English cricket team in India in 2008–09

English cricket team in India in 2008–09
	India	England
Dates	9 November – 23 December 2008
Captains	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Kevin Pietersen
Test series
Result	India won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Gautam Gambhir (361)	Andrew Strauss (252)
Most wickets	Zaheer Khan (8) Harbhajan Singh (8)	Graeme Swann (8)
Player of the series	Zaheer Khan
One Day International series
Results	India won the 7-match series 5–0
Most runs	Yuvraj Singh (325)	Owais Shah (236)
Most wickets	Yuvraj Singh (8)	Stuart Broad (7)
Player of the series	Yuvraj Singh

The England cricket team toured India from 9 November 2008 to 23 December 2008 and played 2 Test matches and 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs).

Following the attacks in Mumbai on 26 November, the final 2 ODIs against India were cancelled, India taking the series 5–0. ^[1]

As a result of the Mumbai Attacks the Test matches were moved from Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Chennai and Mohali. England flew home initially and then attended a training camp in Abu Dhabi. On 7 December the England team decided to participate in the 2 match Test series ^[2] and arrived in Chennai the next day. ^[3] At Chennai, Andrew Strauss hit 123 and 108, strokeful for the former England skipper. Sachin Tendulkar slammed 103*, with Yuvraj Singh at 85*, chased the record target of 387, guiding India to a victory by 6 wickets.

ODI series

India won the series 5–0. The last 2 scheduled ODIs were cancelled, following the attacks in Mumbai. The player of the series was Yuvraj Singh, who hit 2 centuries, on his way to 325 runs at an average of 65.00. India secured large winning margins in the first 3 matches, and the last. The fourth and closest match included a controversial application of the Duckworth-Lewis method, prompting the England camp to suggest a rethink of its methodologies.

1st ODI

14 November 2008 Scorecard

India   387/5 (50 overs)	v	England 229 (37.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 138 (78) Steve Harmison 2/75 (10 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 63 (56) Zaheer Khan 3/26 (7 overs)

India won by 158 runs Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh.

2nd ODI

17 November 2008 Scorecard

India   292/9 (50 overs)	v	England 238 (47 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 118 (122) Stuart Broad 4/55 (10 overs)		Owais Shah 58 (78) Yuvraj Singh 4/28 (10 overs)

India won by 54 runs Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh

3rd ODI

20 November 2008 Sorecard

England   240 (48.4 overs)	v	India 198/5 (40 overs)
Ravi Bopara 60 (82) Harbhajan Singh 3/31 (10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 68 (76) Andrew Flintoff 3/31 (9 overs)

India won by 16 runs (D/L) Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh

4th ODI

23 November 2008 Scorecard

India   166/4 (22 overs)	v	England 178/8 (22 overs)
Virender Sehwag 69 (57) Graeme Swann 2/21 (2 overs)		Owais Shah 72 (48) Zaheer Khan 2/20 (5 overs)

India won by 19 runs (D/L) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) & Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

5th ODI

26 November 2008 Scorecard

England   270/4 (50 overs)	v	India 273/4 (43.4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 111* (128) Zaheer Khan 2/60 (10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 91 (73) Ravi Bopara 1/42 (6 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (IND) & Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

• 2 further ODIs were scheduled for Guwahati (29 November) and Delhi (2 December) but were cancelled for security reasons following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Test series

1st Test

11–15 December 2008 Scorecard

England	v	India
316 (128.4 overs) Andrew Strauss 123 (233) Harbhajan Singh 3/96 (38 overs)		241 (69.4 overs) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 53 (82) Andrew Flintoff 3/49 (18.4 overs)
311/9d (105.5 overs) Andrew Strauss 108 (244) Paul Collingwood 108 (250) Zaheer Khan 3/40 (27 overs)		387/4 (98.3 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 103* (196) Graeme Swann 2/103 (28.3 overs)

India won by 6 wickets MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Graeme Swann (Eng) made his Test debut.
• Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the second batsman to score 2,000 Test runs against England. ^[4]

2nd Test

19–23 December 2008 Scorecard

India	v	England
453 (158.2 overs) Gautam Gambhir 179 (348) Andrew Flintoff 3/54 (30.2 overs)		302 (83.5 overs) Kevin Pietersen 144 (201) Harbhajan Singh 4/68 (20.5 overs)
251/7d (73 overs) Gautam Gambhir 97 (229) Monty Panesar 1/44 (10 overs)		64/1 (28 overs) Ian Bell 24* (70) Ishant Sharma 1/7 (5 overs)

Match drawn Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

• The Test matches were originally scheduled for Ahmedabad and Mumbai but were moved to Chennai and Mohali following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Tour Matches

Mumbai XI vs England XI

9 November 2008 Scorecard

England   297/4 (50 overs)	v	Mumbai XI 175/8 (50 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 100* (85) Vineet Sinha 1/32 (6.2 overs)		Abhijit Shetye 50 (118) James Anderson 3/15 (8 overs)

England XI won by 122 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Amiesh Saheba & MR Singh

• 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)

Mumbai Cricket Association XI vs England XI

11 November 2008 Scorecard

Mumbai Cricket Association XI 222/7 (50 overs)	v	England 98 (25 overs)
Sushant Marathe 65 (98) Steve Harmison 2/38 (10 overs)		Graeme Swann 24* (31) Kshemal Waingankar 5/37 (8 overs)

Mumbai Cricket Association XI won by 124 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Amiesh Saheba & MR Singh

• Players per side: Mumbai 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding); England 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

• A first class tour match was also planned but was cancelled following the 2008 Mumbai attacks

References

1. "England call off India one-dayers". BBC News. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
2. "England will tour with full squad". Cric Info. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
3. "England team arrives in Chennai". Cric Info. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
4. "Statistical highlights: 1st Test, Day 2". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.