India win despite Trescothick’s heroics Might be it was his swift and victorious battle over the infamous stomach bug that revved Marcus Trescothick up for the first one-dayer at Eden Gardens. The England opener, dropped on two by VVS Laxman, toyed with the Indian bowling attack on his way to the fastest one-day hundred by an Englishman. His 121 put his team on course for a morale-boosting win but then the umpiring bug intervened. A trigger happy SK Sharma ruled the unfortunate Trescothick out lbw despite the ball pitching well outside the leg stump. It was to prove the turning point of the game; India destined for the raspberry until then returned with a vengeance, mopping up the remaining wickets and dismissing England for 259, thereby sealing a 22-run win. Earlier in the afternoon, Sourav Ganguly had won the toss and opted to bat. All the Indian top-order batsmen made runs with the recalled Dinesh Mongia top-scoring with an attractive 71 off 75 balls. The fact that none of them though pushed on to make a bigger score meant that the Indians had to settle for a score of 281. Thankfully, despite Trescothick's heroics it proved adequate on the day.

Poor umpiring leaves England feeling miffed Marcus Trescothick’s 121 in England’s first one-dayer against India at the Eden Gardens was a fine effort. England skipper Nasser Hussain shared that sentiment calling the innings “probably the best one-day hundred I've seen for England”. The England opener’s dismissal through an umpiring error was definitely the turning point in the match which England lost by 22 runs. Sadly, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rules meant that Hussain could not air his views on the issue. "My hands are tied so I can't say anything," he admitted to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). "But I can write it down on a match referee's report. I've been doing it for the last two years and I hope someone is reading it." His coach Duncan Fletcher meanwhile sent a letter to match referee Dennis Lindsay expressing England’s concern about the poor standards of umpiring during the first one-dayer. "We've put a letter into the match referee stating our concerns over the officials last night," Fletcher said. "We felt the standard of umpiring was not up to international standard. "It's important that we get to a state of having two neutral umpires for all forms of international cricket - a home umpire could be influenced by the crowd out there at Eden Gardens and it is an extremely difficult job to do." When latest reports reached us, Lindsay had forwarded Fletcher’s letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). "It is not really a complaint, they (England) have expressed concern. I have forwarded it to the BCCI," Lindsay told reporters.

Gavaskar: England were robbed The columns of Sunil Gavaskar have not been greeted with great cheer in England recently. The Indian cricketing legend received a bad press there for blasting the Englishmen for playing "boring cricket" during the Test series. But his latest observations would have changed the picture a great deal. “England were robbed (of a win),” Sunny said in his latest column on the first one-dayer between India and England at the Eden Gardens. He was also full of praise for the English fieldsmen - Jeremy Snape and Paul Collingwood in particular. “England were magnificent with Snape and Collingwood outstanding and saving many runs. India does not have even one fielder, who comes close to them. But, they do have luck and maybe against this side, that's all that they need !” Now, that is what we would call a sting in the tail.

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