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NEWS UPDATE : Asian Cricket Third Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODI abandoned due to rain COLOMBO: The third One-day International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was abandoned due to rain here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. The umpires made this decision after consulting ... Australia want to master all forms of game: Clarke SYDNEY: Australia's limited-overs tour of England and Ireland represents the start of a two-year campaign to make them the top nation in all three forms of the game, captain Michael Clarke said ... Bopara glad to be back for England SOUTHAMPTON, England: Ravi Bopara is eager to make up for lost times as he tries to revive his ... South Africa name unchanged squad for England series JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have kept faith with a winning formula by naming an unchanged squad for the three-Test series in England starting next month, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on ...


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

England win second Test against India

NOTTINGHAM: England beat India by 319 runs to win the second Test at Trent Bridge with more than a day to spare here on Monday and go 2-0 up in the four-match series.Brief scores:England 221 (S Broad 64; P Kumar 3-45, I Sharma 3-66, S Sreesanth 3-77) and 544 (I Bell 159, T Bresnan 90, M Prior 73, E Morgan 70, K Pietersen 63; P Kumar 4-124) v India 288 (R Dravid 117, Yuvraj Singh 62, V Laxman 54; S Broad 6-46) and 158 (S Tendulkar 56; T Bresnan 5-48, J Anderson 3-51)Result: England won by 319 runs