Big losses in the first two tests, India would be thinking of how to come back in the series and protect their number one ranking in test cricket. And also to prove that its not a fluke. But whats the main reason for Englands success and India's loss. England got unexpected heros in the two test matches. Comparing Indias and Englands tail enders in the first two test matches we can see the difference.
Matt Prior-2 Matches 248 runs with an average of 82.66
Ms Dhoni-2 Matches 49 runs with 12.25
Stuart Board-2-182-60.66
Harbhajan Singh-2-58-14.50
Tim Bresnen- 1-101-50.50
Sreesanth-1-7-7.00
Gramme Swan-2-55-18.33
Praveen Kumar- 2-44-11.00
These statitics clearly shows the difference. Add to that these tail came good when England need them most. In Lords they where 270 for 5 they reached 474. And in 2nd innings they where 55 for 5 Matt prior(107*) came to their rescue with Board(74*), which took their lead to 295 to 458. In trentbridge also tail came to their rescue, from 124 for 8 Board came in and smashed 64 of just 66 deliveries. And in the second innings Bressnen(90) and Board (44) shared a partnership of 82 in eight wicket, which took the game away from India.
Indian tail was directly opposite from hosts. In Lords they combined score were 45 and 31 respectively in first and second innings. In Trentbridge also they failed to deliver as India was on upper hand with 267 for 4 but slipped to 288 all out. Tails contribution was mere 15 runs. Second innings was little better, India scored 158 in which tail scored more than half of the runs. When front line 6 batsmen scored a cobined score of 22.
Matt Prior-2 Matches 248 runs with an average of 82.66
Ms Dhoni-2 Matches 49 runs with 12.25
Stuart Board-2-182-60.66
Harbhajan Singh-2-58-14.50
Tim Bresnen- 1-101-50.50
Sreesanth-1-7-7.00
Gramme Swan-2-55-18.33
Praveen Kumar- 2-44-11.00
These statitics clearly shows the difference. Add to that these tail came good when England need them most. In Lords they where 270 for 5 they reached 474. And in 2nd innings they where 55 for 5 Matt prior(107*) came to their rescue with Board(74*), which took their lead to 295 to 458. In trentbridge also tail came to their rescue, from 124 for 8 Board came in and smashed 64 of just 66 deliveries. And in the second innings Bressnen(90) and Board (44) shared a partnership of 82 in eight wicket, which took the game away from India.
Indian tail was directly opposite from hosts. In Lords they combined score were 45 and 31 respectively in first and second innings. In Trentbridge also they failed to deliver as India was on upper hand with 267 for 4 but slipped to 288 all out. Tails contribution was mere 15 runs. Second innings was little better, India scored 158 in which tail scored more than half of the runs. When front line 6 batsmen scored a cobined score of 22.
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