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England classics: Strauss aids tie with India

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Andrew Strauss led from the front with a sensational 158 as an astonishing 2011 World Cup match between England and India ended in a dramatic tie.

The Bangalore hosts appeared in control at the halfway stage after Sachin Tendulkar’s sublime 120 propelled them to a mammoth total of 338.

However, Strauss emulated Tendulkar’s innings with a magnificent knock of his own to put England on the brink of a remarkable victory at 280 for two with eight overs remaining.

There was to be another twist in the tale as Zaheer Khan struck in successive balls at the start of the batting powerplay, removing Ian Bell for 69 and also ending Strauss' 145-ball stay at the crease.

The masterful Sachin Tendulkar sets the tone with a brilliant century that aided India's apparently match-winning 338

England stumbled thereafter, but just when it appeared as though they were going to suffer a painful defeat, sixes from Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad helped them to 29 runs from the final 11 deliveries and a share of the spoils.

While the closing stages of England’s innings will live long in the memory, the earlier efforts of Bresnan, who returned excellent figures of 5-48, should not be forgotten.

It was he who played the lead role as India suffered a collapse of their own, losing seven wickets for 33 runs in the space of 24 deliveries to be dismissed with one ball remaining.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side rued their failure to bat out 50 overs and also reflected on a poor piece of running that saw umpire Marais Erasmus call one short against Munaf Patel as Zaheer looked to scramble two off the penultimate ball.


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