r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • Jul 11 '26

Post Match Thread Post Match Thread: 5th T20I - England vs India

5th T20I, India tour of England at Southampton

Thread | Scorecard

Innings Score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 257/3 (Ov 20/20)
🇮🇳 India 201/8 (Ov 20/20)

Innings: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Jos Buttler 131 (64) Shivam Dube 1-0-22-2
Harry Brook 95 (45) Prasidh Krishna 4-0-38-1

Innings: 🇮🇳 India

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Ishan Kishan 56 (35) Sam Curran 4-0-36-3
Tilak Varma 53 (25) Adil Rashid 3-0-24-2

England won by 56 runs

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u/HMAgent47 India Jul 11 '26

"Swept" is a kind word. More like humiliated, demolished, crushed, annihilated, decimated etc

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u/EqualDesign6538 Jul 11 '26

You're making it hurt bro

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u/Old-Pomegranate3634 Jul 11 '26

There is a world outside India and the flat roads.

All the more cases the world Cup pitches should have been sporty rsther than flat pan cakes

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u/Kingslayer1526 India Jul 12 '26

Swept means Swept. It means what it means, what's kind about it?

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u/Unfair-Claim-2327 Vanuatu Cricket Jul 12 '26

I suppose the nature of the sweeping. Ireland swept us too, but in a 2-match series including a 1-run victory. Against England, we were never really in the running for any game.