Winning against England no triumph
Pause a moment before calling India's ODI series win against England a triumph for the opposition was a rag-tag bunch with only one class one-day batsman in Kevin Pietersen, writes V Gangadhar in the Outlook magazine.
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
Pause a moment before calling India's ODI series win against England a triumph for the opposition was a rag-tag bunch with only one class one-day batsman in Kevin Pietersen, writes V Gangadhar in the Outlook magazine.
During his frequent injury-induced absences from the game, Flintoff appears to have forgotten the art of batting. Bell, Collingwood, Owais Shah, Bopara, Prior and the rest made guest appearances at the crease and disappeared. On the bowling front, James Anderson conceded more than six runs per over and after four matches was yet to take a wicket. And he is their opening bowler! ... Add to their troubles the slow turners, sight screens which seldom worked properly, light which faded around 4 pm, the stupid refusal to switch on the lights and get on with the game.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo