England salvage pride but lose series

As expected, England duly lost their first Test series on home soil since 2001 as they were beaten 1-0 by India. Michael Vaughan's side did, at least, salvage some pride by batting through the final day but they will have to pick themselves up for a mammoth seven one day matches, starting on August 21.

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Kevin Pietersen's century was the obvious highlight of day five at the Oval, from an England point of view, but Vaughan and co will begin a period of soul searching to examine where and why things went wrong.

India are a talented side, but the fact that they managed to win the series with only one of their side making a hundred - and that man being Anil Kumble, of all people - suggests that they didn't play stunningly well.

England did not bat well enough, consistently, and when someone did make a big score, not enough of his team-mates backed him up.

The one-day side will be different to the Test line-up of course but it will take a big effort to get back on track, even if the one-day game is not as important as the Test arena.

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