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Turner criticises new selection set-up

	Glenn Turner believes New Zealand's new approach to national selection is flawed © Getty Images Enlarge

Glenn Turner, the former New Zealand captain, isn't surprised by the snub during the appointment process for a new National Selection Manager (NSM). Turner, who was part of the national selection panel for the last six years, said the job description "automatically cancelled out most people with what I believe are the necessary qualifications for an international selector".

Hours before an elated nation brought in the rugby World Cup back where it all began in 1987, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) slipped in the announcement of arguably the biggest experiment with the way professional international cricket teams are selected. It appointed an Australian lawn bowls official, Kim Littlejohn, as the NSM, overlooking two former captains, Turner and Ken Rutherford, and the incumbent Mark Greatbatch.

Turner said he applied for the job after conveying that he would only be interested "in a position which was inclusive when it came to making decisions, where egos and self-interest were set aside.

"I needed to find out whether my skills would be used," Turner told ESPNcricinfo. "They have been rejected, so we are probably better off without each other."

Turner's application for the job seemed more of an argument against the new process for selecting teams. According to the NZC, Littlejohn will be "responsible for establishing a comprehensive profiling system as players progress along the pathway of representing New Zealand, and in doing so use a network of cricket coaches and key stakeholders". He will be joined by the national coach John Wright on the two-man selection panel.

Turner did not agree with the idea. "When I read the job description I felt that it did not cover what I believe is necessary to take full part in selecting and developing the Blackcaps [New Zealand]," he said. "The position appeared to be experimental and more about an assistant collecting data and coming up with some performance measures, along with office administration skills. The job description preferred the applicant to have 'Post Graduate qualifications in Sports Management or Business Management', which if followed automatically cancelled out most people with what I believe are the necessary qualifications for an international selector.

"Nevertheless, I took up the opportunity to express what I believed was important when selecting cricket teams. In particular, trained independent eyes - free from conflicts of interest, ones that have experience and the art of talent-identifying."

Regarding the possible outcomes of the experiment, Turner said: "I've seen a lot of theories come and go over the years, and they mostly fail due to a lack of process. For theories to be applied they need to be supported by reasoning from known facts."

England v India, 3rd ODI, The Oval

England take unassailable lead

England 218 for 7 (Kieswetter 51, Bopara 40, Ashwin 3-40) beat India 234 for 7 (Jadeja 78, Dhoni 69, Anderson 3-48) by three wickets (D/L method)
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How they were out

	Ravindra Jadeja's 78 went in vain at The Oval© Getty Images Enlarge

India flirted with the idea of a first international win on the tour through three comebacks at The Oval, but England once again proved a touch too strong. James Anderson wreaked havoc at the top, Craig Kieswetter gave England a head start in the chase, and when the India spinners threatened to choke the life out of England's chase, Tim Bresnan and Ravi Bopara calmly administered the first successful ODI chase under The Oval floodlights.

Put in on a green track, India were 25 for 4 and 58 for 5 before Ravindra Jadeja, who arrived in England yesterday, and MS Dhoni put together India's third-highest partnership of the tour to lend some respectability to the total. Kieswetter charged at India with a blinding half-century, but the slower bowlers pegged England back with three quick wickets. A rain break followed, which took seven overs off the game. England came back confident from that break, but some inspiration in the field got India another look-in. With a measured 60-run sixth-wicket partnership, Bopara and Bresnan made sure India won't have any trophies to declare at customs when they go back home.

The way it all started, though, England would not have imagined such hard work would be needed. A green track was prepared, the toss was won, and Anderson and Bresnan began menacingly. They both bowled just short of a length with movement each way. It was Anderson who produced the wicket-taking deliveries, and the wicket-taking throw.

Ajinkya Rahane fatally chased an outswinger in the first over, Parthiv Patel played all over a rare full ball in the seventh, and Virat Kohli edged one outside off in the 11th. Anderson wasn't content with just swinging the ball around and nicking batsmen out. In between he vindicated Rahul Dravid's decision to retire from ODIs by catching the latter looking over his shoulder while trying to steal a single to mid-off. Anderson flicked the throw, missed Dravid, who did try to cover the line of the throw, and hit the stumps.

