English cricket team in India in 2005-06

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English cricket team in India in 2005-06
Teams
England
India
Dates 18 February – 15 April 2006
Captains Andrew Flintoff Rahul Dravid
Number of Tests 3
Tests won 1 1
Most runs (Tests) Paul Collingwood
(273)		 Rahul Dravid
(309)
Most wickets (Tests) Matthew Hoggard
(13)		 Anil Kumble
(16)
Player of Series (Tests) Andrew Flintoff
Number of ODIs 7
ODIs won 1 5
Most runs (ODIs) Kevin Pietersen
(227)		 Suresh Raina
(189)
Most wickets (ODIs) James Anderson
(9)		 Harbhajan Singh (12)
Player of Series (ODIs) Yuvraj Singh

The English cricket team toured India during February, March and April 2006. The English cricket team was aspiring to maintain the form that took them to second place in the ICC Test Championship before their disastrous spell against Pakistan, and which helped win the 2005 Ashes series at home to Australia. This goal was substantially hindered by the usual stomach complaints which nearly always dog the English team in the opening weeks of Indian tours, and a recurrence of an injury to the captain Michael Vaughan; the swing bowler Simon Jones and the absence of Ashley Giles who missed the tour for an operation. As well as this, stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick flew home for "personal reasons", not wishing to divulge further, leaving Andrew Flintoff, who missed the birth of his son, to take on the title of skipper for the first time having to captain two maiden international cricketers on the English side: Alastair Cook and Monty Panesar as well as Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla and Munaf Patel for the home team.

India started the series looking to climb up to the second place spot in the ICC Test Championship which England recently pushed them out of.

Three Test matches and seven One-day internationals were planned. One ODI (in Guwahati) was washed out because of rains. The Test series was drawn 1-1 while India won the ODI series 5-1.

Contents

[edit] Schedule

Date Match Venue
February
18-20 vs Cricket Club of India Mumbai
23-25 vs President's XI Baroda
March
1-5 1st Test Nagpur
9-13 2nd Test Mohali
18-22 3rd Test Mumbai
25 vs RCA President's XI Jaipur
28 1st ODI Delhi
31 2nd ODI Faridabad
April
3 3rd ODI Goa
6 4th ODI Kochi
9 5th ODI Guwahati
13 6th ODI Jamshedpur
16 7th ODI Indore

[edit] Squads

England[1] India[2]

[edit] Test Matches

[edit] Tour match v Cricket Club of India (18-20 February)

England beat Cricket Club of India by 238 runs[3]

England 1st Innings 299 all out (89.3 overs)

Cricket Club of India 1st Innings 251 all out (79.3 overs)

England 2nd Innings 265 all out (61.5 overs)

Cricket Club of India 2nd Innings 75 all out (26.2 overs)

[edit] Tour match v President's XI (23-25 February)

President's XI beat England by 8 wickets[4]

England 1st Innings 238 for 9 (62.2 overs)

President's XI 1st Innings 348 for 8 (103.4 overs)

England 2nd Innings 158 for 9 (65.0 overs)

President's XI 2nd Innings 58 for 2 (17.0 overs)

Note: Munaf Patel took two five-wicket hauls at a combined total of 10-91 for the President's XI and subsequently gained a Test match debut in the Second Test against England.

[edit] First Test: India v England (1-5 March)

England 393 & 287-3dec. Match Drawn[5]

PD Collingwood 134*
AN Cook 60
S Sreesanth 4-95
IK Pathan 3-92

A Cook 104
K Pietersen 87
IK Pathan 2/48
A Kumble 1/101

Vidharba C.A. Ground, Nagpur, India
Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) and IL Howell (Rsa)
Man of the Match:Matthew Hoggard
India 323 & 260/6

M Kaif 91
W Jaffer 81
M Hoggard 6/57
M Panesar 2/73

W Jaffer 100
R Dravid 71
SJ Harmison 2/48
A Flintoff 2/78

Both Alistair Cook and Monty Panesar made international debuts in this Test for England, as well as a Test debut for ODI veteran Ian Blackwell. On the Indian team Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was the only debutante.

[edit] Second Test: India v England (9-13 March)

England 300 & 181 India beat England by 9 wickets[6]

A Flintoff 70
KP Pietersen 64
A Kumble 5-76
Munaf Patel 3-72

IR Bell 57
A Flintoff 51
Munaf Patel 4-25
A Kumble 4-70

Punjab C. A. Ground, Mohali, India
Umpires:Darrell Hair (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Anil Kumble
India 338 & 144-1

R Dravid 95
IK Pathan 52
A Flintoff 4-96
MJ Hoggard 2-55

V Sehwag 76*
R Dravid 42*
MJ Hoggard 1-24

Two more debutantes made their first appearances, Munaf Patel and the 17 year old Piyush Chawla gained a spot on the Indian side.

