Wednesday, August 24, 2011
England whitewashed India and win series by 4-0
Wow....what a great game of cricket!!!
Cricket is a great leveler.Nobody had ever thought that England beat India so convincingly in the test series.England became the new world champion of tests by taking No.1 position in test rankings.Dravid 'The Wall' made three centuries in the series but all gone in vain.
In the fourth test at The Oval England beat India by an inning and 8 runs.Sachin Tendulkar made 91 runs with some glorious hits and Amit Mishra contributed with a great knock of 84 runs.Swann finally look in good rhythm and took six Indian wickets including Sehwag,Dravid and Gambhir.
Stuart Broad took 25wkts at an average of 13.84,James Anderson also supported him well by taking 21wkts in the series.Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell both made over 500 runs in the series including one double century by each player.Rahul Dravid,star for Indian team,made 461runs in the series at an average of above 75 including three centuries.
Player of the Match: Ian Bell
Player of the Series: Stuart Broad,Rahul Dravid
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