Suresh Raina had a horror stay at the wicket, and looked to slog his way out of trouble. One heave failed to connect, another went out of the ground, and the final one - off Stuart Broad - took the toe edge of his bat through to the keeper. India still had 31 overs to bat.

Smart stats By going up 2-0, England have given themselves a great chance to register their eighth series win in the last nine ODI series (bi-lateral series only). Their only loss came against Australia when they lost 6-1. The 112-run stand between MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja is the fifth century stand for the sixth wicket for India against England in ODIs. Dhoni has been involved in three of the five century stands. The 59-run stand between R Ashwin and Jadeja is the highest seventh-wicket stand for India against England. The partnership run-rate of 11.41 is the second-highest for India in a fifty-plus stand against England. Dhoni's 69 is only his second half-century in ODIs in 2011. In ODIs played this year, he has scored 424 runs in 16 innings at an average of 32.61. Jadeja's half-century is his fifth in 36 ODIs and his first since June 2010. He has now scored 613 runs at 34.05. India's total of 25 for 4 is their lowest ever at the start of the fifth-wicket partnership in ODIs against England. Since 2000, they have lost the first four wickets for scores lower than 25 on four occasions. The 60-run partnership between Ravi Bopara and TIm Bresnan is the fourth-highest for the sixth wicket for England against India.

By then, though, the ball was moving less, England's second-string bowlers didn't provide that much threat, and Dhoni and Jadeja put their legs to a solid test. They didn't risk losing wickets by trying to hit the bowlers off their rhythm, but they tested every single fielder with every single hit. They took 23 overs to reach the first 101 runs of their stand. England didn't completely back off during that spell, but there still remained a distinct middle-overs feel to the ease with which the two could find gaps.

In the 44th over, with both their fifties reached, they asked for the Powerplay. Even though Bresnan removed Dhoni soon, England wilted a bit in the last five overs, conceding 60 runs. Jade Dernbach's slower balls became predictable, R Ashwin upper-cut Bresnan, Anderson bowled length, and Alastair Cook didn't know what to do with the fields. The bowlers didn't help by not bowling to their field. Ashwin scored 36 off 19.

If India had any hopes of carrying some momentum from that big finish into the defence, Kieswetter soon quelled them. He toyed around with Praveen Kumar and RP Singh, charging at them, making room, hitting them over both midwicket and extra cover, scoring 51 off 46. Two of his sixes - over midwicket and extra cover, neither of them a slog - made batting look easy in a low-scoring match. India forced their way back again. Munaf Patel's accuracy got Cook, Jadeja's arm ball accounted for Kieswetter, and Ashwin's carrom ball got rid of Jonathan Trott to convert 63 for 0 to 89 for 3 minutes before rain interrupted play.

The rain break took 17 runs off the target while chopping seven overs off and left England just two overs of Batting Powerplay. In theory that should have worked in India's favour, but Ian Bell and Ben Stokes, who both looked nervous before the break, now came out positive. The damp outfield didn't help the spinners either. Thirty-six came off the next six overs. India, infamous for slow fielders, wasn't giving up just yet. Dhoni's sharp work ran Bell out after the latter had instinctively taken a few steps down the pitch after defending the ball to the on side. Stokes might have hit a huge six over long-on, but his dismissal by Ashwin had a sense of inevitability about it.

England needed 85 off 15.2 overs, and India would have fancied their chances when bowling to Bopara, who seems to forever be fighting for his place in the side, and the lower order. Bopara and Bresnan didn't try anything fancy against the spinners and instead waited for them to run out of overs. They then attacked the quick bowlers. Munaf's first over back went for 10, and the asking-rate was back under control. Jadeja came back to dismiss Bresnan, but Bopara remained solid for his 40. When he fell in Ashwin's last over, he had left England just 10 to get off 13.

Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test, Pallekele, 2nd day

Marsh and Hussey power Australia

Australia 264 for 3 (Marsh 87*, Hussey 76*) lead Sri Lanka 174 by 90 runs

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	Shaun Marsh showed impressive concentration in his first Test innings © Associated Press Enlarge

Shaun Marsh grew up dreaming of wearing a baggy green just like his father Geoff, and realised that ambition on Thursday. By Friday night he was able to go to bed dreaming of a long future in Test cricket and a potential century on debut, after he and Michael Hussey drove Australia into a powerful position at stumps on the second day in Pallekele.

