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[undyingking]

Well, India have just taken the second one-day international (of seven), but England put up a much better show this time. They were still outclassed, but not ludicrously so. It would be fair I think to say that Yuvraj made the difference between the two sides -- his second consecutive quick-time century, and also 4-28 with the ball. And that with a bad back. What a player!

This game took place in Indore, where (most of) my family live. The stadium is even named after one of my distant relatives. Glad to see the crowd got a good game to watch. I think though of my late cousin Baba, who was a big cricket fan (which is another way of saying, he was Indian). He actually suffered his fatal heart attack while watching the recent second Ind-Aus test on TV, and would certainly have been at today's game.

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[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

Yes, there was a moment just there, when Fred belted three maximums in an over, when I thought that it might be close fought, but all credit to India; they just closed the game down after that power-play came to an end. The way Fred was playing, his wicket was always going to be up for grabs. I'm a little disappointed that KP wasn't able to stick around for a bit longer afterwards though. You know... till the end of the over would have been a start!

Sorry to hear about your cousin, although I suppose there are worse ways to go than while doing/watching something you love, just as there are probably more vacuous platitudes than that one, but none come to mind just now.

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

I wondered why Bopara bothers to turn up. As an all-rounder he doesn't get a bowl and bats at number eight. Yuvraj doesn't get this shabby treatment and look at the difference he makes.

[rotwang.livejournal.com]

England's continuous one-day chasing problem is letting the run rate get away from them. It wouldn't be such a problem if they kept wickets in hand but you can't accelerate without (not if you have 10+ overs for which to do 9+ rpo).