Cricket-England thrash India to complete 4-0 whitewash

England completed a 4-0 series whitewash over India after winning the final test by an innings and eight runs on Monday. England, who snatched the top ranking away from the 50- over World Cup winners earlier in the series, grabbed India's last seven wickets for just 21 runs to seal victory.

England won the toss, and elected to bat first ENGLAND: 591/6 decl INDIA 300, 283-all out (91.0 Ovs) England won by an innings and 8 runs MOM: Ian Bell MOS: Stuart Broad, Rahul Dravid

India in England, 2011 The Brit Oval, London, England August 18-22, 2011 Umpires: Simon Taufel(Aus), Rod Tucker(Aus) Third Umpire: Steve Davis(Aus) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle(SL)

• Scorecard:
• England Ist Inning
• India Ist Inning
• India IInd Inning

England Ist innings Total: 591 / 6 in 153.0 overs dec. (Run Rate: 3.86)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR
Andrew Strauss (c)	c M Dhoni	b Sreesanth	40	106	5	0	37.74
Alastair Cook	c V Sehwag	b Ishant	34	87	4	0	39.08
Ian Bell	lbw	b Raina	235	364	23	2	64.56
Kevin Pietersen	c and	b Raina	175	232	27	0	75.43
James Anderson	c V Laxman	b Sreesanth	13	26	2	0	50.00
Eoin Morgan	c M Dhoni	b Sreesanth	1	10	0	0	10.00
Ravinder Bopara	not out		44	75	3	0	58.67
Matt Prior (wk)	not out		18	28	2	0	64.29
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Extras: ( 7 wd, 8 lb, 6 b, 10 nb, 0 p)			Total: 591 / 6 in 153.0 overs dec. (Run Rate: 3.86)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
RP Singh	34.0	7	118	0	1	1	3.47
Ishant Sharma	31.0	7	97	1	1	1	3.13
S Sreesanth	29.0	2	123	3	4	0	4.24
Suresh Raina	19.0	2	58	2	0	0	3.05
Amit Mishra	38.0	3	170	0	4	5	4.47
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	0	11	0	0	0	5.50

India Ist innings Total: 300 / 10 in 94.0 overs (Run Rate: 3.19)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR
V. Sehwag	lbw	b Anderson	8	6	2	0	133.33
Rahul Dravid	not out		146	266	20	0	54.89
VVS Laxman	c M Prior	b Broad	2	7	0	0	28.57
S. Tendulkar	c Anderson	b Swann	23	34	4	0	67.65
Suresh Raina	st M Prior	b Swann	0	29	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	c A Cook	b Swann	1	9	0	0	11.11
MS Dhoni (C)	c M Prior	b Anderson	17	50	2	0	34.00
Amit Mishra	c I Bell	b Bresnan	43	77	6	1	55.84
G. Gambhir	c Pietersen	b Broad	10	62	1	0	16.13
RP Singh	c Anderson	b Bresnan	25	23	5	0	108.70
S Sreesanth	c E Morgan	b Bresnan	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras: ( 7 wd, 9 lb, 8 b, 1 nb, 0 p)			Total: 300 / 10 in 94.0 overs (Run Rate: 3.19)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
James Anderson	16.0	7	49	2	0	0	3.06
Stuart Broad	21.0	3	51	2	1	0	2.43
Tim Bresnan	17.0	3	54	3	0	7	3.18
Graeme Swann	31.0	5	102	3	0	0	3.29
Kevin Pietersen	7.0	1	27	0	0	0	3.86
Ravinder Bopara	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00

India IInd innings Total: 283 / 10 in 91.0 overs (Run Rate: 3.11)
Batsman			Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes	SR
V. Sehwag		b Swann	33	67	5	0	49.25
Rahul Dravid	c A Cook	b Swann	13	32	2	0	40.63
VVS Laxman		b Anderson	24	42	4	0	57.14
S. Tendulkar	lbw	b Bresnan	91	172	11	0	52.91
Amit Mishra		b Swann	84	141	10	0	59.57
Suresh Raina	lbw	b Swann	0	13	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni (c)	c G Swann	b Broad	3	19	0	0	15.79
Gautam Gambhir	c E Morgan	b Swann	3	27	0	0	11.11
RP Singh	c M Prior	b Broad	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	not out		7	21	1	0	33.33
S Sreesanth		b Swann	6	9	1	0	66.67
Extras: ( 0 wd, 7 lb, 12 b, 0 nb, 0 p)			Total: 283 / 10 in 91.0 overs (Run Rate: 3.11)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	NoBall	Wide	Eco
James Anderson	17.0	4	54	1	0	0	3.18
Stuart Broad	20.0	6	44	2	0	0	2.20
Graeme Swann	38.0	6	106	6	0	0	2.79
Tim Bresnan	11.0	2	30	1	0	0	2.73
Ravinder Bopara	3.0	0	13	0	0	0	4.33
Kevin Pietersen	2.0	0	17	0	0	0	8.50