Dhoni moves forward and nudges the ball off his pads behind square
India vs England, 3rd ODI at Kanpur, Nov 20 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd ODI, Kanpur, November 20, 2008, England tour of India
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end of over 402 runs
IND: 198/5CRR: 4.95 • RRR: 4.77
MS Dhoni29 (51b 4x4)
Yusuf Pathan12 (16b 2x4)
Kevin Pietersen 3-0-14-0
Samit Patel 3-0-18-0
4.39 pm: The par score at the end of the 40th over is 182, so India are 16 runs ahead ... And the umpires have offered the light to the batsmen. Dhoni and Yusuf walk off the ground but Pietersen isn't pleased. He's talking to the umpires, the England players are hanging around ... Pietersen's still talking to the umpires ... and now he walks off looking rather unhappy.
There's virtually no chance of the light improving so that will be the end of the game. I'll bring you the official word as soon as I hear something. I wonder why they didn't shorten the lunch break, or why the captains didn't agree to use the floodlights ...
Here's a rant from Ben: "Unbelievable, what an absolute farce. Why is there seemingly no room for common sense in todays game. 1) Why even attempt to play a match when you know the light will not be good enough all day? 2) What's the point of having flood lights if you can't use them for just this sort of occasion?"
It's official ... the game has been called off and India have won by 16 runs on the D-L method. Dhoni had talked about bad light coming into play at the toss, and it's turned out precisely that way. India have taken a 3-0 lead in the series.
"It is frustrating, it would have been nice to get a full game in today," Pietersen said. "We're getting better though, the games are getting closer. It'd be nice if one of our batters got in and scored a 100. "
"At the end of the day the umpire made decisions and unfortunately we came out bottom," Pietersen said when asked about the light.
"In the morning at the toss I said that D-L would come into play," Dhoni said. "It was bound to happen. I had the sheet in my pocket when I went to bat. We knew if we didn't lose wickets we would get ahead of the equation. the pitch was slower when we batted and the odd ball was turning ... but we had D-L in mind and we got of to a decent start and were always ahead of the equation."
Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Match for his spell of 3 for 31.
For the rugby fans out there, tune into Scrum.com to see if England can avoid a repeat drubbing by South Africa tomorrow at Twickenham.
That's all we've got for you from today's game. India's taken a 3-0 lead in the series. Thank you for all your emails and do join us on Sunday for the fourth ODI in Bangalore. On behalf of Binoy George, who was scoring, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers.
39.6
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Pietersen to Dhoni, 1 run
39.5
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Pietersen to Dhoni, no run
tossed up on off stump, Dhoni strides forward and blocks
39.4
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Pietersen to Dhoni, no run
Dhoni moves forward and defends on the off side
39.3
1
Pietersen to Pathan, 1 run
played off the pads behind square for a single
39.2
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Pietersen to Pathan, no run
Pietersen drifts down leg side, Yusuf comes forward and misses, Prior can't collect and that's a stumping opportunity wasted
39.1
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Pietersen to Pathan, no run
Yusuf blocks towards midwicket
end of over 392 runs
IND: 196/5CRR: 5.02 • RRR: 4.50
MS Dhoni28 (48b 4x4)
Yusuf Pathan11 (13b 2x4)
Samit Patel 3-0-18-0
Andrew Flintoff 9-0-31-3
The D-L par score at the end of this over is 178. Comedian and satirist, Andy Zaltzman, has come up with a novel solution of beating the slow over-rates. Have a read at his new blog
38.6
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Patel to Dhoni, no run
defended on the front foot towards the off side
38.5
1
Patel to Pathan, 1 run
Yusuf leans forward and pushes the ball through midwicket for a single
38.4
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Patel to Pathan, no run
defended on the back foot towards the leg side
38.3
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Patel to Pathan, no run
the ball keeps low but Yusuf watchfully defends on the off side
38.2
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Patel to Pathan, no run
defended on the front foot
38.1
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Patel to Dhoni, 1 run
Dhoni moves back and cuts through the off side
Samit Patel's back into the attack, surely because the light is fading. There are floodlights at Green Park but they can't be used.
end of over 388 runs
IND: 194/5CRR: 5.10 • RRR: 4.27
Yusuf Pathan10 (9b 2x4)
MS Dhoni27 (46b 4x4)
Andrew Flintoff 9-0-31-3
Stuart Broad 9-2-36-1
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37.6
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Flintoff to Pathan, no run
another super yorker and Yusuf waits for it and drives towards point
37.5
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Flintoff to Pathan, no run
Flintoff bowls an excellent yorker and Yusuf can't do much but dig it out on the leg side, in fact he did well to dig it out on the leg side
37.4
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Flintoff to Pathan, no run
full and straight from Flintoff, Yusuf pushes the ball towards midwicket
37.3
4
Flintoff to Pathan, FOUR runs
Flintoff's attempted yorker goes awry and Yusuf clips the full toss off his pads to the deep square leg boundary
37.2
4
Flintoff to Pathan, FOUR runs
that's clever! Flintoff bangs the ball in short and Yusuf merely opens the face and uses the pace to guide the ball to the third man boundary
37.1
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Flintoff to Pathan, no run
Flintoff bangs the ball in short and angles it into the right-hander, Yusuf nudges towards the leg side, England need wickets to stay in this game
end of over 379 runs
IND: 186/5CRR: 5.02 • RRR: 4.58
Yusuf Pathan2 (3b)
MS Dhoni27 (46b 4x4)
Stuart Broad 9-2-36-1
Andrew Flintoff 8-0-23-3
The D-L par score for the loss of five wickets after 37 overs is 170.
36.6
1
Broad to Pathan, 1 run
Broad strays on to the pads and Yusuf works the ball towards square leg
36.5
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Broad to Pathan, no run
Broad slips in a slower ball and beats the bat, Yusuf fends and gets beaten outside off
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