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England in India: Ian Bell shines but Delhi win by six wickets

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Ian Bell
One-day tour match, Delhi:
Delhi 295-4 (48.3 overs) beat England 294-5 (50 overs) by six wickets
Match scorecard

Ian Bell shone for the second match in succession but could not prevent England slipping to a six-wicket defeat in their second warm-up game before the one-day international series in India.

Bell top-scored with 108 and shared in a partnership of 113 with Eoin Morgan in a much improved batting display from the defeat by India A on Sunday.

Alastair Cook's side posted 294-5 but Shikhar Dhawan led the way for Delhi.

The opener scored 110 as the hosts eased home with nine balls remaining.

The first ODI of the five-match series against India is on Friday, January 11 in Rajkot.

England rested Kevin Pietersen, while Cook featured after missing the first match because of illness. Joe Root and Stuart Meaker also came in to the side as Jos Buttler and Tim Bresnan were left out.

Bell, who scored 91 in the first warm-up game, compiled 108 off 125 balls at the top of the order before he was trapped lbw by Varun Sood, while Morgan's 52 came at just under a run a ball before he was caught by India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand off Jagrit Anand.

Sood returned figures of 3-45 but late runs from Craig Kieswetter, with 41 not out from 27 balls, lifted the tourists to just short of 300.

The England total appeared formidable but former India batsman Dhawan and Chand (37) attacked from the off.

Dhawan was finally dismissed for 110 off 109 balls, but rookie Milind Kumar (78 not out) and Rajat Bhatia, with 45 not out off 33 balls, saw the hosts home with ease.

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  • Comment posted by Griddlestick, at 18:50 8 Jan 2013

    @11WilllovesF1On the subject of Ian Bell, he still has a habit of getting big runs in games we lose (that or big scores when everyone does). Still needs a vital contribution to a win!

    Ha ha - love it! The guy scores 108 & 91 yet it's clearly his fault England lost - perhaps the Cbeebies forums would be a better place for you!

  • Comment posted by User0317337913, at 19:28 8 Jan 2013

    The ICC World Rankings for ODI has England joint top of the pile

    England................ Rating 121
    South Africa......... Rating 121
    India.......................Rating 117
    Australia.................Rating 113

    Basically there is not much difference between the top four at the moment. Hopefully England can show some improvement in the bowling come the internationals.

  • Comment posted by User0639369654, at 18:43 8 Jan 2013

    Sorry, but why is Patel still playing in any form of international cricket? With so much talent out there that we keep hearing about why is he getting so many chances to fail. He's not a good enough batsman, and certainally not a good enough bowler.

  • Comment posted by CorseKen, at 17:40 8 Jan 2013

    Samit Patel - why?

  • Comment posted by User0884553010, at 19:40 8 Jan 2013

    26
    No we didn't get lucky in the tests. We were the better team. India were outplayed on pitches they requested.

  • Comment posted by djlovesyou, at 18:09 8 Jan 2013

    England's 'bang-average' 50 over form which has seen them rise to being the current world number one team?

  • Comment posted by User0239738912, at 19:11 8 Jan 2013

    what a splendid chap you obviously are.
    however the wonderful moderators have removed my posting because i used the "id**t" word - i also apologise - idiot is such a horrid horrid horrid word

  • Comment posted by User0244984965, at 18:42 8 Jan 2013

    Great to see Bell contuning hi fine form, if he bats well in test cricket, england normally win

  • Comment posted by U14821909, at 19:45 8 Jan 2013

    A very bold prediction Chakra.
    Our test match record in the Sub C is not great either and yet we just spanked your backsides, very easily in the end. You have just had your backsides spanked by your great rivals and only won a dead rubber, as usual.
    Your team are very poor at bowling and your new great hero Kohli is tosh.
    I am going to enjoy reminding you about your last post, copied and pasted

  • Comment posted by U14821909, at 20:27 8 Jan 2013

    Chakra, as a cricket fan of over 40 years I have heard it all before mate. Last time we travelled down under we weren't going to take 20 wickets, Andersen couldn't bowl there, Cook couldn't bat there.

    At one point Cook was averaging close to 300, England made 1000 runs for the loss of five wickets and 3 of those test matches were won by an innings inside 3 days.
    It's gonna happen again too :)

  • Comment posted by U14821909, at 19:59 8 Jan 2013

    Chakra, you have lost me now. We are talking about an up and coming ODI series. The last time we played that great Pakistan team at that format the score was 0:4 *whistles.

    Since when did we start calling ODI pyjama cricket?
    Try and keep up mate.

    Vishal, I am grateful for your prediction because I haven't seen you get a thing right yet on here lmao ::)))

  • Comment posted by User0283898057, at 18:53 8 Jan 2013

    i have a lot of sympathy for patel, but that's because i'm not an international standard cricketer either!

  • Comment posted by User0218125170, at 17:50 8 Jan 2013

    With Anderson rested and Broad missing for the first few matches it's a big opportunity for the fringe seamers to make a case for their selection, so far they are failing to do so.

  • Comment posted by Impeach Trump, at 20:35 8 Jan 2013

    Where have all the Bell haters gone?

  • Comment posted by Matureman, at 15:59 9 Jan 2013

    I have great concerns over our bowling. Can they bowl sides out? I may sound harsh, but they seem happy just to concede six an over believing that to be a good days work. The best sides contain and bowl sides out, especially when defending a low total. I hope I am wrong, but I fear that India's batsmen will have the upper hand.

  • Comment posted by User0218125170, at 20:31 8 Jan 2013

    @32 isn't Patel there for the role you describe ? Or do you think he will be dropped away from India ?

  • Comment posted by User0380951416, at 17:29 8 Jan 2013

    Good to see some positive news for Indian cricket. This is proof that there is no shortage of talent. The selectors just have to have the guts to select players on form and not age or reputation. It doesn't matter if a guy is 20 or 35, if he performs he must be there.

  • Comment posted by Griddlestick, at 17:44 8 Jan 2013

    Interesting to see where all of the 'Get Bell out!' trolls are now............

  • Comment posted by User0170960891, at 19:19 8 Jan 2013

    Re 13. Hitman 79. I have to say you mut have a problem of some description. If I didn't like something, I wouldn't go anywhere near it. So, you either have a problem or even a bigger one that your life revolves around winding up others. My job entails dealing with the likes of you and that is what makes going home time so good.

  • Comment posted by User0976874548, at 18:38 8 Jan 2013

    Having just seen India play ODIs, their bowling looks to be quite handy, Bhuvunesh Kumar and Shami Ahmed are actually quite English type bowlers who swing and seam the ball. Sharma looked quite dangerous at times, but unfortunately (or fortunately) for England, Ashwin and Jadeja the spinners looked average most of the time. So I think India might win this series.

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