Cricket: England defeat India in one-day series decider

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September 8, 2007

England have beaten India by seven wickets in the seventh and final One-Day International of the series at Lord's, London, England. England win the series 4-3.

India, having won the toss, struggled with the bat. Sourav Ganguly was caught at second slip for 15 runs, and Gautam Gambhir was dismissed for 12 runs. Captain Rahul Dravid was caught behind for a duck, while Sachin Tendulkar was given out caught behind by umpire Aleem Dar for 30 runs. Television replays showed that the decision may not have been right, but India were reduced to 59-4. Dimitri Mascarenhas was the best performing England bowler, dismissing Robin Uthappa (22), Yuvraj Singh (28) and Piyush Chalwa (0), finishing with figures of 3-23. Andrew Flintoff, back in the England side after passing a medical test on his ankle, took 3-45. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored fifty for India, but they were bowled out for just 187 runs.

England's opening batsmen Luke Wright and Matt Prior were both dismissed for ducks by R P Singh in the second over. Despite the early setback England had few problems in reaching the target. Ian Bell was run out for 36, while Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood took England to victory, scoring 71 not out and 64 not out respectively. R P Singh was the pick of the Indian bowlers, taking 2-40.

Toss: India won, and chose to bat first.

India innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
S C Ganguly	c Flintoff b Anderson	15	22	2	0	68.18
S R Tendulkar	c Prior b Flintoff	30	46	4	0	65.21
G Gambhir	c Wright b Anderson	12	20	0	0	60.00
R Dravid	c Prior b Flintoff	0	3	0	0	0.00
Yuvraj Singh	c Collingwood b Mascarenhas	28	48	1	1	58.33
R V Uthappa	c Anderson b Mascarenhas	22	30	2	0	73.33
M S Dhoni	c Anderson b Flintoff	50	72	4	1	69.44
R R Powar	run out (Shah/Prior)	10	20	1	0	50.00
Piyush Chawla	st Prior b Mascarenhas	0	6	0	0	0.00
Z Khan	b Panesar	7	16	1	0	43.75
R P Singh	not out	1	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 8; nb 4)	12
Total	(all out; 47.3 overs)	187		15	2

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Ganguly, 6.1 ov), 2-52 (Gambhir, 12.4 ov), 3-53 (Dravid, 13.3 ov), 4-59 (Tendulkar, 15.4 ov), 5-106 (Uthappa, 24.3 ov), 6-119 (Yuvraj Singh, 30.2 ov), 7-147 (Powar, 37.2 ov), 8-148 (Piyush Chawla, 38.4 ov), 9-160 (Khan, 41.6 ov), 10-187 (Dhoni, 47.3 ov)

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
J M Anderson	9	1	28	2	3.11
S C J Broad	10	0	44	0	4.40
A Flintoff	8.3	0	45	3	5.29
A D Mascarenhas	10	2	23	3	2.30
L J Wright	2	0	11	0	5.50
M S Panesar	8	2	28	1	3.50

England innings (Target: 188 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
M J Prior	c Dhoni b Singh	0	7	0	0	0.00
L J Wright	c & b Singh	0	2	0	0	0.00
I R Bell	run out (Tendulkar/Ganguly)	36	40	6	0	90.00
K P Pietersen	not out	71	96	6	1	73.95
P D Collingwood	not out	64	73	7	1	87.67
Extras	(lb 8; w 9)	17
Total	(3 wickets; 36.2 overs)	188		19	2

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Wright, 1.2 ov), 2-11 (Prior, 1.4 ov), 3-74 (Bell, 15.6 ov)

Did not bat: O A Shah, A Flintoff, A D Mascarenhas, S C J Broad, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Z Khan	9	1	40	0	4.44
R P Singh	7	0	40	2	5.71
Piyush Chawla	9	1	44	0	4.88
S C Ganguly	4	0	13	0	3.25
R R Powar	5.2	0	32	0	6.00
Yuvraj Singh	2	0	11	0	5.50

England: M J Prior (wkt), L J Wright, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), O A Shah, A Flintoff, A D Mascarenhas, S C J Broad, M S Panesar, J M Anderson

India: S C Ganguly, S R Tendulkar, G Gambhir, R Dravid (capt), Yuvraj Singh, R V Uthappa, M S Dhoni (wkt), R R Powar, Piyush Chawla, Z Khan, R P Singh

Man of the Match: K P Pietersen (England)
Man of the Series: I R Bell (England)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and I J Gould
TV Umpire: P J Hartley
Match Referee: R S Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: R J Bailey