhas fill up the
rest of the squad.
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England ODI squad: P.Collingwood (c), J.Anderson, I.Bell, R.Bopara, S.Broad, A.Cook, A.Flintoff,
D.Mascarenhas, M.Panesar, K.Pietersen, M.Prior (wk), O.Shah, R.Sidebottom, C.Tremlett, L.Wright

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The English Domestic Scene
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LV County Championship Div 1, Round Up - 28th July
LV County Championship Div 2, Round Up - 28th July
50 Over Tour Match - Lancashire vs Sri Lanka A - 29th July
LV County Championship Div 2 - Northamptonshire vs Nottinghamshire - 29th July
NatWest Pro40 Div 1, Round Up - 29th July
NatWest Pro40 Div 2, Round UP - 29th July
NatWest Pro40 Div 2 - Middlesex vs Leicestershire - 30th July

NatWest Pro40 Div 1 - Hampshire vs Nottinghamshire - 1st Aug
Jonathan Agnew - English Player Report - 3rd Aug
Twenty20 Finals Day - 4th Aug
NatWest Pro40 Div 1 - Nottinghamshire vs Worcestershire - 5th Aug
Jonathan Agnew - English Player Report - 10th Aug
3-Day Tour Match - Durham vs Sri Lanka A - 8th-10th Aug
Friends Provident Trophy Final - Durham vs Hampshire - 18th Aug


The International Stage
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July 2007

3rd ODI - Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh @ Colombo - 25th July, 2007

August 2007

1st Test - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Scarborough - 4th-7th August, 2007
Michael Clarke injury ahead of inaugural Twenty20 World Championships
2nd Test - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Derby - 10th-13th August, 2007
Rahul Dravid believes India can win ODI series and T20 World Championships
1st ODI - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Shenley - 15th August, 2007
2nd ODI - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Shenley - 17th August
3rd ODI - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Northampton - 20th August
5 teams name T20 World Championship Squads
1st ODI - Zimbabwe vs South Africa @ Bulaweyo - 22nd August
4th ODI - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Grace Road - 22nd August
'India need to bat more sensibly' says Sunil Gavaskar
New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh name T20 Squads
Ntini out of Twenty20 World Championships
5th ODI - England U19s vs Pakistan U19s @ Grace Road - 23rd August
Final four teams name T20 squads
2nd ODI - Zimbabwe vs South Africa @ Harare - 25th August
"South Africa will miss Ntini" - Rhodes
3rd ODI - Zimbabwe vs South Africa @ Harare - 26th August
Ganguly and Singh involved in bust up
BCCI announce Singh and Ganguly suspension

September 2007

1st T20I - Pakistan vs Uganda @ Nairobi - 1st September
2nd T20I - Kenya vs Bangladesh @ Nairobi - 1st September
3rd T20I - Kenya vs Uganda @ Nairobi - 2nd September
4th T20I - Bangladesh vs Pakistan @ Nairobi - 2nd September
Watts doubtful for T20 World Championship
5th T20I - Bangladesh vs Uganda @ Nairobi - 4th September
6th T20I - Kenya vs Pakistan @ Nairobi - 4th September
Kenyan Quadrangular Tournament Statistics
Umar century secures Pakistan A victory
Pakistan A secure series victory


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1st npower Test Match - Lords

England have named their XI for the 1st test match at Lords. There haven't really been any surprises in the selection. Tremlett is set to make his test debut.

England XI
A.Strauss
A.Cook
M.Vaughan (c)
K.Pietersen
P.Collingwood
I.Bell
M.Prior (wk)
R.Sidebottom
C.Tremlett
M.Panesar
J.Anderson

India have also named their XI to play England in the 1st npower test match. The only real surprise is that Irfan Pathan is to play even after being out of form and out of the Indian team in recent tours. Dinesh Karthik will still play as a batsman even though Mahendra Singh Dhoni has taken the wicket keeping spot.

India XI
V.Sehwag
W.Jaffer
D.Karthik
R.Dravid (c)
S.Tendulkar
S.Ganguly
MS.Dhoni (wk)
I.Pathan
A.Kumble
RP.Singh
Z.Khan

It is a sell out 1st four days for this test match at Lords and a lot of support from India is also expected. The weather conditions are a bit iffy with rain and sunshine expected throughout the 5 days. The two umpires for the test match are Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel. The match referee is Ranjan Madugalle and TV umpire is Ian Gould. It should be a close contest and India will create a much sterner contest than the West Indies.

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Strauss makes half century with both sides even at lunch


Andrew Strauss got himself back into some good form reaching an unbeaten 58* before the lunch interval. Kevin Pietersen is the man with him on 9* who has found it difficult to get the ball away. Irfan Pathan took the first wicket after Vaughan won the toss and elected to bat, that of Alistair Cook for just 1. Cook found it tough going scoring his solitary run from 15 balls. Pathan got one to go straight on compared to his usual out swingers to the left handers. Cook played a little bit across the line trying to hit it through mid-on when it should have been played through mid-off. The middle stump pegged back and Pathan got a surprise wicket with the pitch not assisting the bowlers much. Vaughan was the man to replace Cook and got off well scoring boundaries left, right and centre. His first 20 run all came from boundaries and he looked in superb form. With the score on 71/1 and Vaughan playing well scoring 39 runs off 43 balls and Strauss nearing his half century also England were on top. But a misunderstanding between Strauss and Vaughan caused the later to be run out. Vaughan hit one to mid-off and called for the run. Strauss hesitated and made Vaughan stop mid-pitch. Strauss then ran through and Vaughan was run out comfortably on 39. Zaheer Khan was the fielder and with a simple through managed to dismiss the England captain. Strauss made his 50 off 66 balls including 10 fours. The Middlesex opener was happy to show the selectors that he should be in the England squad.


