Vincerò! Vincerò! Europe easily win the Ryder Cup

RYDER CUP 2018

FRANCESCO MOLINARI secured the winning point as Europe thrashed the United States to regain the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in Paris.

Resuming 10-6 up, Europe won the Singles session 7½-4½ to complete a comfortable home win.

It did not matter that the Americans could boast a total of 31 majors to the Europeans' eight - or that Europe were fielding five rookies.

In fact, each of the 12 Europe players made some contribution to the victory - none of them returned home without having won at least one of their matches.

Open champion Molinari was in particularly fine fettle, and he formed an unbreakable and unbeaten partnership with Tommy Fleetwood before a 4&2 win over Phil Mickelson in the Singles, which proved to be the tipping point.

Indeed, the Italian became the first ever European player to finish a Ryder Cup with a perfect record from five matches.

And only three Americans, Gardner Dickinson, Arnold Palmer and Larry Nelson, had achieved the feat previously - although Ian Poulter did win four out of four during the Miracle of Medinah in 2012.

Europe captain Thomas Bjørn had opted for experience in his wildcard picks - and his selection of Sergio Garcia was an especially inspired choice.

The Spaniard had endured a tough year off the tee - but won two of his three matches in fourballs and foursomes before beating Rickie Fowler 2&1 in the Singles.

Garcia's career total in the Ryder Cup now stands at 25½ points - which is more than any other player in history.

By contrast, the American wildcard picks, with the honourable exception of Tony Finau, were utterly dreadful.

Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Bryson DeChambeau lost all nine matches in which they were involved - and so Mickelson and Woods respectively completed their fifth and sixth Ryder Cup campaigns in Europe without a single victory.

It still remains the case then that the United States last won the trophy in an away contest back in 1993, the year President Bill Clinton was first inaugurated.

And the wait will now gone on until 2022 when the teams meet at the Marco Simone Club in Rome. 

Yet, after the first session of fourballs on Friday, it had all looked so good for the United States.

Led by world number one Dustin Johnson and his partner Fowler - who beat Rory McIlroy and Thorbjørn Olesen 4&2 - the Americans picked up each of the first three points on offer.

Europe only avoided the whitewash as Molinari and Fleetwood gave a first sign of what was to come with a 3&1 beating of Woods and Patrick Reed.

Still, at that point, there were few signs of what was to come in the Friday afternoon foursomes.

For, what transpired was a first whitewash by Europe of the United States in a session for 29 years.

Molinari and Fleetwood - by this time dubbed MoliWood - led the charge with a 5&4 victory over Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, and that margin was also enjoyed by Garcia and Alex Norén over Mickelson and DeChambeau.

Meanwhile, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson beat Johnson and Fowler 3&2, and McIlroy and Poulter recovered from losing two of the first three holes to beat Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson.

The Americans then had much to ponder heading into the Saturday morning fourballs - but, once again, Europe dominated proceedings, taking each of the first three matches.

Garcia and McIlroy beat Brooks Koepka and Finau 2&1, Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton (3&2) beat Johnson and Fowler while Molinari and Fleetwood (4&3) were at it again against Woods and Reed.

Remarkably, Europe had won eight matches in a row to go from 3-0 down to 8-3 up. It was a blue wave which simply suffocated the Americans. 

In the end, the visitors were thankful that it did not get any worse as Thomas and Spieth held out  against Poulter and Jon Rahm to reduce the arrears to 8-4 heading into the afternoon foursomes.

The handsome lead allowed Europe to be satisfied with a split session - which is exactly what happened.

Molinari and Fleetwood (5&4) beat DeChambeau and, yet again, Woods - while Rose and Stenson (3&2) had too much Johnson and Koepka.

The 10-6 overnight score left the United States firmly in Medinah territory and left the Americans with no choice other than to put their best hopes at the top of the order in the Singles.

