Botham believes England will sweep ODIs too

[J P K]

Legendary all-rounder Ian Botham predicts that after outplaying India [ Images ] 4-0 in the just-concluded Tests, England [ Images ] will also go on to win the limited-overs series starting with a one-off Twenty20 [ Images ] match on August 31. Click here! "I think the England squad to be named on Friday will beat India in the fi'e-match one-day series. India are world champions and England were knocked out in the quarter-finals, but don't forget India came to these shores as the world No.1 Test team and look what happened," Botham wrote in his column for The Daily Mirror. Ian Botham"England are the current World Twenty20 champions and on home soil they have been pretty successful. A knackering series in Australia [ Images ] and the World Cup after the Ashes apart, England's one-day form has been good for a couple of years. I expect to see them target that form of the game o'er the next few months and beyond," he added. Botham lavished praise on England for whitewashing India 4-0 with consistently good performances in the just-concluded Test series. "It has been coming for a while and I've known for some time I was watching a special Test team, but it was still wonderful to see them deliver the way they did by finishing with a whitewash of the Indians," he said. "They are the very best and they will continue to be the best for years to come I believe. Just how many years is up to them, but what I'm seeing is a work ethic and a hunger that will not be diminished while this group are together. "And there is no way captain Andrew Strauss [ Images ] or coach Andy Flower [ Images ] will let them off the hook if they think they've made it," he added. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/india-england-botham-believes-england-will-sweep-odis-too/20110824.htm

[akshayxyz]

ok.. jisko jo bolna hai bolo.

[rkt.india]

Botham kisaari Bhavishyavaania sach ho rahi hain is series me:nervous::((

[kubrickian]

I believe the ODI series will be a close contest.

[TheWall]

Ok Beefy..

[Sid]

Yes Mr. Bottom is right,we will be whitewashed in ODI's as well.

[Trichromatic]

England has best chance to do so in this series.

[Gotham Cronie]

Botham: "I think the England squad to be named on Friday will beat India in the fi'e-match one-day series. " Headline: "Botham believes England will sweep ODIs too"

[Rahul Dravid]

where did he say itll be a whitewash?... retard media.

[Geoff Boycott]

ODI & tests performances have no relation to each other. England are traditionally cr*p at one day cricket, and I can't see that changing any time soon. Botham is an English version of David Campese.

[Sir john]

botham :finger:

[kubrickian]

ODI & tests performances have no relation to each other. England are traditionally cr*p at one day cricket, and I can't see that changing any time soon. Botham is an English version of David Campese.

But this time they have the weapon of short ball in their conditions and young Indian batsmen are susceptible to it.

[Cricket Tragic]

Let's just accept that England won't beat India in October.

[Trichromatic]

Let's just accept that England won't beat India in October.

:cantstop:

[urbestfriend]

White wash in ODIs too?? Big deal. But CSK will still beat sussex, hampshire or any county team that comes to champions league.:winky:

[akshayxyz]

As a loyal England fan and ex-player - he is justified to make such statements. We were also claiming 2-1 kind of series victory in tests - and see what happened. I hope our team will make him swallow his words.

[vvvslaxman]

Without Yuvi.. i won't be surprised if that happens.

[Gotham Cronie]

As a loyal England fan and ex-player - he is justified to make such statements. We were also claiming 2-1 kind of series victory in tests - and see what happened. I hope our team will make him swallow his words.

Which words?

[akshayxyz]

Which words?

All of them. Any problem ?

[james]

It is very possible and the way India are playing it looks likely that it will be a white wash.