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In their second innings of the final Test in England, India folded out for 94 in 29.2 overs and lost the match by an innings and 244 runs. It was the India’s fourth consecutive sub-200 innings total, following the disasters in Southampton and Manchester. And it was the final nail in the coffin as they lost the series 1-3 to England despite leading 1-0 after two Tests. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 5th Investec Test ) MS Dhoni said although this loss is disappointing, it is not as much so as the 0-4 whitewash in 2011. “The 2011 was worse than this because then we had the resources but still we failed. After the first two Tests the batting performance kept on sliding and we never got the runs needed to compete and remain in the game.  (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 5th Investec Test ) “I am very disappointed that we couldn’t put any kind of fight in the last three matches. I just hope they learn from this series and apply that when they co...

Joe Root (149*) made his fifth Test century. Only one England batsman- Alastair Cook- has scored more centuries before turning 24. Cook had seven centuries. Len Hutton had also scored five centuries before the age of 24. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 5th Investec Test ) For the fourth consecutive time in the series India lost first six wickets with 66 or fewer runs on the board – 63 for six at Manchester (first innings), 66 for six at Manchester (second innings), 44 for six at the Oval (first innings) and 62 for six at the Oval (second innings). India were dismissed for 94 in the second innings – their lowest total at the Oval, obliterating the 98 they made in 1952. India’s total is also their sixth lowest in a Test in England. India’s second innings lasted for only 29.2 overs – their sixth shortest innings in terms of overs. The shortest lasted for 17 overs – vs England at Lord’s in 1974 (with one man absent).  James Anderson ended with 25 wickets in the series ...

England beat India inside three days in the fifth Test to complete a 3-1 series victory. The visitors were skittled out for 94 in only 29.2 overs as England won by an innings and 244 runs at The Oval.  (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 5th Investec Test ) Their third successive victory scripted an extraordinary turnaround since the hosts were beaten by 95 runs in the second Test at Lord's to go 1-0 behind in the series. After James Anderson and Stuart Broad broke through with the new ball, Chris Jordan took four of the last five wickets to put the final nail in the coffin. England had earlier smashed 101 runs in 11.3 overs to post 486 in reply to India's first-innings 148, with Joe Root making an unbeaten 149. England had registered a lead of 338. They then claimed the scalps of M Vijay and Gautam Gambhir, to a run out, to send India in to lunch at 9 for 2, after rain forced an early break. After a delay of an hour-and-a-half, the match resumed. Ande...

Jos Buttler (70) became the fourth player to score fifties in first two Test innings as a wicketkeeper after India’s Dilawar Hussain, West Indies’ Desmond Lewis and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 3 ) Pankaj Singh finally took his first Test wicket off his 416th delivery when he dismissed Joe Root. He is, however, very far off the record of most balls bowled by a bowler before taking his first Test wicket. Another Indian AG Milkha Singh holds this record, as his maiden Test wicket came off his 652nd ball! Stuart Broad had to retire hurt when Varun Aaron’s bouncer hit him on the face. The last batsman to get retired hurt against India after being hit was Australia’s Steve Waugh (Melbourne in December 2003). Waugh got hit on the left elbow by Ajit Agarkar. Indian openers once again failed to put on a fifty stand. It has now been 31 consecutive innings outside India that the opening pair has not managed a fifty-stand sin...

In response to England’s 215-run lead the Indian batting lineup capitulated to Moeen Ali’s spin and caved in to the James Anderson-led pace attack for 161 runs. After wrapping up England’s first innings for 367 in the second session at Old Trafford, the visitors were bowled out for 161 in 43 overs on Saturday evening. After Anderson set the ball rolling with the wicket of Gautam Gambhir in the final session, the rest of the lineup succumbed to the England bowling without much resistance and now trail the series 1-2. (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 3 ) While Murali Vijay and Gautam Gambhir took guard, Chris Woakes opened the bowling with James Anderson with Stuart Broad being injured by a Varun Aaron bouncer in the over after Lunch.  With over two days left in the game, India needed to occupy the crease even as they looked to put runs on the scoreboard in order to save the game.  With their task cut out, the openers played...