In fairness to American captain Jim Furyk, it was one of the few things which worked for him this weekend as the United States took three-and-a-half points from the first four completed matches.

Suddenly, Europe's advantage had been reduced to a single point and things were beginning to feel just a little bit twitchy.

But Bjørn's men had plenty in reserve down the order. Indeed, each of the next six completed matches went in the Europeans' favour as Olsen (5&4), Rahm (2&1), and Poulter (2up) beat Spieth, Woods and Johnson to put Europe on the brink.

Actually, at this point, Stenson, Garcia and Molinari all had dormie leads, thus guaranteeing a Europe win.

It was only a matter of time and a matter of which of those three players would hole the winning putt.

Somewhat bizarrely, it ended up being none of them as Mickelson summed up his entire tournament by conceding his match against Molinari on the par-three 16th after finding the water off the tee.

Stenson (5&4) and Garcia also completed their victories to make it 16½-9½ and Europe would ultimately better the Americans' score at Hazeltine two years ago when Norén won 1up against DeChambeau in a battle of the rookies.

Reed had, in the meantime, pushed the United States score into double figures but the crowds in Paris greeted his classless shushing celebration following his meaningless 3&2 win over Hatton with the derision which it deserved.

It has already emerged in the latest American fallout that Spieth refused to play alongside Reed - but it is difficult really to put too much blame on Spieth for that.

At least Reed has conceded that the European camaraderie - which extended, off the course, to a WhatsApp group - was better than that of the Americans.

Importantly, Europe's spirit gave Bjørn plenty of options when mixing and matching his pairs - though he also quickly realised Molinari and Fleetwood had struck up such a good partnership that they had become inseparable.

But, if there was a star of the European team, it was 35-year-old Open champion Molinari - and so he can provide the closing words of this write-up.

"So much more than majors, more than anything," Molinari said when asked what the winning moment meant.

And that, in just a few words, is why the Ryder Cup is the greatest golf tournament in the world.

FULL RESULTS

	EUROPE	17½		10½	UNITED STATES
Fourballs (Fri)	Justin Rose Jon Rahm			1up	Brooks Koepka Tony Finau
	Rory McIlroy Thorbjørn Olesen			4&2	Dustin Johnson Rickie Fowler
	Paul Casey Tyrrell Hatton			1up	Jordan Spieth Justin Thomas
	Francesco Molinari Tommy Fleetwood	3&1			Patrick Reed Tiger Woods
Foursomes (Fri)	Henrik Stenson Justin Rose	3&2			Dustin Johnson Rickie Fowler
	Ian Poulter Rory McIlroy	4&2			Bubba Watson Webb Simpson
	Sergio Garcia Alex Norén	5&4			Phil Mickelson  Bryson DeChambeau
	Francesco Molinari Tommy Fleetwood	5&4			Justin Thomas Jordan Spieth
Fourballs (Sat)	Sergio Garcia Rory McIlory	2&1			Brooks Koepka Tony Finau
	Paul Casey Tyrrell Hatton	3&2			Dustin Johnson Rickie Fowler
	Francesco Molinari Tommy Fleetwood	4&3			Patrick Reed Tiger Woods
	Ian Poulter Jon Rahm			2&1	Justin Thomas Jordan Spieth
Foursomes (Sat)	Henrik Stenson Justin Rose	2&1			Brooks Koepka Tony Finau
	Sergio Garcia Alex Norén			3&2	Dustin Johnson Rickie Fowler
	Francesco Molinari Tommy Fleetwood	5&4			Patrick Reed Tiger Woods
	Ian Poulter Rory McIlroy			4&3	Justin Thomas Jordan Spieth
Singles (Sun)	Rory McIlroy			1up	Justin Thomas
	Paul Casey		A/S		Brooks Koepka
	Justin Rose			3&2	Webb Simpson
	Jon Rahm	2&1			Tiger Woods
	Tommy Fleetwood			6&4	Tony Finau
	Ian Poulter	2up			Dustin Johnson
	Thorbjørn Olesen	5&4			Jordan Spieth
	Sergio Garcia	2&1			Rickie Fowler
	Francesco Molinari	4&2			Phil Mickelson
	Tyrrell Hatton			3&2	Patrick Reed
	Henrik Stenson	5&4			Bubba Watson
	Alex Norén	1up			Bryson DeChambeau

Wildcard Tiger leads Americans on Ryder Cup prowl

TIGER WOODS could be set to cap a remarkable sporting comeback by helping the United States retain the Ryder Cup this weekend.

