Indian colts beat England

In a low-scoring match, India defeated England by three wickets in the first under-19 one-dayer between the two countries at Lal Bahadur stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.

Electing to bat first, England were all out for 127. The hosts, in reply, scored 130 for the loss of seven wickets in 26.1 overs.

The English lads lost opener J Sadler for one and skipper Ian Bell (27) early and never recovered. Nickey Peng (28) tried to stabilise the innings but spinner Vidyut Sivaramakrishna dismissed him, reducing the visitors to 62 for 3.

The Indian bowlers dominated the proceedings thereafter and sent the English batsmen back to pavilion in a quick succession though R Ferley made a defiant 27 as England were bundled out in 46 overs.

India's reply too was not very authoritative as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Openers Goutam Gambhir (18) and Vinayak Mane (12) perished to the tight bowling of Chris Tremlett and soon India were struggling at 61 for four.

However, skipper Ajay Ratra held one end while Maninder Singh (17) and Vidyut Sivaramakrishna (15) chipped in with useful contributions to edge close to the victory target.

Ratra was unbeaten on 22 as India surpassed the target and won the first one-dayer by three wickets.

The second match of the three-match series will be played at Vijayawada on February 4 while the third at Hyderabad, on February 6.

Scoreboard

England
J Saddler b Nitin Agarawal 1
N Peng c & b Vidyut Sivaramakrishna 28
Ian Bell c Ratra b Vidyut Sivaramakrishna 27
G Pratt c Mane b A.Yadav 2
G Muchall c Mane b A Yadav 0
Chris Tremlett c Ratra b Manider Singh 6
Mark Wallace run out 10
R Ferley c & b Vidyut Sivaramakrishna 27
Ian Pattson lbw Maninder Singh 3
Justin Bishop c Ratra B A Yadav 1
A McGarry not out 12
Extras: (b-1, w-2, nb-7) 10
Total: (all out in 46 overs) 127
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-57, 3-62, 4-62, 5-63, 6-78, 7-88, 8-95, 9-104
Bowling: Trivedi 7-2-17-0, Nitin Agarwal 5-2-26-1, Maninder Singh 5-2-13-2, Vidyut Sivaramakrishna 10-0-26-3, Ajay Yadav 10-2-20-3, Amit Mishra 9-2-24-0.

India:
Goutam c Wallace b Tremlett 18
V Mane c Wallace b Tremlett 12
M Bisla b Bishop 6
A Naidu c Wallace b Pattson 17
N Arjun Yadav c Peng b McGarry 12
A Ratra not out 22
Maninder Singh lbw b McGarry 17
Vidyut Sivaramakrishna c Pratt b Tremlett 15
Amit Mishra not out 2
Extras (lb-2,w-6,nb-1) 9
Total (for seven wickets in 26.1 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-33, 3-39, 4-61, 5-69, 6-93, 7-115.
Bowling: Bishop 10-0-45-1, Tremlett 7-1-31-3, McGarry 6.1-1-35-2, Ian Pattson 3-0-17-1.

Result: India won by three wickets.

Mail Cricket Editor