Marsh was unbeaten on 87 and Hussey was on 76 when bad light stopped play shortly after tea, and although both men were within sight of triple figures, the most important figure was the 90-run lead they had built for their team. With seven wickets in hand and three days still to play, it would take something miraculous for the Sri Lankans to get out of this hole.

At least they know they have what it takes to trouble Australia; three top-order wickets before lunch proved that. But once Hussey and Marsh came together, two calm left-handers at opposite ends of their careers, all the momentum was sucked away from Sri Lanka.

When Australia were 116 for 3 following the loss of Michael Clarke, a first-innings lead was still up for grabs. At the close of play, Australia were 264 for 3, and the only question was how many Sri Lanka would have to make to force the visitors to bat a second time.

As the partnership grew, things became so desperate for Tillakaratne Dilshan that he even turned to Kumar Sangakkara, desperately hoping his arm would prove as golden as Hussey's had for Australia on the first day. But Sangakkara's sub-100kph seamers made Hussey the bowler look like Brett Lee, and the Australians had no problem seeing him off.

Sangakkara even took the new ball during his second over, an extraordinary move for a man whose only first-class victim was Elton Chigumbura in a match against Zimbabwe A seven years ago. It was a sign of how helpless Marsh and Hussey had made the Sri Lankans feel.

That's to be expected of Hussey, but the composure shown by Marsh was remarkable. If he reaches his hundred, he'll be the first Australian to score a century on debut since another patient Western Australian left-hander, Marcus North, who achieved the feat in South Africa in 2009.

Smart stats Michael Hussey's 76 is his second half-century of the series following the 95 in Galle. He has now scored 921 runs in the subcontinent at an average of 57.56 with two centuries and five half-centuries. Shaun Marsh became the third Australia batsman after Ricky Ponting and Stuart Law to make a fifty-plus score on Test debut against Sri Lanka. The 148-run stand between Hussey and Marsh is the second-highest fourth-wicket stand for Australia against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The highest stand is 206 between Darren Lehmann and Damien Martyn in Galle in 2004. This is only the eighth time that Sri Lanka have conceded a lead at the end of the second innings in home Tests since 2000 (matches when Sri Lanka have batted first). They have won two and lost four on the seven previous occasions. Since 2000, Australia have gained the lead at the end of the second innings (batting second) in 39 matches, including this one. They have won 33 and lost just two on the previous 38 occasions. All three draws, have, however come in matches played since January 2008.

But North was shielded down at No.6; Marsh was sent in at No.3, and saw wickets tumble around him early in his innings. Initially, he found his runs largely through singles, taking no risks, and even when the boundaries began to flow they were usually dispatched safely along the ground.

He brought up his half-century with a classy off-drive for four off the legspin of Seekkuge Prasanna, using his feet to reach the pitch of the ball and directing it wide of mid-off. He put away three boundaries in that over, but all were safe strokes.

Meanwhile, Hussey was punching through gaps, cutting late and finding runs with his usual ease. His only lean patch came when he spent 39 balls working his way through the 40s, before his half-century came up with a vicious pull for four off Suraj Randiv.

Hussey had survived a tight run-out chance on 39 when he dived full-stretch to make his ground after sprinting through for a quick single to mid-off. It was another incredible display of athleticism for a 36-year-old, but was hardly surprising after his flying catch at gully on the first day.

The direct hit from Lakmal would have found most batsmen around the world short of their ground, and it just added to the frustration for Sri Lanka after their first session had gone so well. The day started with a wicket before Australia had scored a run, as Shane Watson shouldered arms to Lakmal and lost his off stump.

It was a terribly poor piece of judgment: the ball was too full and too straight, and Watson should have learnt from the previous delivery, which had narrowly missed off stump when he also chose to leave it alone. By contrast, Clarke probably should have stayed away from the ball that got him for 13; he followed the angle from the left-armer Chanaka Welegedara and loosely edged to slip.

The other wicket to fall in that brief period of Sri Lankan dominance was Phillip Hughes, who worked hard for his 36 before he was caught at short-leg, having inside-edged onto his pad against the offspin of Randiv. It wasn't a failure of an innings for Hughes, but nor was it a triumph like Marsh's effort.

At stumps, Usman Khawaja was padded up ready to come in next, which created an interesting subplot for Australian fans: when Ricky Ponting returns for the third Test, Marsh, Hughes and Khawaja will be battling for two spots.

