18/03Result
3rd Test, England tour of India at Mumbai, Mar 18-22 2006
England won by 212 runs
Player of the Match
Andrew FlintoffEngland
18/03Result
3rd Test, England tour of India at Mumbai, Mar 18-22 2006
England won by 212 runs
Player of the Match
Andrew FlintoffEngland
2650dThe Bulletin by S Rajesh in Mumbai

Rampant England level series

A rampant England side clinched a famous series-levelling win on the final day at Mumbai as India caved in for a paltry 100, chasing 313 for victory

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AJ Strauss
128(240) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 49 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
20 12 20 16 42 5 6 7
OA Shah
OA Shah
88(163) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 32 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
8 8 18 5 8 18 12 11

Best performances - Bowlers

SD Udal
O9.2
M3
R14
W4
Eco1.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O19.1
M8
R40
W4
Eco2.08
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND 400(133.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

INDIA 279(104.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 191(92.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

INDIA 100(48.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

England win by 212 runs and they level the series 1-1. They played like champions from day one and kept up the intensity throughout the game, under pressure team India crumbled and the result is a crunching series leveling win. Flintoff lead from the front and all the players joined in, the batsmen played their part and the bowlers hunted in packs to great success through out the series. In the end everything fell in place for the team who were considered as under-dogs at the start of the series and they came back brilliantly from behind, to level the series Dravid's decision to bowl first was a brave one but he got no support from the rest of the team and in the end it was a forgettable performance from the Indians. Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff. Man of the Series: Andrew Flintoff That brings us to the end of the live coverage, hope you have enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you, until next time this is Sajan Nair signing off on behalf of the entire team - Cheers!

48.2
W
Udal to Patel, OUT, all over! tossed up and turning in from touch outside the off stump, Patel swings across and the ball flies off the top edge, Hoggard at deep square leg judges it to perfection, Udal ends up with four wickets to his name!

MM Patel c Hoggard b Udal 1 (3m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25

48.1
0
Udal to Patel, no run, shapes up for the big one but at the last moment checks his shot and plays it back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
48 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | IND: 100/9

  • Munaf Patel1 (2b)
  • Sreesanth0 (2b)
  • Andrew Flintoff11-4-14-3
  • Shaun Udal9-3-14-3
47.6
1
Flintoff to Patel, 1 run, driven wide of the fielder at mid-off, 100 comes up for India!
47.5
0
Flintoff to Patel, no run, left alone outside the off stump

Munaf Patel is the last man in.

47.4
W
Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, OUT, nine down! good length delivery, bowled from round the stumps, drifting in with the arm and reversing away after hitting the deck, perfect delivery to the left-hander and Yuvraj tamely nicks it straight to Collingwood at third slip, Flintoff strikes again

Yuvraj Singh c Collingwood b Flintoff 12 (67m 45b 2x4 0x6) SR: 26.66

47.3
0
Flintoff to Yuvraj Singh, no run, good length delivery, hint of reverse swing, Yuvraj shoulders arms

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