Saturday 30 August 2014
-England squandered a good start after being 82/0, restricted to 227/10 in 50 overs.
-Cook scored 44, Hales 42, Bell got 28 but Root could manage only 2 runs along with Morgan(10) and Stokes(2).
-Ashwin picked up 3 wickets along with Raina, Rayudu & Jadeja grabbing one each.
-Shami scalped Woakes for 15, Jos Buttler scored a gritty 42 along with a brisk cameo by Tredwell who scored 30 off 18 balls but was caught & bowled by B Kumar.
-All of the Indian batsmen chipped in with useful innings except for only Shikhar Dhawan.
-Kohli scored a decent 40, Rahane scored 45, Raina 42.
-Rayudu top scored smashing 64* off 78 balls.
-Ashwin picked up the Man of the Match award for his figures of 3/39.
-India now have an unasailable lead of 2-0 with 2 games to be played at Birmingham (2nd Sept) & Leeds (5th Sept).