By then, the series could be decided. And Marsh might have been the man to decide it.

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Kim Littlejohn named New Zealand selector

	John Buchanan has brought plenty of change to New Zealand Cricket © Getty Images Enlarge

New Zealand Cricket's journey towards the unconventional has continued with the appointment of a little-known Australian lawn bowls administrator as their new national selection manager (NSM). Kim Littlejohn, who has spent the past seven years with Bowls Australia, was preferred ahead of the interim selection manager, Mark Greatbatch, along with other former cricketers including Ken Rutherford and Glenn Turner.

It was a bold move from an appointment panel led by the NZC's director of cricket, John Buchanan, who in June announced the disbanding of the existing selection panel in favour of a two-man panel made up of the NSM and the national coach, John Wright. Buchanan said the new role was very different to the traditional selection role and required a specific skill set.

"A key part of the role will be accessing and utilising the wealth of knowledge that already exists within cricket, including first-class coaches, high performance staff and New Zealand's cricket experts - in that respect it is more inclusive than previous models," Buchanan said. "The selection panel agreed that Kim was the right fit for the role.

"Kim brings extensive experience from Bowls Australia where his operational skills and understanding of high performance sport were highly regarded. Although he is new to cricket in New Zealand I am confident his will mean he has no issue getting up to speed with new selection system, performance focused management, people management, and cultural change.

"It is worth noting that Mark Greatbatch provided invaluable input and expertise during his time in the acting NSM role. However, the selection panel decided that Kim was the candidate who best matched the requirements of the role with the appointment also endorsed by John Wright."

Greatbatch declined to comment on the decision on Friday. Earlier in the week, before the appointment was confirmed, the former selector Dion Nash said he held some concerns about the way Buchanan appeared to be experimenting with New Zealand's setup.

"You can feel it's a changing of the guard. It's not surprising," Nash told the Dominion Post. "My only reservation is that I feel like we're being exposed to a huge experiment. To me it's uncharted territory.

"We're putting a lot of faith in John Buchanan and the new system, which is not to say it's a bad thing, but it is quite experimental. The shame for me would be if someone who deserved to be picked, wasn't picked."

Littlejohn has been the high performance manager and national team manager with Bowls Australia, and he previously worked as operations manager for Baseball Victoria. He started his career as an investment banker, but he does have some cricket in his background, having played in the club competition in Western Australia and coached with Melbourne University.

Under the new structure, Littlejohn will be responsible for the selection of national teams for both men and women, and the under-age sides, and he will be advised by the six domestic first-class coaches. However, Wright has the final say on selection, which fits with Buchanan's push for more accountability.

Littlejohn will begin in his new role on September 19. The appointment panel consisted of Buchanan, the former fast bowler Shane Bond, and the NZC board member Brent King
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Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test, Pallekele, 2nd day

Marsh and Hussey power Australia

Australia 264 for 3 (Marsh 87*, Hussey 76*) lead Sri Lanka 174 by 90 runs

	Shaun Marsh showed impressive concentration in his first Test innings © Associated Press Enlarge

Shaun Marsh grew up dreaming of wearing a baggy green just like his father Geoff, and realised that ambition on Thursday. By Friday night he was able to go to bed dreaming of a long future in Test cricket and a potential century on debut, after he and Michael Hussey drove Australia into a powerful position at stumps on the second day in Pallekele.

Marsh was unbeaten on 87 and Hussey was on 76 when bad light stopped play shortly after tea, and although both men were within sight of triple figures, the most important figure was the 90-run lead they had built for their team. With seven wickets in hand and three days still to play, it would take something miraculous for the Sri Lankans to get out of this hole.

At least they know they have what it takes to trouble Australia; three top-order wickets before lunch proved that. But once Hussey and Marsh came together, two calm left-handers at opposite ends of their careers, all the momentum was sucked away from Sri Lanka.

When Australia were 116 for 3 following the loss of Michael Clarke, a first-innings lead was still up for grabs. At the close of play, Australia were 264 for 3, and the only question was how many Sri Lanka would have to make to force the visitors to bat a second time.

As the partnership grew, things became so desperate for Tillakaratne Dilshan that he even turned to Kumar Sangakkara, desperately hoping his arm would prove as golden as Hussey's had for Australia on the first day. But Sangakkara's sub-100kph seamers made Hussey the bowler look like Brett Lee, and the Australians had no problem seeing him off.

