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Match Drawn  
23.1 Kumble to Vaughan, no run
23.2 Kumble to Vaughan, no run
23.3 Kumble to Vaughan, no run
23.4 Kumble to Vaughan, one run, played down to long leg
23.5 Kumble to Trescothick, one run, eased through the on side for an
easy single
23.6 Kumble to Vaughan, no run


End of over 24 (2 runs) England 105/0 (lead by 112 runs)

A Kumble 10-2-28-0 (1nb) - Pavilion End
ME Trescothick 52* (83b 8x4) MP Vaughan 44* (66b 7x4)

24.1 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run, Agarkar doing a Cork, bowls the
half-tracker, Trescothick sways away from it
24.2 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run
24.3 Agarkar to Trescothick, one run, short delivery, played with very
soft hands, gives it direction towards deep backward point
24.4 Agarkar to Vaughan, no run, short delivery, must have been four!
Harbhajan Singh fields the cut shot at point and saves four runs,
lucky Agarkar
24.5 Agarkar to Vaughan, no run, not enough luck this time, beats
Vaughan with a good delivery, just outside the off, ball moving
away off the seam
24.6 Agarkar to Vaughan, no run, once again cut away, straight to
Harbhajan singh at point


End of over 25 (1 run) England 106/0 (lead by 113 runs)

AB Agarkar 3-0-14-0 - Vauxhall End
ME Trescothick 53* (86b 8x4) MP Vaughan 44* (69b 7x4)

Well the critics wouldn't complain this as negative cricket or
boring batting, runs have been flowing here at The Oval
Bowling change: Harbhajan Singh
25.1 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, no run
25.2 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, no run, bowling over the wicket,
bowls well outside the line of leg, trescothick lets it go by
25.3 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, no run
25.4 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, one run
25.5 Harbhajan Singh to Vaughan, one run
25.6 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, no run


End of over 26 (2 runs) England 108/0 (lead by 115 runs)

Harbhajan Singh 6-1-19-0 - Pavilion End
MP Vaughan 45* (70b 7x4) ME Trescothick 54* (91b 8x4)

26.1 Agarkar to Vaughan, no run
26.2 Agarkar to Vaughan, one run, taps the ball in defence to the off
side, sense of urgency rom the English batsmen, Indians not too
worried about the runs taken
26.3 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run
26.4 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run
26.5 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run, nasty bouncer! Trescothick had no
clue, was all at mercy of that ball, almost got a glove to it,
Ratra appealed in vain
26.6 Agarkar to Trescothick, no run


End of over 27 (1 run) England 109/0 (lead by 116 runs)

AB Agarkar 4-0-15-0 - Vauxhall End
MP Vaughan 46* (72b 7x4) ME Trescothick 54* (95b 8x4)

27.1 Harbhajan Singh to Vaughan, no run
27.2 Harbhajan Singh to Vaughan, no run
27.3 Harbhajan Singh to Vaughan, no run
27.4 Harbhajan Singh to Vaughan, one run, eased through mid-wicket for a
single
27.5 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, FOUR, swept fine, nice shot,
Agarkar trots towards the ball, ball wins the race - four
27.6 Harbhajan Singh to Trescothick, no run, flat and quick, outside the

off, defended


End of over 28 (5 runs) England 114/0 (lead by 121 runs)

Harbhajan Singh 7-1-24-0 - Pavilion End
MP Vaughan 47* (76b 7x4) ME Trescothick 58* (97b 9x4)

That is good night from The Oval! Umpire offer the light - and that
is that for the day
England are 114 for no loss in their second innings, they lead by
121 runs. Trescothick is on 58 and Vaughan on 47, both the batsmen
are in supreme form.
Clearly the day belonged to Rahul Dravid - 217 off 468 balls with
28 boundaries.
Do join us tomorrow for the final day of this Test series. Play
starts at 1000 Hrs GMT, 1530 Hrs IST.
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Match State: Delay - Day 5 - Rain

Good morning from The Oval. Very heavy rain in London and across
most of the UK this morning, and the forecast is for it to
continue for some time.
So at the moment there is no chance of a prompt start, and whilst
there is no official news from the umpires as yet, its also
unlikely there will be any play before lunch.
Check CricInfo.com throughout the morning and we'll keep you up to
date with the latest developments.
Update 12pm (1100 GMT) - The rain is unfortunately still falling
steadily, showing no signs of stopping. Indeed the weather
forecast is for it to continue for many hours yet, possibly later
than 6pm.
Were the rain to stop it would take at least two and a half hours
to get the ground fit for play.
At the moment though it looks as if we have seen the last Test
cricket in England this summer.
More news as and when we receive it.
News from The Oval: Match has been abandoned
Heavy downpour and all that water all around have convinced the
umpires that there is no possibility of any cricket today.

The npower Test series ends 1-1
Man of the Match: Rahul Dravid
Man of the Series: Michael Vaughan
Well, Vaughan was named the England Man of the Series
The Indian Man of the Series: Rahul Dravid
This is the first Test match day's play to be completely washed out
at The Oval since July 26 1980 against West Indies.
Not that the day's play would have produced a result in this Test,
as Hussain rightly put it," A bridge too far"
It stayed a flat track for the first four days and there were no
reasons to believe that wickets would have tumbled on the final
day
This is not exactly the kind of track that would produce a result,
as Indians would testify it, the batting belters in the sub-
continent have produced a lot of runs, and so we saw at The Oval
too
Rahul Dravid and Michael Vaughan scored a lot of runs in the series
and took the Man of the Series award
England won the first Test at Lord's, India saved the second Test
and went on to win at Leeds in the third Test.
A very rare away Test win for the Indians.
The Indian batsmen would have struggled on bouncy tracks, well the
nature of pitch has played a very crucial role in the outcome of
the series. Both the teams would feel happy withthe final result
1-1

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