India and England battled out with their full force since last month as India toured England for 3 T20I’s and 3 ODI and 1 remaining test match from last year.
England looked in pretty well form as they quite dominated the last test match with the former skipper Joe Root and the fabulous right hand batter Jonny Bairstow scoring a ton each in their share.
The T20I series saw a new and emerging side of the Indian Cricket Squad as they introduced a number of players with their debut matches. India looked fierce as they very well took over the 1st T20 in their favour, with Hardik Pandya starring as the anchor of the match. Similarly, the 2nd T20 was also dominated by India as they did not back down from the defeat of the last test match. Unfortunately, India couldn’t take hold of the last T20 but won the series with a 2-1 lead.
The 3-match ODI series will begin from today with the first match to be played today on 12th July at 5 p.m. IST.
The first ODI is scheduled to be played in The Oval. England is looking to take on the ODI series with the certain mindset of coming back up from the defeat of the T20I series. Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are likely to come back in action.
The Lord’s, London Information:
Home Team: Middlesex
Capacity: 30000
End names: Pavilion End, Nursery End
Lord’s, London Pitch Report
According to reports, the pitch of London is playing faster these days and providing support to everyone besides just fancy-dan batters seeking to get their name on the hazardously overpacked Lord’s honours board. Besides this, recently the pitch is playing a quite good advantage towards the bowlers as well with the ball swinging properly.
Lord’s, London Records and ODI Statistics
A total of 66 ODI matches have been played in the Lord’s Cricket Ground, where, Teams batting first have won the match 31 times and on the other hand teams batting second have won 33 times with 2 matches ending up in a tie. With the batting conditions of the pitch, a team batting first can effectively score 242 runs in their innings. The highest score in the Lord’s was put up by the home-national team England with 334/4 whereas, the lowest was scored by South Africa, 107/10.
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Lord’s, London Weather Forecast
The weather is expected to be mostly sunny on the match day, 14th July with the temperatures between 26 to 29 degrees and with no cloud covers. It is likely to be a good for match as it could be a sunny day.
