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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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[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).

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

No reliable fast-scoring opener since Trescothick went, so either (a) the openers hang around not scoring much, and we're well behind the rate by the time the strokeplayers get in, or (b) the openers get out and we're two wickets down for not much.

The current batting order is all wrong for me. I think Bell and Prior should be #s 4 and 7 or so. Maybe open with Bopara and Pietersen himself, to get the ball moving around right away. Then Shah, Bell, Collingwood, Flintoff, Prior.