English cricket team in India in 2008–09 | |||
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India | England | ||
Dates | 9 November β 23 December 2008 | ||
Captains | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Kevin Pietersen | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the 2-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Gautam Gambhir (361) | Andrew Strauss (252) | |
Most wickets |
Zaheer Khan (8) | Graeme Swann (8) | |
Player of the series | Zaheer Khan | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | India won the 7-match series 5β0 | ||
Most runs | Yuvraj Singh (325) | Owais Shah (236) | |
Most wickets | Yuvraj Singh (8) | Stuart Broad (7) | |
Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh |
The England cricket team toured India from 9 November 2008 to 23 December 2008 and played 2 Test matches and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs).
Following the attacks in Mumbai on 26 November, the final 2 ODIs against India were cancelled, India taking the series 5β0. [1]
As a result of the Mumbai Attacks the Test matches were moved from Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Chennai and Mohali. England flew home initially and then attended a training camp in Abu Dhabi. On 7 December the England team decided to participate in the 2 match Test series [2] and arrived in Chennai the next day. [3] At Chennai, Andrew Strauss hit 123 and 108, strokeful for the former England skipper. Sachin Tendulkar slammed 103* ,with Yuvraj Singh at 85*,chased the record target of 387,guiding India to a victory by 6 wickets.
India won the series 5–0. The last 2 scheduled ODIs were cancelled, following the attacks in Mumbai. The player of the series was Yuvraj Singh, who hit 2 centuries, on his way to 325 runs at an average of 65.00. India secured large winning margins in the first 3 matches, and the last. The fourth and closest match included a controversial application of the Duckworth-Lewis method, prompting the England camp to suggest a rethink of its methodologies.
11β15 December 2008
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311/9
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Andrew Strauss 108 (244) Paul Collingwood 108 (250) Zaheer Khan 3/40 (27 overs) |
11 November 2008
Scorecard |
Mumbai Cricket Association XI
222/7 (50 overs) |
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