England tour of India 2008 Cricket (Schedule)

England tour of India 2008 Cricket Schedule

Sun 9, November
England v TBC
Time: 09:30 AM
Venue: TBC, Mumbai


Tue 11, November
England v TBC
Time: 09:30 AM
Venue: TBC, Mumbai


Fri 14, November
1st ODI - India v England
Time: 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT
Venue: Madhavrao Sindhia Cricket Ground, Rajkot



Mon 17 November
2nd ODI - India v England
Time: 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT
Venue: Nehru Stadium, Indore


Thu 20 November
3rd ODI - India v England
Time: 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT
Venue: Green Park, Kanpur


Sun 23 November
4th ODI - India v England
Time: 02:00 local, 08:30 GMT
Venue: Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur

Wed 26 November
5th ODI - India v England
Time: 02:00 local, 08:30 GMT
Venue: Barabati Stadium, Cuttack


Sat 29 November
6th ODI - India v England
Time: 09:00 local, 03:30 GMT
Venue: Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Tue 2 December
7th ODI - India v England
Time: 02:00 local, 08:30 GMT
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi


Fri 5 Dec - Sun 7 December
TBC v England
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: TBC Baroda




Thu 11 Dec - Mon 15 December
1st Test – India v England
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad


Fri 19 Dec – Tue 23 December
2nd Test – India v England
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

England will tour India in early part of November to play 7 ODI’s and two test matches including three tour games. The Seven ODI’s is scheduled to play on 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 26th, 29th of November and last ODI will be played on 2nd of December.

After wards they will play three day practice game before the starts of 1st Test match at Motera Ground, Ahmedabad. Last Test match of the two match series will be played in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of the first three ties of the seven-match One-Day International series against England starting in Rajkot Nov 14. Announcing the 15-member squad for the series, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N. Srinivasan said considering the hectic schedule during the year and also the tours ahead, the national selectors acceded to Tendulkar’s request that he be rested for the first three games.

The selectors, who finalised the squad for the first three matches here Wednesday night, also decided to rotate the bowlers so that they get adequate rest.

Tendulkar has not played ODIs since the tri-series in Australia in March. An elbow injury prevented him from playing in the one-day series in Sri Lanka August-September and before that he pulled out of the Bangladesh series and the Asia Cup in Pakistan owing to a groin injury.

All-rounder Irfan Pathan, medium-pacer Praveen Kumar and middle-order batsman Badrinath, who replaced Tendulkar, and wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel have been omitted.

Virender Sehwag, who missed the Sri Lanka tour with an ankle injury, and Irfan’s brother Yusuf return to the squad while Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay is the only newcomer to the side to be captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

England will arrive in Mumbai Thursday and will play practice matches against a Mumbai team Nov 9 and 11.

England will also play a two-Test series beginning in Ahmedabad Dec 11.

India squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Rudra Pratap Singh, Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay.

England squad:

Kevin Pietersen (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Samit Patel, Matt Prior, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

England team’s itinerary:

Nov 6: Arrive in Mumbai; Nov 9: One-day warm-up match, Mumbai; Nov 11: Second warm-up match, Mumbai; Nov 14: 1st one-dayer, Rajkot; Nov 17: 2nd one-dayer, Indore; Nov 20: 3rd one-dayer, Kanpur; Nov 23: 4th one-dayer, Jamshedpur; Nov 26: 5th one-dayer, Cuttack; Nov 29: 6th one-dayer, Guwahati; Dec 02: 7th one-dayer, Delhi.

Dec 5-7: 3-day warm-up match, Vadodara; Dec 11-15: 1st Test, Ahmedabad; Dec 19-23, 2nd Test, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

india beat england 5-1 in ODIs in their last trip in 2006

The two-match Test series between India and England has been rescheduled and would be played at Chennai (December 11-15) and Mohali (December 19-23), the Cricket Board announced.
BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said in a media release that England have agreed to resume their tour of India that was halted after the first five ODIs were completed following the terror attack in Mumbai.
However, the final word on the tour would be given only after the England and Wales Cricket Board send their security consultant for discussions with the authorities in India.
England were originally scheduled to play the Test matches at Ahmedabad and Mumbai on the same dates before the Mumbai terror attack.