Shami and Bumrah demolish England to make it six out of six for India

India 229 for 8 (Rohit 87, Suryakumar 49, Willey 3-45) beat England 129 (Livingstone 27, Shami 4-22, Bumrah 3-32) by 100 runs

Mohammed Shami ripped the guts out of England as India defended a modest complete in Lucknow to keep up their unbeaten World Cup run and condemn their opponents’ marketing campaign even additional.

Shami claimed 2 for 4 from three overs inside the primary powerplay in a wide ranging spell and Jasprit Bumrah 2 for 17 from 5 as England lurched to 40 for 4 after 10 overs chasing 230 for simply their second win of the event. Shami claimed two extra and Bumrah one to make sure that wasn’t to be as none of England’s batters handed Liam Livingstone’s 27 and India romped to a 100-run victory with 15.1 overs to spare.

David Willey’s fierce, wide-eyed celebration upon eradicating Virat Kohli for a nine-ball duck hinted on the menace England have been anticipated to convey however have sorely missed on this event. It was matched by Dawid Malan’s steely gaze which adopted the ball over deep midwicket as he clubbed Mohammed Siraj for six to get off the mark after Willey, Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid had helped limit India to 229 for 8, Rohit Sharma’s 87 in tough batting situations main the best way for the hosts.

But then Bumrah beat Malan’s exterior edge with one which formed away and, two balls later, obtained his man by way of an tried minimize which Malan chopped straight onto his stumps. Bumrah made it two wickets in two balls when he had Joe Root tripping over himself and rapped on the entrance pad as England stumbled to 30 for two after 5 overs and the batting woes which had plagued them seemed set to proceed.

Bumrah amd Shami have been excellent via the later half of the primary powerplay, the previous’s maiden within the seventh over adopted instantly by a wicket maiden for Shami, who squared up Ben Stokes with two wonderful balls that beat unconvincing makes an attempt to defend after which lured the batter to assault a fuller ball that splattered the stumps.

Jonny Bairstow survived on 13 when Kohli failed to tug down a tough likelihood at slip however Shami resumed the place he’d left off in his earlier over with a second wicket in as many deliveries as Bairstow dragged one on that nipped in from the proper size simply exterior off stump.

England wanted one thing massive from Jos Buttler, their besieged captain, who had managed simply 95 runs from the primary 5 video games, together with a highest rating of 43 within the opening match in opposition to New Zealand. But Kuldeep Yadav ensured Buttler’s lean run continued with a gem of a supply that turned ferociously from exterior off and crashed into the highest of center and off to ship him on his manner for simply 10 and go away England reeling at 52 for five.

Shami returned for a second spell within the twenty fourth over and struck first ball to take away Moeen Ali, inviting the drive and discovering an edge which sailed via to KL Rahul behind the stumps. Shami’s dismissal of Adil Rashid, bowled via the gate, left India with only one wicket to get and Bumrah obliged with an excellent yorker that struck the bottom of Mark Wood’s center stump.

After successful the toss and asking India to bat on a two-paced pitch, England began properly, limiting their opponents to 35 for two within the opening powerplay.

Willey started with a maiden within the first over of the match however then his second went for 18, together with two sixes by Rohit over midwicket and down the bottom to place England’s bowlers underneath strain early. However, Woakes – again after being dropped for England’s defeat to South Africa within the earlier sport and with solely two wickets from his aspect’s sole win of the marketing campaign in opposition to Bangladesh heading into this match – obtained one to nip again, beat Shubman Gill’s drive, and clatter into center and off stumps. That introduced Kohli to the crease however his mistimed drive at Willey was comfortably taken by Stokes at mid-off to go away India shellshocked at 27 for two within the seventh over.

Woakes, bowling his sixth over on the trot, struck once more when he had Shreyas Iyer merely taken by Wood at mid-on to make it 40 for 3 and England thought it was 51 for 4 earlier than Rohit managed to overturn his lbw dismissal by the hands of Wood, when ball monitoring steered it was lacking leg stump, and his subsequent 4 via deep backward level was met by a thunderous roar from the house crowd.

Rohit introduced up his fifty, smearing Wood simply extensive of mid-on and working two, then lifted the subsequent ball effortlessly past deep backward sq. leg for six earlier than dancing down the pitch to Moeen Ali and lofting him over mid-off for 4 in what formed up as a vital innings for India.

But then Willey returned to the assault and instantly broke a 91-run stand for the fourth wicket when Rahul superior and despatched the ball to Bairstow at mid-on. Rohit grew to become over-excited, choosing Rashid’s googly and holing out to deep midwicket the place Liam Livingstone ran in from the boundary’s edge to take a robust sliding catch, jamming his knee laborious into the turf and leaving an enormous divot.

England conceded their first extras within the fortieth over when Suryakumar Yadav formed to reverse-sweep Moeen, however the ball evaded the bat in addition to Buttler and dribbled away for 4 byes. Ravindra Jadeja was fast to evaluate his lbw dismissal to Rashid within the subsequent over, however the choice was upheld on umpire’s name when ball-tracking confirmed the ball clipping the highest of leg stump and England may declare the higher hand within the contest.

From there Surayakumar took it upon himself to maintain India’s innings afloat. He moved to 48 and took his staff previous the 200-mark with a elegant flick for six over high-quality leg off Wood. No sooner had Bumrah pushed Wood via the on aspect for 4 and he was put down by Moeen at long-off however then Surayakumar picked out Woakes at deep level to present Willey his third wicket and fall one run shy of his half-century.

Only Bumrah – run out for 16 on the final ball of the innings – joined Rohit, Surayakumar and Rahul in double figures as India ended up shy of the whole they might have wished, even with their foes so out of contact. But due to his work with Shami via England’s innings, it proved to be lots.

Valkerie Baynes is a common editor, ladies’s cricket, at ESPNcricinfo

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