[edit] Third Test: India v England (18-22 March)

England 400 & 191 England beat India by 212 runs[7]

A Strauss 128
O Shah 88
S Sreesanth 4-71
H Singh 3-90

A Flintoff 50
O Shah 38
A Kumble 4-50
H Singh 2-40

Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai,India
Umpires:Darrell Hair (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match:Andrew Flintoff
India 279 & 100

MS Dhoni 64
R Dravid 52
J Anderson 4-40
MJ Hoggard 2-54

S Tendulkar 34
Y Singh 12
S Udal 4-14
A Flintoff 3-14

Owais Shah made his debut appearance for the tourists.

[edit] One-Day Matches

[edit] Tour match vs. Rajasthan President's XI (25 March)

Rajastan President's XI win by five runs[8]

Rajasthan President's XI 260-6 (50 overs)

England 255 (49.5 overs)


Notes: England captain Andrew Flintoff was replaced as captain by Vikram Solanki, as he was at home visiting his newly born baby.

[edit] First ODI: India v England (28 March)

India 203 (46.4 overs) India won by 39 runs[9]

Harbhajan Singh 37 (46)
Kabir Ali 4-45

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and AV Jayaprakash (Ind)
Man of the Match: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
England 164 (38.1 overs)

KP Pietersen 46 (49)
Harbhajan Singh 5-31

[edit] Second ODI: India v England (31 March)

England 226 (49.5 overs) India won by 4 wickets [10]

KP Pietersen 71 (87)
RR Powar 3-34

Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, India
Umpires: A Rauf (Pak) and AV Jayaprakash (Ind)
Man of the Match: SK Raina (Ind)
India 230-6 (49 overs)

SK Raina 81 (89)
ID Blackwell 2-39

This match saw three records being made. In the first innings England batsmen Kevin Pietersen picked up the joint fastest ODI 1,000 run record, tieing with West Indian Viv Richards for making it in 21 innings. Secondly the highest one-day partnership for the sixth wicket was made, as well as Suresh Raina's first ODI half Century.

Possibly the most interesting part of the match came with the fall of the third wicket. Yuvraj Singh put Ian Blackwell's ball behind him only for wicket keeper Geraint Jones to take a diving catch and climb straight back up to throw the ball at the wicket, dismantling the leg stump and bail. With Singh still in the crease the decision was dismissed but Indian captain Rahul Dravid decided to take a quick run in the confusion; Paul Collingwood saw the batsmen running to the crease, though, and ran to grab the ball and run it into the remaining two stumps and bail just as Dravid made it to the crease. The TV umpire was called for the decision and after much deliberation Dravid was given out.

[edit] Third ODI: India v England (3 April)

India 294 (50 overs) India won by 49 runs [11]

Yuvraj Singh 103 (76)
Andrew Flintoff 3-56

Nehru Stadium, Goa, India
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and K Hariharan (Ind)
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
England 245 (48.5 overs)

Paul Collingwood 93 (84)
Irfan Pathan 4-51

After making his Test debut in the middle match, Munaf Patel made his initial ODI appearance.

[edit] Fourth ODI: India v England (6 April)

England 237 (48.4 overs) India won by 4 wickets[12]

KP Pietersen 77 (82)
V Sehwag 2-31

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi (India), India
Umpires: K Hariharan (Ind) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
India 238-6 (47.2 overs)

Rahul Dravid 65 (73)
A Flintoff 2-33

[edit] Fifth ODI: India v England (9 April)

The game was washed out.[13] Heavy rain poured in the day before, and the ground could not be dried sufficient enough for the game to start. Finally the game was called off by the Umpires' decisions without a ball being bowled due to a soggy outfield, an outcome that angered the fans who had been waiting for the game to start for five hours and they eventually started showing their frustration by hurling stones and setting fire to objects in the stands.

