good length on off stump, pushed to the off side
Eng Lions vs Indians, Tour Match at Northampton, Aug 18 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Tour Match, Northampton, August 18, 2007, India tour of Ireland, England and Scotland
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16.15 local time: It's official. The match has been abandoned. The situation didn't look promising at the start of the match and the forecast predicted showers around this time in the afternoon.
So that's it for India's practice before the seven one-dayers. The bowlers had a good workout and the fielding was impressive despite the final score of 296.
Luke Wright had everything to gain from this match do do keep a lookout for him in the Twenty20 World Chamoionship in South Africa next month.
We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Do join us for the first ODI at Southampton on August 21. It's a day/night game. This is Kanishkaa Balachandran signing off.
16.05 local time: It's still drizzling and the covers are on. The umpires will give it another 15 minutes or else the match will be abandoned.
15.30 local time: It's still drizzling down in Northampton. The heavy clouds are still around there's no hint of breeze too. Looks like a longer wait. Word is that it will take an hour and a half for the groundstaff to get the ground in order, so if it continues to rain for another half an hour, they have an option of calling it off.
15.10 local time: Siddhartha, our man at the ground informs us that it's still raining there. A reduction in the number of overs is likely if the rain doesn't stop soon.
There's no shortage of support for the Indians, with the city of Leicester not too far away. There has been a festive atmosphere since the match started.
Back at Lord's for the Friends Provident Trophy final
, Hampshire face a tall order after losing two early wickets to Ottis Gibson. Durham posted 312, thanks to half centuries by Kyle Coetzer, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dale Benkenstein. If Kevin Pietersen can get going, it should be a cracker of a chase.
15.00 local time: Sorry guys some bad news. The rain has returned and the players are walking off. There was a steady drizzle before that but it has gotten a little heavier. The covers are on. Stay tuned for updates. For the time being, you may read the 1st session bulletin
by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan.
6.5
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Lewis to Uthappa, no run
6.4
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Lewis to Uthappa, no run
good length, pushed in at more pace, driven back to the bowler
6.3
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Lewis to Uthappa, no run
beaten: good length outside off, shaping away, Uthappa was a little late in getting behind that
6.2
1
Lewis to Ganguly, 1 run
not much pace on that, ganguly gets across and tucks it to the on side, chance for a second run but turned down
6.1
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
pace and aggression from Lewis as he thuds it in short, Ganguly ducks
end of over 612 runs
IND: 31/0CRR: 5.16 • RRR: 6.04
Robin Uthappa12 (9b 1x6)
Sourav Ganguly17 (27b 3x4)
James Kirtley 3-0-22-0
5.6
2
Kirtley to Uthappa, 2 runs
outside the off stump and punched past point, third man runs across and cuts it off
5.5
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Kirtley to Uthappa, no run
full on off stump, Uthappa drives back to Kirtley, he picks it up and contemplates flinging it back
silly mid-off in place for Uthappa
5.4
1
Kirtley to Ganguly, 1 run
full outside off, Ganguly tries to work it to the off side but gets an inside edge, the ball rolls towards square leg
5.3
2lb
Kirtley to Ganguly, 2 leg byes
drifts on the pads and Ganguly works it off his hips to fine-leg
5.2
4
Kirtley to Ganguly, FOUR runs
errs outside off and Ganguly makes him pay, another crisp push past cover results in another delightful boundary, the Indians in the crowd are up on their feet
5.1
3
Kirtley to Uthappa, 3 runs
width outside off and Uthappa finds the gap past extra cover, Bopara chases it and manages to stop it just before the rope
end of over 5Maiden
IND: 19/0CRR: 3.80 • RRR: 6.17
Sourav Ganguly12 (24b 2x4)
Robin Uthappa7 (6b 1x6)
Jon Lewis 3-1-7-0
4.6
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
slower ball from Lewis, Ganguly searches for that gap past the covers but ends up hitting it straight there
4.5
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
good length outside off, punched towards cover
4.4
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
outside the off stump, crisp timing but the placement wasn't perfect, Schofield at point picks it up
4.3
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
Ganguly backs away and tries to slam it past the bowler, mis-times it and ends up hitting to mid-on
4.2
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
fuller in length outside off, Ganguly pushes it to point
4.1
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Lewis to Ganguly, no run
slower ball outside off, Ganguly gets a big stride forward, thinks of a single but changes his mind
end of over 45 runs
IND: 19/0CRR: 4.75 • RRR: 6.04
Sourav Ganguly12 (18b 2x4)
Robin Uthappa7 (6b 1x6)
James Kirtley 2-0-12-0
3.6
1
Kirtley to Ganguly, 1 run
good length on off and middle, Ganguly defends towards mid-off with soft hands and sets off for a single
3.5
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Kirtley to Ganguly, no run
Kirtley gives him no room to free his arms, Ganguly pushes it off the face of the bat to cover
3.4
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Kirtley to Ganguly, no run
on middle and leg, tucked away to the on side
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