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Man of the match for sure is Reece Topley. He is the second England player ever to take an ODI six for, after Chris Woakes, who did it twice – but not as sparingly as Topley, who grabbed six for 24.
“It means a lot,” he says. “It’s all been worth it to be honest. It was right above this stand that I had surgery three years ago,” he adds, gesturing towards Wellington Hospital. “It’s everyone’s dream to play for England and I just want to pull on the shirt as often as I can.”
He is a bit talkative in the limelight but that doesn’t matter because his bowling did the talking today. He takes incredible advantage of bouncing on a sports field and his enjoyment, as you’ll see if you scroll down, has produced some great photos. A few words, however, about Yuzvendra Chahal, the man of the match in the first half. He didn’t deserve to end up on the wrong end of a shot.
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And there’s Jos Buttler. “I’m thrilled with the reaction from the guys,” he says. “We didn’t play at our best but we still got a result and the way the boys played I thought was outstanding. The two boys [Topley and Willey] set the tone.” Did someone make him say “guys” in every sentence?
“Traditionally, you bat here,” he adds, “so it was difficult to know what to do with the toss, even though I would have bowled first.” Among the batsmen, he singles out David Willey and Moeen Ali, who “created a great partnership” . It’s true: it was the kind of game that could be won with a stand of 62. And a man who grabs six for.
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Here is Rohit Sharma. “We batted pretty well,” he reckons, “to restrict a team like that to under 250 was a good effort. But we wouldn’t do well. When conditions are challenging, we have to adapt.”
“For years,” says Tom van der Gucht, “the ODI team was treated as an international training ground for the Test team. Then Morgan happened… Since then they’ve pretty much been two different entities. But I’d love Topley to use his recent short-form, er, form to force his way into the Test team as a much-needed point of difference in the bowling attack.”Yes, they could do with a left-hander. But the two countries suddenly look a lot more alike, don’t they? Except the Test team scores faster.
This is also very good for the series – vital, in fact. England, who were staring down another 2-0 as they slumped to 102 for five, came back to make it 1-1. The decider is on Sunday at Old Trafford.
Man of the match will be Reece Topley but if he hadn’t grabbed all those wickets it could have been David Willey who made a fighting 41, dismissed Virat Kohli and could easily have been three for.
So England followed up a ten-wicket defeat with an emphatic 100-run win. It is a triumph not only for Topli, who will grab all the headlines, but also for Jos Buttler, whose every bowling change has turned into gold; for Matthew Mott, who refused to change sides; and for Moen Ali. His determined innings of 47 was worth twice as much on a day when no one else reached 40 and no Indian managed to reach 30.
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England won by 100 runs!
Wicket! Krishna c Buttler b Topley 0 (India 146 all out) It’s over. Hot has six! And not only that – he has the best scores ever achieved by an English bowler in 51 years of ODIs. Six for 24. He takes the team off the field and has the best day of his life.
Topli takes his bow. Photo: Gareth Copley/ECB/Getty Images
Updated at 20.44 BST
VARITKA! Chahal b Topley 3 (India 145-9)
Hotly gets five for! His yorker is too good for Chahal and Topli’s tall figure is now crowned with a broad smile. He’s swinging the white ball around, enjoying the moment as much as he has after battling through a few unfortunate injuries.
What a performance by Topli. Photo: Matt Dunham/AP
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38th over: India 145-8 (Bumrah 2, Chahal 3) Livingstone has a replica of Gary Naylor’s one-liner: he leg-breaks Bumrah, who turns enough to take the lead, though it lands safely in the covers.
37th over: India 141-8 (Bumrah 1, Chahal 0) Topley continues, making his nine over. He holds firm but can’t take that fifth wicket – something no England player has done in an ODI at Lord’s since 1997, says Mike Atherton, and he should know, having then captained the England. It was Darren Gough who did it in the match against Australia, which is remembered more for Ben Holyoake’s fine carefree first fifty.
“Liam Livingstone is so versatile,” says Gary Naylor on Twitter. “Against right-handers, he fails to turn a leg break, and against left-handers, he fails to make an off break.” Good line!
36th over: India 140-8 (Bumrah 0, Chahal 0) So Livingston starts with a maiden wicket and Buttler has a smile on his face that’s almost as wide as the one he had this time three years ago.
