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An interesting point (and I had to look this up on the ICC website is the description of the result. In a game like this when the side batting second's innings is curtailed (and Team 2 is either ahead or behind of the D/L par score), the winning side is said to have won by X number of runs (in this case 16), whether they batted first or second.

And the umpires decide the light's too bad to continue, even with spinners, so the batsmen go off. KP stays on for a while, asking the umpires if anything can be done, but the bare facts are that the par D/L score was 183-5 after 40 overs - so India have won by five wickets (D/L).

"No doubt fielding is important and catches do win matches but no cricketer has ever been picked for England due to their ability in the field. At this level quality fielding is expected, Colly has to start batting!"

KP peers at his D/L sheet - and he's going to bowl himself again, is this a clue that England have to bowl spin to prevent the umpires offering the light? Pathan comes down the crease, the ball flies down the leg side and if Prior had taken it cleanly, he could have stumped Pathan - but he doesn't. Pathan dabs a careful single, Dhoni adds another to nick the strike. The umps check their light meters again... ominous...

"I agree with Alok (25th over) about ODIs being spread about the more "remote" parts of India. It's a huge country with an insatiable appetite for the one-day game. But Tests should be reserved for the major cricketing cities where big crowds will turn up for five-day games"

If I was Pietersen, I'd give the Duckworth-Lewis sheet to somebody else, he's got enough to worry about without thinking about that too! We had a guy called Owen Parkin at Glamorgan who had a maths degree, so we'd always give him the D/L sheet to worry about!"ifts it high over backward point for four. He forces the last ball of the over to Anderson on the cover boundary for one. Hey, England were

I think it is high time England abandoned their one-day policy of 'always bat like you're nine down'."