Just last week, Woods won his first tournament in over five years in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.
 
And, in doing so, the 42-year-old Californian defied critics who doubted he would ever compete at the top level again.

After all, Woods has endured a difficult decade to say the least - although some of his problems have been of his own making.

In 2008, Woods won the last of his major title to date at the US Open - but, in November of the following year, he was involved in a bizarre car crash into a fire hydrant outside his Orlando home.

The incident sparked accusations of extramarital affairs which he subsequently admitted - which, in turn, led to the end of his seven-year marriage to Swedish model Elin Nordegren.

Woods unsurprisingly lost lucrative sponsors in the wake of the affair and then he also lost form as chronic back pain caused him to have four separate operations in four years.

In May 2017, he was arrested after officers found him slumped at the wheel of his parked Mercedes-Benz not far from his Florida home - but Woods insisted that alcohol was not a factor.

Toxicology reports confirmed he was telling the truth - and, instead, he claimed his disorientated condition was caused by an unexpected reaction to the medications he was taking.

Woods, in truth, was still a sorry sight - at 1,199 in the world after spinal fusion surgery, his career as professional golfer looked well and truly over.

But now, in almost fairytale fashion, he is back - and ready to help the United States to a rare Ryder Cup away win.

Of course, the Ryder Cup set-up is far more about a team performance as a whole, rather than the outstanding input of any individual, something which Europe's Rory McIlroy was at pains to point out on Wednesday.

Moreover, Woods has not even got that good a record in his previous seven appearances, with 13 wins, 17 losses and three halves.

Indeed, the weight of recent history hangs heavily over all of the Americans despite them heading into this contest as the holders.

Europe have won each of the last five matches at home, last losing at the Belfry back in 1993 - and, in fact, they have won eight of the past 11 contests overall.

However, that 17-11 defeat two years ago at the Hazeltine in Minnesota was the United States' biggest win since 1981 - and half of the same players are back again for the visitors.

Additionally, there are only three Ryder Cup rookies for the Americans, and two of them - Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau - were the selections of captain Jim Furyk.

By contrast, the European team features no fewer than five rookies, following on from six players in blue having made their debut just two years ago. 

It was perhaps no surprise then that Europe captain Thomas Bjørn opted for experience in his four wildcard picks, though the Americans too have called upon Woods and 48-year-old Phil Mickelson.

Woods and Mickelson have 19 majors between them - but, even discounting them, the American players still otherwise have a combined total of 12 compared to eight from the whole of the European team. 

Nevertheless, matters are rarely all that simple at the Ryder Cup. Woods and Mickelson, equally, have lost every away Ryder Cup they have played - four and five tournaments respectively.

Meanwhile, in four-time major winner McIlroy and recent world number one Justin Rose, Europe undoubtedly possess a lot of talent of their own. 

But, rather, it is the depth of the European team which provides the concern.

At least the European players have had more experience of playing at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines just outside of Paris.

This is the first time in history that the Ryder Cup has been played in France but the venue has been a regular stop-off on the European tour since it opened 28 years ago.

"It's a definite advantage for us, I think," wildcard Paul Casey said today. "Our team certainly knows the course better than the Americans, and I think it suits my game very, very well.

"I drive the ball very well, and it's a ball striker's golf course. The fairway is not overly generous, and the rough is very penal."