Sangakkara even took the new ball during his second over, an extraordinary move for a man whose only first-class victim was Elton Chigumbura in a match against Zimbabwe A seven years ago. It was a sign of how helpless Marsh and Hussey had made the Sri Lankans feel.

That's to be expected of Hussey, but the composure shown by Marsh was remarkable. If he reaches his hundred, he'll be the first Australian to score a century on debut since another patient Western Australian left-hander, Marcus North, who achieved the feat in South Africa in 2009.

Smart stats Michael Hussey's 76 is his second half-century of the series following the 95 in Galle. He has now scored 921 runs in the subcontinent at an average of 57.56 with two centuries and five half-centuries. Shaun Marsh became the third Australia batsman after Ricky Ponting and Stuart Law to make a fifty-plus score on Test debut against Sri Lanka. The 148-run stand between Hussey and Marsh is the second-highest fourth-wicket stand for Australia against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The highest stand is 206 between Darren Lehmann and Damien Martyn in Galle in 2004. This is only the eighth time that Sri Lanka have conceded a lead at the end of the second innings in home Tests since 2000 (matches when Sri Lanka have batted first). They have won two and lost four on the seven previous occasions. Since 2000, Australia have gained the lead at the end of the second innings (batting second) in 39 matches, including this one. They have won 33 and lost just two on the previous 38 occasions. All three draws, have, however come in matches played since January 2008.

But North was shielded down at No.6; Marsh was sent in at No.3, and saw wickets tumble around him early in his innings. Initially, he found his runs largely through singles, taking no risks, and even when the boundaries began to flow they were usually dispatched safely along the ground.

He brought up his half-century with a classy off-drive for four off the legspin of Seekkuge Prasanna, using his feet to reach the pitch of the ball and directing it wide of mid-off. He put away three boundaries in that over, but all were safe strokes.

Meanwhile, Hussey was punching through gaps, cutting late and finding runs with his usual ease. His only lean patch came when he spent 39 balls working his way through the 40s, before his half-century came up with a vicious pull for four off Suraj Randiv.

Hussey had survived a tight run-out chance on 39 when he dived full-stretch to make his ground after sprinting through for a quick single to mid-off. It was another incredible display of athleticism for a 36-year-old, but was hardly surprising after his flying catch at gully on the first day.

The direct hit from Lakmal would have found most batsmen around the world short of their ground, and it just added to the frustration for Sri Lanka after their first session had gone so well. The day started with a wicket before Australia had scored a run, as Shane Watson shouldered arms to Lakmal and lost his off stump.

It was a terribly poor piece of judgment: the ball was too full and too straight, and Watson should have learnt from the previous delivery, which had narrowly missed off stump when he also chose to leave it alone. By contrast, Clarke probably should have stayed away from the ball that got him for 13; he followed the angle from the left-armer Chanaka Welegedara and loosely edged to slip.

The other wicket to fall in that brief period of Sri Lankan dominance was Phillip Hughes, who worked hard for his 36 before he was caught at short-leg, having inside-edged onto his pad against the offspin of Randiv. It wasn't a failure of an innings for Hughes, but nor was it a triumph like Marsh's effort.

At stumps, Usman Khawaja was padded up ready to come in next, which created an interesting subplot for Australian fans: when Ricky Ponting returns for the third Test, Marsh, Hughes and Khawaja will be battling for two spots.

By then, the series could be decided. And Marsh might have been the man to decide it.

England v India, 3rd ODI, The Oval

India fight back before rain arrives

20 overs England 95 for 3 (Bell 4*, Stokes 3*) need another 140 for beat India 234 for 7 (Jadeja 78, Dhoni 69, Anderson 3-48)

	R Ashwin spun one past Jonathan Trott's outside edge as India fought back strongly © Getty Images Enlarge

An aggressive Craig Kieswetter seemed to have set England on their way to registering a first win batting second in a day-nighter at The Oval, but India's slower bowlers brought India right back.

