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Monday 17 December 2012

England Played Better Then India

England work hard more than Indian cricket team that was for sure in the series.

There was a planning, hardworking and discipline showed by English players to win this series against India. They give importance equally as they give to ashes. They bowled well against a good paper batting line-up and they bat well against an ordinary bowling of India. Cook's performance was outstanding apart of his last innings perhaps he cemented too much i.e 13 off 93 balls. He has not made a double century in this year which he deserves and at once he was close to it by scoring 190 in third test of Kolkata. He in the mid of the series achieves a milestone of 7000 runs as the youngest test cricketer which was applauded. Ian Bell who was the only batsman remained to perform from England side scored great knock of 116* and a double century partnership with his Warwickshire colleague  in the last test match. Pietersen who were having problems against spin in the first test match came back strongly. Nick Compton showed a good character and he did well in his first tour of India. Also Root who did his debut in the last test  match of the series  showed a great sign of good test cricketer. Considering bowlers of English team; all strike bowlers did a perfect job. Anderson was a master he was pleasant to watch on the flat trick and he proved to be the finest reverse swing bowler in the series picking up all the major wickets of the opponenets. The number of wickets he pick was equal to the total number of wickets pick-up by the fast bowlers of India.Monty who picked up in the second test match dazzles Indian batting lineup who were having high spirits after Pujara scored 206 in the first test match which is the highest in the test series. But Monty pick up Sehwag in his first spell who scored a ton in first test match and then master blaster Tendulkar who is currently out of form. English players started to show some great character from the second test match which helped them till last day of the series. Swann is getting perfect day by day and he is deceiving well from his straight flighted bowls. May be his performance credit goes to Mushtaq Ahmed who is with the English team since 2008.

It is all started not over perhaps they achieved this success nearly after 28 years. And they are looking forward to beat Australia in the Ashes for which this success will help them a-lot. There batting order is well crafted, they have got great bowling line-up in which they have got variety in both the depart whether it is spin or fast. The next year Aussies and New-zealand are touring England. In between that they will host the last ICC champions trophy.


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