Nevertheless, it would be a big shock if the Americans struggled to adapt to the conditions throughout the whole of the weekend.

On that basis then, it is absolutely vital that Europe get off to a good start in the morning session of fourballs which begin tomorrow at 07:10am BST.

Unsurprisingly, Rose and McIlroy feature in the top two matches with Rose paired alongside Spaniard Jon Rahm and McIlroy with Denmark's Thorbjørn Olesen.

The pairs will face Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau, and Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, respectively - before Jordan Spieth takes to the tee alongside debutant Justin Thomas.

Spieth and Thomas face Casey and Tyrrell Hatton ahead of Woods who will come up against Open champion Francesco Molinari.

The Italian will be joined by Tommy Fleetwood while Texan Patrick Reed has been paired with Woods.

On the afternoon, the captains will name four further pairs for a series of alternate shot (foursomes) matches, and that morning and afternoon sequence is repeated on Saturday for a total of 16 points on offer.

The final 12 matches are played on Sunday as Singles - and all 28 points are contested on a matchplay format which can allow for slow starts but which is unforgiving to nervy finishes amid the tension.

Simply put, the format ensures that there is no other golf tournament like the Ryder Cup for drama.

But, while Europe will surely make it a closer contest than last time, it is no surprise to see the United States begin this 42nd edition as slightly odds-on favourites.

TEAMS

EUROPE		Age	WR	Majors	Ryder Cup record	Qualification
Tommy Fleetwood	(ENG)	27	12	None	Rookie	4th, European points list
Tyrrell Hatton	(ENG)	26	26	None	Rookie	3rd, European points list
Rory McIlroy	(NIR)	29	6	4	P19 W9 H4 L6	4th, World points list
Francesco Molinari	(ITA)	35	5	1	P6 W0 H2 L4	1st, European points list
Alex Norén	(SWE)	36	18	None	Rookie	7th, World points list
Thorbjørn Olesen	(DEN)	28	45	None	Rookie	8th, World points list
Jon Rahm	(ESP)	23	8	None	Rookie	3rd, World points list
Justin Rose	(ENG)	38	2	1	P19 W11 H2 L6	2nd, European points list
Paul Casey	(ENG)	41	21	None	P9 W3 H4 L2	Wildcard selection
Sergio García	(ESP)	38	28	1	P37 W19 H7 L11	Wildcard selection
Ian Poulter	(ENG)	42	34	None	P18 W12 H2 L4	Wildcard selection
Henrik Stenson	(SWE)	42	24	1	P16 W7 H2 L7	Wildcard selection
Thomas Bjørn	(DEN)	47				Non-playing captain

UNITED STATES		Age	WR	Majors	Ryder Cup record	Qualification
Rickie Fowler	(CA)	29	9	None	P11 W2 H5 L4	7th in points list
Dustin Johnson	(SC)	34	1	1	P11 W6 H0 L5	2nd in points list
Brooks Koepka	(FL)	28	3	3	P4 W3 H0 L1	1st in points list
Patrick Reed	(TX)	28	15	1	P9 W6 H2 L1	4th in points list
Webb Simpson	(NC)	33	16	1	P6 W2 H1 L3	8th in points list
Jordan Spieth	(TX)	25	10	3	P9 W4 H2 L3	6th in points list
Justin Thomas	(KY)	25	4	1	Rookie	3rd in points list
Bubba Watson	(FL)	39	14	2	P11 W3 H0 L8	5th in points list
Bryson DeChambeau	(CA)	25	7	None	Rookie	Wildcard selection
Phil Mickelson	(CA)	48	25	5	P45 W18 H7 L20	Wildcard selection
Tiger Woods	(CA)	42	13	14	P33 W13 H3 L17	Wildcard selection
Tony Finau	(UT)	29	17	None	Rookie	Wildcard selection
Jim Furyk	(PA)	48				Non-playing captain

COURSE

Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France (Par 71, 7331 yards)

