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India vs England, 3rd Test at Mumbai, , Mar 18 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Test, Wankhede, March 18 - 22, 2006, England tour of India
400 & 191
(T:313) 279 & 100

England won by 212 runs

Player Of The Match
50, 1/68, 50 & 3/14
andrew-flintoff
Player Of The Series
264 runs • 11 wkts
andrew-flintoff
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England win by 212 runs and they level the series 1-1.

They played like champions from day one and kept up the intensity throughout the game, under pressure team India crumbled and the result is a crunching series leveling win.

Flintoff lead from the front and all the players joined in, the batsmen played their part and the bowlers hunted in packs to great success through out the series. In the end everything fell in place for the team who were considered as under-dogs at the start of the series and they came back brilliantly from behind, to level the series

Dravid's decision to bowl first was a brave one but he got no support from the rest of the team and in the end it was a forgettable performance from the Indians.

Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff.

Man of the Series: Andrew Flintoff

That brings us to the end of the live coverage, hope you have enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you, until next time this is Sajan Nair signing off on behalf of the entire team - Cheers!

48.2
W
Udal to Patel, OUT

all over! tossed up and turning in from touch outside the off stump, Patel swings across and the ball flies off the top edge, Hoggard at deep square leg judges it to perfection, Udal ends up with four wickets to his name!

Munaf Patel c Hoggard b Udal 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 25
48.1
Udal to Patel, no run

shapes up for the big one but at the last moment checks his shot and plays it back to the bowler

end of over 481 run • 1 wicket
IND: 100/9CRR: 2.08 
Munaf Patel1 (2b)
Sreesanth0 (2b)
Andrew Flintoff 11-4-14-3
Shaun Udal 9-3-14-3
47.6
1
Flintoff to Patel, 1 run

driven wide of the fielder at mid-off, 100 comes up for India!

47.5
Flintoff to Patel, no run

left alone outside the off stump

Munaf Patel is the last man in.

47.4
W
Flintoff to Yuvraj, OUT

nine down! good length delivery, bowled from round the stumps, drifting in with the arm and reversing away after hitting the deck, perfect delivery to the left-hander and Yuvraj tamely nicks it straight to Collingwood at third slip, Flintoff strikes again

Yuvraj Singh c Collingwood b Flintoff 12 (45b 2x4 0x6 67m) SR: 26.66
47.3
Flintoff to Yuvraj, no run

good length delivery, hint of reverse swing, Yuvraj shoulders arms

47.2
Flintoff to Yuvraj, no run

pitched close to the off stump line and angling across, Yuvraj pokes at it and gets beaten

47.1
Flintoff to Yuvraj, no run

good length but wide of the off stump, Yuvraj Singh leaves it through to the keeper

end of over 473 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 99/8CRR: 2.10 
Sreesanth0 (2b)
Yuvraj Singh12 (41b 2x4)
Shaun Udal 9-3-14-3
James Anderson 12-2-39-2
46.6
Udal to Sreesanth, no run

defended outside the off stump

46.5
Udal to Sreesanth, no run

drifting down the leg side, Sreesanth fails to make contact, appeal for lbw turned down

46.4
W
Udal to Harbhajan, OUT

tossed up and turning in, Harbhajan sweeps, ball clips the top-edge and flies down to fine leg, Hoggard in the deep makes no mistake and it's time for Harbhajan to join the procession, Udal gets one more to his name, England need just two more wickets, and one feels that it's a just a matter of time now.

Harbhajan Singh c Hoggard b Udal 6 (8b 1x4 0x6 9m) SR: 75
46.3
2
Udal to Harbhajan, 2 runs

short and wide outside the off stump, cut away off the back-foot to deep point, easy two

46.2
1
Udal to Yuvraj, 1 run

tossed up outside the off stump, driven down to long-off

46.1
Udal to Yuvraj, no run

on the stumps, played away on the leg side

end of over 464 runs
IND: 96/7CRR: 2.08 
Harbhajan Singh4 (6b 1x4)
Yuvraj Singh11 (39b 2x4)
James Anderson 12-2-39-2
Shaun Udal 8-3-11-2
45.6
Anderson to Harbhajan, no run
45.5
Anderson to Harbhajan, no run

played down to mid-on

45.4
4
Anderson to Harbhajan, FOUR runs

short and wide of the off stump, Harbhajan Singh sways back and hammers it past the diving point fielder

45.3
Anderson to Harbhajan, no run

excellent yorker, Harbhajan nicely digs it out

45.2
Anderson to Harbhajan, no run

good line and just short of a length, Harbhajan Singh defends it

45.1
Anderson to Harbhajan, no run

defended down on the leg side

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