Well! That was close, but young Robin Uthappa held his nerve and probably stopped Dravid from jumpig off the Dover cliffs. The Lords final should be interesting!!

Well done India, IMO this has been one of the most entertaining ODI series in a long time. Both teams are evenly matched, and are playing good cricket on the whole (India's fielding seems to be the main area of concern). It is a series that has deserved to go down to the last match even.

I can't believe anyone actually would want to watch SEVEN boring games of pyjama cricket!!

What a terrific game!! Even though we lost I reckon there are good signs for England in ODIs. We do still need to sort out the openers because I'm far from certain Cook and Prior are the answers. Hopefully they will prove me wrong on Saturday; hope the weather behaves itself!!

Nobody is forcing anybody to watch any game. Those of us who want to watch ODIs will happily do so. If others want to watch Eastenders or How Paint Dries instead, it is entirely upto them.

Prior is probably OK as the ODI keeper, but his batting is not good enough to open. If someone else is available (young Wright perhaps; I heard he has opened in county games), Prior should bat further down, perhaps No:7.

But Alistair Cook is a different story. I never believed that he was an ODI batsman despite a few good scores. He has suddenly started looking stiff-legged and this suggests that the ODI approach is affecting his technique, something very important for Tests. IMO, Cook should be developed as a pure Test batsman before he starts to lose confidence.

Well played India. Tendulkar and Ganguly got them off to a fantastic start which laid the foundations for the win.

I was a bit dissapointed with Anderson, it seems that the "old" Anderson turned up today . I suppose it shows we do miss the extra pace and control that Flintoff gives.

I was a little confused with some of Collys field placings. Towards the end when Broad was bowling (and trying to bowl very full) he did without a fine leg and lost at least 10 runs down there. He then compunded that error by then giving Broad a fine leg but taking the man off the straight boundary. Surely he must realise that if you are a pace bowler bowling full, the ball is more likely to go down to fine leg (off an inside edge) or get driven down the ground .

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Yeah man. It looks like one of those pre-decided series where one side wins the the test and the other takes the ODI series.
This particular ODI circus looks like a classical case of keeping the enthusiasm alive to draw bigger crowds in all SEVEN games to generate more and more revenue.
Again, thats my personal opinion and I can be totally wrong however I do have the right to express my view.

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England 6/316 50 overs

Shah 107*
Peitersen 53
Wright 50
Bell 49

India (target) 317.

Tendulkar 94
Ganguly 53
Gambhir 47
Uthappa 47*

8/317 from 49.4 overs



Player of the match:
S.Tendulkar

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Come on Aussies.

Another big cricket season in 2007/2008.

I'm not usually bothered about the ODIs, but this series has been very close and exciting.

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