Kieswetter toyed around with Praveen Kumar and RP Singh, charging at them, making room, hitting them over both midwicket and extra cover, scoring 51 off 46, but the rest scored 46 off 74 balls. Munaf Patel'a accuracy got Alastair Cook, Ravindra Jadeja's arm ball accounted for Kieswetter, and R Ashwin's carrom ball got rid of Jonathan Trott to convert 63 for 0 to 89 for 3 minutes before rain interrupted play.

Kieswetter continued from where he had left at Rose Bowl. Praveen made a decent start, RP's return to The Oval was much better than his effort in the Test, but Kieswetter liked their in-between pace. He could jump down the track, and had enough time to go inside-out or inside-in. When he hit the sixes - over midwicket off Praveen, and over extra cover off Munaf - batting looked at its easiest today.

Munaf brought semblance of control with his wicket-to-wicket stuff, and Cook - struggling for momentum - played and missed across one that landed in front of middle and would have hit the middle of middle stump. Kieswetter still went strong, though, but Jadeja managed to cast doubt in his mind.

His wicket came in a manner spinners dream wickets. One arm ball hit his pad, the next offbreak ripped across him, and the next arm ball took the middle stump out.

At the other end Trott struggled to get the spinners off the square too. MS Dhoni and India sensed something. The fields came in, the lbw appeals increased in number, and then the carrom ball took the top of off. A nervous Ben Stokes survived a few lbw shouts immediately after, on each occasion managing to get the pad outside the line of off just in time.

The shower began around the 19th over, and caught the teams by surprise. Neither team seemed to know where it stood vis-à-vis Duckworth-Lewis. England looked to slow proceedings down in the 20th over, India rushed through it a bit. The teams went off after the 20th over. Turned out, England were five runs ahead of the par score.

50 overs India 234 for 7 (Jadeja 78, Dhoni 69, Anderson 3-48) v England

	James Anderson made short work of India's top order© Getty Images Enlarge

Ravindra Jadeja scored his international best, MS Dhoni came close to his highest score of the tour, the two put together India's third-highest partnership of the tour, R Ashwin followed up with a cameo in the Batting Powerplay, but India were in such crisis before all that happened that the target was nothing more than respectable. On a green track, under overcast skies, England had India down at 25 for 4 and 58 for 5, but couldn't quite administer the knockout blow.

Dhoni and Jadeja - the latter has barely been in England for 24 hours - ran hard between the wickets, placed balls well, and helped India recover from an early James Anderson assault. Anderson swung and seamed the ball around in a first spell of seven overs for 24 runs and three wickets, and also chipped in with a smart direct-hit to get rid of Rahul Dravid. Once the recovery job was done, though, Alastair Cook wilted a touch in the Batting Powerplay as India looted 60 off the last five overs despite the loss of Dhoni's wicket.

Perhaps the pitch had eased out by then. For earlier, the top order struggled to handle the movement and menace of Anderson and Tim Bresnan. The two got the ball to move either way from short-of-driving lengths, but Anderson picked up the wickets. Ajinkya Rahane fatally chased an outswinger in the first over, Parthiv Patel played all over a rare full ball in the seventh, Dravid kept looking over his shoulder when trying to steal a quick single, and Virat Kohli edged one outside off in the 11th.

Suresh Raina had a horror stay at the wicket, and looked to slog his way out. One of the slogs failed to connect, another went out of the ground, and the final one - off Stuart Broad - took the toe edge of the bat through to the keeper. India still had 31 overs to bat.

By then, though, the ball was moving less, the second string of bowlers didn't provide that much threat, and Dhoni and Jadeja put their legs to a solid test. They didn't risk losing wickets by trying to hit the bowlers off their rhythm, but they tested every single fielder with every single hit. They took 23 overs to reach 101 runs for the stand. England didn't completely back off during that spell, but there still remained a distinct middle-overs feel to the ease with which the two could find gaps.

In the 44th over, with both their fifties reached, they asked for the Powerplay. The first over they saw off, but in the second Dhoni skied a low full toss from Bresnan. It seemed that once again England were going to ruthlessly crush India just before a comeback was about to assume meaningful proportions. The script changed for a while here.

Jade Dernbach's slower balls became predictable, Ashwin upper-cut Bresnan, Anderson bowled length, and Cook didn't know what to do with the fields. The bowlers didn't help by not bowling to their fields. Ashwin scored 36 off 19, punching, upper-cutting, scooping, but he knew he and his bowling partners would need a much better show if India were to register their first international win on the tour.