VARITKA! Jadeja b Livingstone 28 (India 140-8)
One brings two! Liam Livingstone’s first ball is a yorker that startles Jadeja and rattles the rafters.
Liam Livingston clean bowls Ravi Jadeja. Photo: Ashley Western/Colorsport/Shutterstock
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35th over: India 140-7 (Jadeya 29, Bumrah 0) So Topli is still the man of the match: he now has four for 22, his best in ODIs.
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VARITKA! Shami c Stokes b Topley 23 (India 140-7)
The breakthrough! Topli returns and Shami leaves. This time the slower ball really fools him: he catches it all the way and just blasts it in the air, like Pant but more so. Stokes has a lot to cover when coming in from deep middle, but handles it with aplomb.
Hot does it again! Photo: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters
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34th over: India 138-6 (Jadeya 28, Shami 22) Kars bowls Shami a stylish slower ball which is also a yorker. Shami, to my surprise, is equal to it, adding a dead bat to his repertoire. England’s last five wickets have yielded more runs than their first five (144 to 102), and the Indians are close to emulating that (65 to 73). This is the battle of the reversible batting lines.
33rd over: India 136-6 (Jadeja 27, Shami 21) Shami fires Willy so high in the air that the ball can be shown on that fancy new telescope. When he descends again, he lands safely in the depths and two more are added to the tally. Shami thinks he can win this one.
“So,” says Brendan Large, “if you follow the old adage of taking the score after 30 overs and doubling it… we’re heading for a Super Over! Hooray!” We would be if there was a Super Over in the rules for this game. Maybe the so-called Super League couldn’t keep up with the competition.
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32nd over: India 131-6 (Jadeja 25, Shami 18) Although most of the batsmen came on today, only two managed to put on a fifty – Moeen and David Willey, who added 62 for England’s seventh wicket. I feel Jadeja and Shami can do it too. They are now 30 and Karse has just dropped Shami – a tough catch-and-throw chance, low on the left.
31st over: India 128-6 (Jadeja 23, Shami 17) Out is Overton (7-0-22-0) and back is Willey who gives five singles.
“What does one make of this obsession with willies?” asks Kim Tonger. “Thatcher: ‘every prime minister needs a Willie'”. Penny Mordaunt: “I think Margaret Thatcher said that every prime minister needs a will. There is no such thing as a woman like me. Butler, quite possibly, in his post-match interview tonight: “every England captain needs Willie.”
30th over: India 123-6 (Jadeja 20, Shami 15) Jadeja works Moeen, cleverly. Shami is reluctant to follow suit: he charges and lofts a drive for a six. After 30 overs, India are almost at the halfway point, the way things were done circa 1986.
29th over: India 112-6 (Jadeja 16, Shami 8) Overton bowls to Shami, who throws the bat and gets a top edge for four. The next ball, slightly fuller, carries a great big air shot. If you go to a Shami concert, I suspect you’ll witness quite a bit of air guitar. But you will have fun too.
28th over: India 105-6 (Jadeja 15, Shami 4) … But Mohammed Shami has other ideas. It was largely thanks to him that the last time we saw the Indian tail in action at Lord’s, in the Test last summer, England had a nightmare. He opens his account here with more of the same – a stroke for four. But Moeen won’t mind that: he has the crucial wicket of Pandya.
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VARITKA! Pandya c Livingstone b Moeen 29 (India 101-6)
Big moment! Pandya tries to spin Moeen for a six, but unlike Jadeja, he aims for the long-on boundary, outside off towards the stands. Livingstone makes no mistake and it should be curtains for India.
This should be it: Moeen removes Pandya for 29. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
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27th over: India 101-5 (Pandya 29, Jadeja 15) After that blow to his figures from the periscope four, Overton is back to his happy place, points and singles. He hasn’t taken the wickets of Topley and Willey, but he has matched their frugality – all gone for less than three runs an over.
26th over: India 99-5 (Pandya 28, Jadeja 14) That pat on the cap might have woken Jadeja up. He spins Moeen into the Mound stand for six with no apparent effort, giving him a dose of his own medicine.
25th over: India 91-5 (Pandya 27, Jadeja 7) Topli (7-2-20-3) delivers to Overton, who doesn’t allow any boundaries – except by chance. Jadeja, dodging a batsman, leaves his bat up like a periscope and gets four as the ball hits his helmet, then the bat and avoids Buttler’s leap. They all count.
At the halfway mark, India has…
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