India vs England 1st ODI (2011) called off due to rain

The game has been called off. Rain has had the last word today. It was shaping up to be a good game but it has been nipped in the bud. India will take a lot of confidence from their batting performance today. The second game is on the 6th of this month at Rose Bowl.


Scorecard : 

England vs India, 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street

ENG: 27/2 (7.2 Ovs)

IND: 274/7 (50.0 Ovs)

Match abandoned due to rain: No result

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR Parthiv Patel c C Kieswetter b J Anderson 95 107 12 0 88.79 Ajinkya Rahane c S Patel b S Broad 40 44 6 0 90.91 Rahul Dravid c C Kieswetter b S Broad 2 6 0 0 33.33 Virat Kohli b S Patel 55 73 4 0 75.34 Rohit Sharma retd hurt 0 1 0 0 0.00 Suresh Raina c A Cook b J Dernbach 38 29 2 2 131.03 MS Dhoni (c & wk) c C Kieswetter b T Bresnan 33 36 2 0 91.67 Praveen Kumar not out 2 2 0 0 100.00 Ravichandran Ashwin b T Bresnan 0 1 0 0 0.00 Vinay Kumar not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Extras: (b 0, lb 5, w 3, nb 0, p 0) 8 Total: (7 wkts, 50 ovs) 274 RR:5.48 Did not bat: Munaf Patel Bowling: ENG O M R W Nb Wd ER James Anderson 9 0 41 1 0 0 4.60 Tim Bresnan 10 0 54 2 0 2 5.40 Stuart Broad 10 0 56 2 0 0 5.60 Jade Dernbach 9 0 62 1 0 0 6.90 Samit Patel 10 0 42 1 0 0 4.20 Jonathan Trott 2 0 14 0 0 1 7.00