All-round effort propels England to series win

Sep 08, 2007

The England bowlers had early use of the extra bounce and moisture. Sourav Ganguly had a torrid time at the crease from the very first ball of the match•Getty Images

Luke Wright took a brilliant catch to dismiss Gautam Gambhir and India were 52 for 2•Getty Images

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Kevin Pietersen and Bell weathered the storm and there was only one-way traffic from there on. Here Pietersen carts Piyush Chawla over long-off•Getty Images

Pietersen punches the air after hitting the winning runs. He finished on 71•Getty Images

Ganguly was eventually dismissed by James Anderson for 15 after a streaky stay at the crease•Getty Images

Sachin Tendulkar, the man in form, held one end up and entertained with a swivel pull and a flat-batted swat over cover•Getty Images

The Indians struggled to get on top of Dimitri Mascarenhas and his miserly spell of 3 for 23 off ten overs strengthened England's position•Getty Images

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the only Indian to score a half-century. With the tail for company, his late flurry lifted India to 187•Getty Images

A mixup with the running led to Bell's dismissal but by then, England were in safe shores•Getty Images

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Rahul Dravid was dejected after his dismissal •Getty Images

Piyush Chawla was one of Mascarenhas' victims. Matt Prior completes the stumping•Getty Images

After RP Singh removed the openers with the score on 11, Ian Bell stabilised the chase•Getty Images

Paul Collingwood wasn't going to play second fiddle as he helped himself to a breezy 64 off 73 balls •Getty Images

Collingwood won his first ODI series as captain•Getty Images