England XI humiliated
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Mumbai Cricket Association XI 222 for 7 (Marathe 65) beat England XI 98 (Swann 24*, Waingankar 5-37) by 124 runs
England crumpled to an embarrassing defeat in their second warm-up match at the Brabourne Stadium. With just three days until their first of seven ODIs against India, they folded to 98 all out chasing 223, as the Mumbai Cricket Association XI romped to a 124-run win, Cricinfo reports.
They suffered an early blow when Stuart Broad withdrew from the game with a sore knee and with Ryan Sidebottom still out with an Achilles injury, England went into the match with only two fit fast bowlers. The problems were compounded by poor shot selection and failures from several of their top-order batsmen.
Despite their injury limitations, England did well to limit the MCA XI to 222 for 7 off their 50 overs, with Steve Harmison the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 38.
England crumpled to an embarrassing defeat in their second warm-up match at the Brabourne Stadium. With just three days until their first of seven ODIs against India, they folded to 98 all out chasing 223, as the Mumbai Cricket Association XI romped to a 124-run win, Cricinfo reports.
They suffered an early blow when Stuart Broad withdrew from the game with a sore knee and with Ryan Sidebottom still out with an Achilles injury, England went into the match with only two fit fast bowlers. The problems were compounded by poor shot selection and failures from several of their top-order batsmen.
Despite their injury limitations, England did well to limit the MCA XI to 222 for 7 off their 50 overs, with Steve Harmison the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 38.