England vs India, Only T20I at Manchester, Aug 31 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

finally Samit times one perfectly and finishes it in style! Down the track and smashes it over cover away for four. Punched the air a good four times, clearly meant plenty to him

that will be it! Samit backs away and gets more of this. Squeezed off the top-toe-edge and flew wide of Dhoni and away for four to third man!

boundary! Sweet relief but pure luck for England. Samit backed away, bottom edged and it sped past a diving Dhoni away. Five from five!

wide given. Ooh, that's a harsh call. Samit backed away so Vinay went full and well outside off. It was within the wide-guideline marks though

brilliant from Munaf! That over has got India right back in it. Yorker slips past Bopara as he aims a drive. India must be favourites now!

dot ball! Excellent from Munaf. Slower ball that Bopara heaved at and missed

good timing from Samit but still just a single. Samit backed away, Munaf went full and outside off and it was driven hard to deep cover

excellent bowling from Munaf again. Perfect yorker that is just about jabbed out

haha! Samit has snapped his bat here. Odd. The handle has snapped at its base. Bottom edge as he tried to slug it out to the off side and the bat just flew away. Samit was left holding a handle with no bat at the end of it!

good start from Munaf! Touch slower and Samit ran down and swung past the ball

Samit down the wicket to drive down the ground for a single

Samit down the pitch to smash wide of long-off, who slips momentarily and allows Bopara to return to the non-striker's end for a sharp two

again a top-edged slugs plugs into space. Samit tried to heave it leg side but could't get it ideally

Bopara called two when he hit it but his leg-side clip went straight to deep midwicket

Bopara tried to give himself room outside leg to smash through off bit couldn't time the shot. Valuable dot ball and the pressure heaps back onto Bopara

not the most perfect piece of timing from Samit. Thuds a low full toss to long-off

good yorker to end the over and Praveen's spell. Samit digs out a single to midwicket

low full toss this time is flipped to deep square

four! Bopara gets the boundary but his heart would have been in his mouth for a moment. Full-toss crunched very hard down to cow corner where Munaf ran in, slid past the ball and it went away for four

Samit looked like he wanted to go big here, edging down the track and outside leg. But Praveen's length and line was solid and it was just pushed to deep point

shortish ball is whipped to deep square. Again just a single

Praveen finds an outside edge that runs away to third man. Lots of batting to come, when do England gamble