England batsmen excelled themselves to score a virtually
unassailable 350 for 7 in their 50 overs.
The first game of the series was in the
bag!
Well - that was the case until certain
bowlers produced far too many bad balls and some puzzling field placements by
skipper Eoin Morgan allowed both Indian centurions to 'milk the bowlers' at a
rate of six or seven an over, completely unthreatened and for lengthy passages of
play.
Where was the imagination? Where was 'the thinking
outside the box?'
India won by three wickets with more than an over to
spare. Fine. After all, they are better than us as a team in all three forms of
the international game. They deserved their victory BUT
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