[edit] Sixth ODI: India v England (12 April)

India 223 (48 overs) England won by 5 wickets [14]

MS Dhoni 96 (106)
JM Anderson 3-28

Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, India
Umpires: K Hariharan (Ind) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Man of the Match: AJ Strauss (Eng)
England 227-5 (42.4 overs)

AJ Strauss 74 (85)
Harbhajan Singh 3-30

India had a disastrous start on a sweltering 43°C day in which they ushered in 21 year-old debutante, Vikram Singh to their side, that left them 76-5, in part due to acting wicket keeper Matthew Prior who took over from injured Geraint Jones. MS Dhoni and Ramesh Powar stood a century partnership lifting the home team to something slightly more formidable via Powar's first ODI half century and Dhoni hitting the best of the team, nearly a century, in this relatively low scoring match. Acting skipper Andrew Strauss (the third acting captain on this tour with Andrew Flintoff resting as 12th man) led his team to victory with 43 balls to spare, setting an example as opener with a three early boundaries in the third over before succumbing to cramp and retiring, hurt. the touring team winning with a four from Ian Blackwell, requiring the team another four runs. The final ball was called a no ball, but that didn't stop Blackwell hitting it for six to victory as England try to salvage any pride from this near whitewash.

[edit] Seventh ODI: India v England (15 April)

England 288 (50 overs) India won by 7 wickets

KP Pietersen 64 (56)
S Sreesanth 6-55

Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore, India
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash (Ind) and RE Koertzen (RSA)
Man of the Match: S Sreesanth (Ind)
India 289-3 (49.1 overs)

AR Uthappa 86 (96)
Kabir Ali 1-47

Note: Indian wicket keeper Mahendra Dhoni was replaced by Dinesh Karthik. English captain Andrew Flintoff was again replaced by Andrew Strauss.

Debut appearance of Robin Uthappa as the Indian opener saw him hit 12 fours and one six before being run out by Geraint Jones after James Anderson dived for a ball to stop a boundary and threw it back to the wicket keeper. The batsman, sharing a 166 partnership for the first wicket with skipper Rahul Dravid had all but won the match until he chanced a lazy second run; his score of 86 is the highest for any Indian debutant in a limited overs match. With this win, India extended its World Record of successive wins while batting second to 16.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ England in India, February-April 2006, England Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 26 March 2006
  2. ^ England in India, February-April 2006, India Squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 26 March 2006
  3. ^ 1st Tour Match: England XI v Cricket Club of India President's XI ,18-20 February 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  4. ^ 2nd Tour Match: England XI v Indian Board President's XI, 23-25 February 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  5. ^ 1st Test: England v India at Nagpur, 1-5 Mar 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 29 March 2006
  6. ^ 2nd Test: England v India at Nagpur, 9-13 Mar 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 29 March 2006
  7. ^ 3rd Test: England v India at Nagpur, 18-22 Mar 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 29 March 2006
  8. ^ One-Day Tour Match: England XI Vs Rajasthan President's XI in Jaipur, 25 March 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  9. ^ 1st ODI: England v India at Nagpur, 28 Mar 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 29 March 2006
  10. ^ 2nd ODI: England v India in Faridabad, 31 March 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  11. ^ 3rd ODI: England v India in Goa, 3 April 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  12. ^ 4th ODI: England v India in Kochi, 6 Apr 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 6 April 2006
  13. ^ 5th: ODI (Abandoned): England v India in Guwahati, 9 April scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006
  14. ^ 6th ODI: England v India in Jamshedpur, 12 April 2006, scorecard from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2006


International cricket in 2005-06
Preceding season International cricket in 2005
August 2005 Zimbabwe v New Zealand – South Africa Academy in Pakistan – Videocon Tri–Series – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
September 2005 South Africa A in Sri Lanka – Australia A in Pakistan – Zimbabwe v India – A-team Tri Series in Sri Lanka
October 2005 ICC Super Series – New Zealand A in Sri Lanka – South Africa v New Zealand (one-day matches) – India v Sri Lanka
November 2005 Australia v West Indies – England Women in Sri Lanka and India – Pakistan v England – India v South Africa – Afro–Asia Cup Under–19 Tournament – England Under–19s in Bangladesh
December 2005 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy – Australia v South Africa – New Zealand v Sri Lanka
January 2006 VB Series – Pakistan v India
February 2006 ICC Under–19 World Cup – New Zealand v West Indies – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka – Australia Women v India Women – South Africa v Australia – England A in West Indies – Kenya v Zimbabwe
March 2006 India v England – New Zealand Women v India Women – Bangladesh v Kenya – Sri Lanka v Pakistan
April 2006 Bangladesh v Australia – South Africa v New Zealand (Test matches) – DLF Cup (India v Pakistan)
Following season International cricket in 2006
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