England 112/2 - Strauss 58* (82), Pietersen 9* (21)
27 overs - Pathan 1/41, RP Singh 0/24


Batsman Dismissed - Cook b. I.Pathan 1 (15)
Vaughan Run Out Z.Khan 39 (44)


Session Highlights

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[westindies2007]

looking good. Kept up the good work. looing forwar for future updates

 

[treva]

Strauss unbeaten ton keeps England going even with 2 late wickets


Andrew Strauss made excellent use of a pitch that has come onto the bat nicely, scoring his 11th Test hundred and his 4th three figure score at Lord's to place him joint 3rd in the most hundreds list at Lord's. Strauss brought up his hundred with a crisp straight drive off Irfan Pathan for four, he made his century in just 134 balls and scoring 20 fours. Kevin Pietersen batted well for his 48 before being dismissed on 48, two short of his half-century, before Kumble bowled him. Earlier in the session it was Pietersen who got on top of Kumble smashing two consecutive sixes over midwicket from his bowling. The first one a crisp slog sweep and the second a long hop smashed flat into the stands. With Pietersen's wicket coming in the penultimate over of the afternoon session Collingwood's wicket quickly followed in the final over of the session. Collingwood tried to play straight off a ball sliding across him from RP Singh and found the edge for a regulation catch at 3rd slip for Sehwag. Overall another pretty even session with both sides battling in the final session to see who has the better day.


England 216/4 - Strauss 118* (168), Bell 0* (5)
55 overs - RP Singh 1/27, Kumble 1/38


Batsman Dismissed - Cook b. I.Pathan 1 (15)
Vaughan Run Out Z.Khan 39 (44)
Pietersen b. A.Kumble 48 (95)
Collingwood b. RP.Singh c. V.Sehwag 1 (3)


Session Highlights

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[Pakistani Army]

WOW! Very nice presentation Treva. Nice to see you doing another story. May I ask how you blend the two pictures together. Could you make a tutorial on it please Because I have been wanting to do that for ages.

Keep up the superb works mate.

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Real unique story here, definatly the first of it's kind I believe?

Go on post some in-game screens hehe...btw what patch do you use trev?

 

[kookaburra69]

England off to a great start!
Love the pres mate,keep it up

 

[ivanvdm15]

Nice start there and nice cricket from Strauss.

 

[freddiw]

like the unique style good luck....

 

[gamerkid22]

Wow great start to the story Trev . Nice unique story with great graphics and nice to read as well. England in a good position at the moment with Bell and Prior still to bat and brilliant knock from Strauss . KUTGW

 

[Highlander999]

A good classic styled story. Liking it very much

 

[w3lshrugby]

Lush story so far Trev
Try and keep it going

 

[treva]

Innovative Dravid secures that India are on top at end of day 1


Rahul Dravid's innovative call to bowl Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble with the new ball paid off as India got 3 wickets in the evening session. Bell was the first to go, unnecessarily charging Irfan Pathan and edging to slip for a simple catch to Wasim Jaffer. Ian Bell went for 12 from 38 balls. Dravid took the new ball and decided to keep Anil Kumble bowling as the ball would bounce a lot more. It also turned a lot more and Kumble immediately dismissed Matt Prior with a ball that spun and bounced and deceiving Prior. The ball pitched just on the line of leg stump and Prior went to drive and the ball hit the pads and Bucknor slowly raised the finger. Fantastic decision and Prior left Strauss with the tail leaving for 26 off 46 balls including 5 boundaries. Sidebottom joined Strauss at the crease who was running out of partners. He had to attack and try and get England past 400. A full ball bowled by Kumble enticed Strauss to hit over the top. Strauss tried to get straight over Kumble's head by sliced the ball to a waiting Dinesh Karthik at mid off. A fantastic knock had come to an end at 169 runs in 231 balls. Strauss had certainly done his job but would have wished to be not out overnight. Tremlett and Sidebottom held on for the last quarter of an hour surviving some near misses. Overall it turned out to be India's day with Kumble being the stand out bowler.


England 319/7 - Sidebottom 6* (15), Tremlett 3* (11)
83 overs - Kumble 3/77, Pathan 2/106


Batsman Dismissed - Cook b. I.Pathan 1 (15)
Vaughan Run Out Z.Khan 39 (44)
Pietersen b. A.Kumble 48 (95)
Collingwood b. RP.Singh c. V.Sehwag 1 (3)
Bell b. I.Pathan c. W.Jaffer 12 (38)
Prior LBW b. A.Kumble 26 (46)
Strauss b. A.Kumble c. D.Karthik 169 (231)


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[Punk_Sk8r]

Hey trev, you using boss v5?

I know this isn't the right place but to install the configs do you click on import ai?

And what if you want to get rid of a config how do you do it then because I've imported Boss v5 and I'm not getting any shot variation for the strokes I play...

 

[treva]

I am using cgpv5 yes. I download the zip 'cgpv5full' and saved in the data folder. Then unzipped that and unzipped the following files. It should work and that's all you need to do...

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

Ah so your ment to put the zip of the patch in the 'Data' folder?

I've been extracting the files elsewhere then just importing the configs...