England were leading by 85 runs with four wickets in hand at stumps on the second day at Old Trafford. After a slow start to the day with the loss of three wickets, Joe Root (48*) dropped anchor to help England stay on course. The middle-order batsman was supported by Jos Buttler (22*) in helping the team surpass India's first innings total and build a lead until rain interrupted play and couldn’t be resumed. In an unbroken 67-run partnership the duo had taken the team to 237/6 when play was called off on Friday.  Earlier, the hosts, who were cruising along in the final session of Day 1, were slowed down in the first hour of Day 2 by the Bhuvneshwar Kumar-led attack. The wiry pacer removed both the overnight batsmen – Ian Bell and Chris Jordon upfront and plugged the flow of runs.  Jordon was the first to be sent back to the pavilion. The night-watchman perished pulling a short ball to the midwicket area where Aaron took a good catch. Four runs later, Ian Bell who had brou...

India were playing their first Test at Manchester in 24 years. They had last played here in 1990. Gautam Gambhir was making a comeback to Indian side after a gap of nearly 19 months. His last Test was also against England at Nagpur in December 2012. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 1 ) MS Dhoni was leading India for the 14th time in a Test against England, thus equalling Sunil Gavaskar’s Indian record of most appearances as captain against England. Alastair Cook was playing his 106th consecutive Test. Now only Allan Border (153) and Mark Waugh (107) have appeared in more consecutive Tests than Cook (India’s Sunil Gavaskar also had a streak of 106 matches on the trot). When he caught Murali Vijay off the bowling of James Anderson, it was 23rd time Alastair Cook held a catch off Anderson’s bowling – most by a fielder / bowler combination for England.  From 8 for no loss India were soon down to 8 for four – their third worst start ever ...

England reached 113 for three at stumps on the first day of the fourth cricket Test after Stuart Broad's six-wicket haul had India shot out for 152 here today. (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 1 ) For India Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 71 while Broad took six for 25. Among England batsmen, Ian Bell remained unbeaten on 45 while Gary Ballance scored 37. Varun Aaron took two for 26 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the other wicket. Alastair Cook and Sam Robson came out to bat and had put together 21 runs when the latter was dismissed. Bhuvneshwar Kumar knocked back Robson’s off-stump with an in-swinger to send him back for six. And 15 runs later, Varun Aaron accounted for Cook with the short ball to leave England on 36/2.  Ian Bell then joined Gary Balance, who has been in good nick, in the middle and the pair collected runs of the Indian attack at a steady pace. Both batsmen timed the ball well and found the boundary at will as they ...

India will play five ODIs and one T20 International against England, from 25 August 2014 to 7 September 2014. The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre, Mumbai, earlier today, to pick the Indian team for the ODI series and T20 International. The team is as follows: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virat Kohli (Vice-Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson, Karn Sharma. source: bcci.tv

In what was a complete anti-climax, Team India followed up their epic win in the Lord’s Test with a feeble performance in Southampton to squander away their lead in the series. With India’s 266-run loss at the Ageas Bowl, the five-Test series now stands leveled at 1-1. (Also Read:  Naman Ojha to replace Wriddhiman Saha ) Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, identified certain areas where he felt his team went wrong of which the inability to pick 20 wickets and dodgy slip cordon stood out.  (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 3rd Investec Test - Day 5 ) “We knew they would come back strong and it was a new challenge for us,” Dhoni said at the end of the match. “Overall the game was good but there are quite a few areas that we have to improve on. You need to take 20 wickets to win a Test match but in this Test we struggled to take even 10 wickets. That was a setback.”  (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 3rd Investec Test - Day 5 ) In what came as a surp...