Broad strikes back for England
Post on: 2011-09-05 By: admin
Stuart Broad claimed two quick wickets after India's makeshift openers had made a bright start in the first one-day international at Chester-le-Street.
Broad had initially been expensive before he removed debutant Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Dravid in successive overs.
Opener Parthiv Patel, who was dropped early on by local boy Ben Stokes, remained unbeaten though on 59 as India reached 116 for two after 25 overs.
After India were dealt another injury blow before play when star man Sachin Tendulkar ruled out of the match, and possibly the series, with a sore big toe, England skipper Alastair Cook elected to make use of overcast conditions and send in an India batting line-up without seven of their World Cup winners.
Despite that the tourists made a bright start with their newly-drafted opening partnership of Rahane and Patel putting on 82 for the first wicket.
Patel was given a life on seven though in the next over from Tim Bresnan when Stokes, playing his second ODI in front of his home crowd, spilled a chance diving forward at gully. Bresnan's mood was not helped when Rahane pulled him to the ropes later in the over.
India then showed signs of intent as they finished the 10-over powerplay by taking 10 from Broad's first over to be 43 without loss. England immediately took the bowling powerplay, but Broad's next over also cost him 10 as Rahane started to display the strokeplay that helped him blaze 61 from 39 balls in his Twenty20 debut on Wednesday.
The opening stand had realised 81 when Patel survived another scare when Jimmy Anderson failed to pick up the ball with the batsman well short of his crease.
But Broad made the initial breakthrough with the next delivery, which Rahane skied to Samit Patel on the fine-leg ropes for 40. He then remove Rahul Dravid after umpire Billy Doctrove had initially turned down an appeal for caught behind.
Broad immediately reviewed it and while the Hotspot technology did not back a decision reversal, the audio did to see a bemused Dravid on his way. Parthiv remained though and he reached his fourth ODI half-century from 66 balls as India laid a platform for a competitive score.
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