there we go, end of the match and the clean sweep for England. Finn sweeps across the carrom ball and the top edge loops straight up to be easily taken by Dhoni
India vs England, 5th ODI at Kolkata, Oct 25 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
5th ODI (D/N), Eden Gardens, October 25, 2011, England tour of India
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end of over 372 runs • 2 wickets
ENG: 176/10CRR: 4.75 • RRR: 7.38
Graeme Swann10 (11b 1x4 1x6)
Ravichandran Ashwin 9-0-28-3
Ravindra Jadeja 8-0-33-4
What a stunning collapse from England. They appeared to be cruising at 129 for 0, but Cook's dismissal really turned the match. From there, they collapsed to 176 all out, the spinners claiming nine of the wickets to fall. Jadeja and Ashwin, as they have done all series, caused major problems. Fittingly, it was MS Dhoni who held the catch to win the match. He's had a superb series. Payback indeed. Read all about it in Andrew Miller's final report.
"We were in with a shout there, and we were blown away at the end," says a visibly disappointed Alastair Cook. "Very disappointing. We know that you can lose wickets in cluster, we seem to have lost 10 there in a cluster. Credit to the way they bowled, and we played a couple of poor shots. There have been a few positives out of this series, Steven Finn's bowling for example."
Ravindra Jadeja is the Man of the Match, for his runs, and especially for his wickets. "There was turn in the wicket, so I was just trying to bowl line and length, stump to stump," he says. "There was a little bit of dew on the ground, but we kept drying the ball after every delivery. I've been working hard in the nets."
MS Dhoni is the Man of the Series. "It was, to some extent, an ugly looking wicket. You were never really set, and it was difficult to score runs. We were fortunate to score 270 on a wicket like this, 240 to 245 was in our mind. We had a bit of a partnership in the middle, and later on with Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar. I want to stay till the end, and whatever's in my area I try to hit to the boundary. If it's not in my area i just try and get a single. They got off to a very good start, and I was just waiting for it to spin, that's why i delayed taking the powerplay. We've really improved in the fielding department too."
That's all from your commentary team today. Thanks for joining us, and don't forget that England's tour isn't quite over yet - they've still got a Twenty20 on Saturday. See you then!
36.6
W
Ashwin to Finn, OUT
Steven Finn c †Dhoni b Ashwin 2 (4b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 50
36.5
2
Ashwin to Finn, 2 runs
chipped high in the air down the ground ... and far enough to beat the fielder, but not quite far enough for the boundary
36.4
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Ashwin to Finn, no run
Finn fails to read the variation, and is struck high on the pad
There's a slip and a short leg in now.
36.3
•
Ashwin to Finn, no run
Finn lunges forward in defence
36.2
W
Ashwin to Meaker, OUT
again Meaker misses the glance to leg, this time to a quicker ball, and is struck in front. There's a huge appeal, and he's sent on his way!
Stuart Meaker lbw b Ashwin 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 16.66
36.1
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Ashwin to Meaker, no run
the ball spins past Meaker's inside edge to strike him on the thigh
Ashwin to help finish things off.
end of over 367 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 174/8CRR: 4.83 • RRR: 7.00
Graeme Swann10 (11b 1x4 1x6)
Stuart Meaker1 (4b)
Ravindra Jadeja 8-0-33-4
Suresh Raina 4-0-9-1
35.6
6
Jadeja to Swann, SIX runs
Swann will go down swinging! He skips down the track and deposits one over long on
35.5
1
Jadeja to Meaker, 1 run
turned away for a single this time
35.4
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Jadeja to Meaker, no run
nudged defensively away into the leg side
35.3
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Jadeja to Meaker, no run
beaten once again, playing a nothing shot outside off
35.2
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Jadeja to Meaker, no run
more spin and bounce! And Meaker is well and truly beaten, poking forward
35.1
W
Jadeja to Patel, OUT
got him! Wonderful bowling from Jadeja. He ripped this one pretty hard, it gripped and zipped off the surface to bounce and touch Patel's glove on the way through to Dhoni
Samit Patel c †Dhoni b Jadeja 18 (33b 2x4 0x6 31m) SR: 54.54
England have got to take the batting powerplay now. How will they play this?
end of over 355 runs
ENG: 167/7CRR: 4.77 • RRR: 7.00
Graeme Swann4 (10b 1x4)
Samit Patel18 (32b 2x4)
Suresh Raina 4-0-9-1
Manoj Tiwary 5-0-28-1
And that, I believe, is drinks at Eden Gardens.
34.6
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Raina to Swann, no run
flat and full from Raina, and Swann misses a glance to leg. He's struck on the pad, but the ball had landed well outside leg
34.5
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Raina to Swann, no run
knocked back down the track to the bowler
34.4
1
Raina to Patel, 1 run
punched through cover off the back foot
34.3
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Raina to Patel, no run
a touch of grip off the surface for Raina, enough to beat Patel's swish to leg and strike him on the pad
34.2
4
Raina to Patel, FOUR runs
picked up to wide long on! Patel is still fighting for England. He comes down the track and lofts one with good timing and placement
34.1
•
Raina to Patel, no run
Patel skips down but Raina spots him coming and fires it down quicker, drawing hurried defence
end of over 345 runs
ENG: 162/7CRR: 4.76 • RRR: 6.87
Graeme Swann4 (8b 1x4)
Samit Patel13 (28b 1x4)
Manoj Tiwary 5-0-28-1
Suresh Raina 3-0-4-1
33.6
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Tiwary to Swann, no run
a chopped cut bounces into the covers
33.5
4
Tiwary to Swann, FOUR runs
swept hard, and the fielder dives over the top of it at fine leg to allow the boundary
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