Hole	Yards	Par			Hole	Yards	Par
1	416	4			10	383	4
2	213	3			11	191	3
3	563	5			12	443	4
4	487	4			13	427	4
5	405	4			14	607	5
6	383	4			15	399	4
7	481	4			16	175	3
8	208	3			17	484	4
9	596	5			18	470	4
OUT	3752	36			IN	3579	35

RECENT HISTORY

Year	Course				Holder
1979	The Greenbrier, VA	Europe	11-17	United States	United States
1981	Walton Heath, England	Europe	9½-18½	United States	United States
1983	Palm Beach, FL	Europe	13½-14½	United States	United States
1985	The Belfry, England	Europe	16½-11½	United States	Europe
1987	Muirfield Village, OH	Europe	15-13	United States	Europe
1989	The Belfry, England	Europe	14-14	United States	Europe
1991	Kiawah Island, SC	Europe	13½-14½	United States	United States
1993	The Belfry, England	Europe	13-15	United States	United States
1995	Oak Hill, NY	Europe	14½-13½	United States	Europe
1997	Valderrama, Spain	Europe	14½-13½	United States	Europe
1999	Brookline, MA	Europe	13½-14½	United States	United States
2002	The Belfry, England	Europe	15½-12½	United States	Europe
2004	Oakland Hills, MI	Europe	18½-9½	United States	Europe
2006	K Club, Ireland	Europe	18½-9½	United States	Europe
2008	Valhalla, KY	Europe	11½-16½	United States	United States
2010	Celtic Manor, Wales	Europe	14½-13½	United States	Europe
2012	Medinah, IL	Europe	14½-13½	United States	Europe
2014	Gleneagles, Scotland	Europe	16½-11½	United States	Europe
2016	Hazeltine, MN	Europe	11-17	United States	United States
	MATCHES SINCE 1979	Europe	10-8	United States	(1 Tie)

Fairytale at the Oval for retiring Cook

CRICKET legend Alastair Cook signed off his illustrious international career in style as he helped England seal a 4-1 series win over world number one team India.

Former captain Cook scored 147 at the Oval in his last ever Test knock to become only the fifth man ever to make a century in both his first and his last matches.

Cook thus finished his career in fifth place on the all-time run-scoring list with 12,472 Test runs, by far the most by an England player and also the most ever by a left-hander.

In all, the Essex man hit 33 Test centuries - another national record - and his eventual batting average stands at a still healthy 45.35.

Finally, the 33-year-old claimed 175 Test catches - as well as the solitary wicket of Ishant Sharma in 2014 - during his 161 matches.

Indeed, his retirement brings to an end a remarkable all-time record run of 159 consecutive Tests.

Yes, come rain or shine, triumph or disaster, Cook has been a reassuring constant in England's shaky batting line-up over the past 12 years.

Undoubtedly, though, Cook's zenith came Down Under back in 2010-11 when he scored an aggregate of 766 runs at a Bradman-esque average of 127.66 as England won an away Ashes series for the first time since 1987.

Cook won further Ashes series as captain in 2013 and 2015 - and, in his first campaign following his appointment as permanent skipper in 2012, he guided England to a rare away win in India.

Of course, there were also tougher times. The disastrous Ashes whitewash in 2013-14 obviously stands out - but it was another heavy away defeat, 4-0 against India in 2016, which truly spelt the beginning of the end.

Cook resigned the captaincy in the wake of that series but confirmed he was happy to drop back into the ranks as an opener under new skipper Joe Root.

Thereafter, there were occasional glimpses of classic Cook, and he scored two double centuries in the space of just over four months in 2017 against the West Indies at Edgbaston and Australia at the MCG.

Both of those scores came on fairly placid surfaces, however - and, tellingly, his average in 2018 before the fifth Test was just 18.62 from nine innings.

Admittedly, it has been a difficult summer against the new ball in England - but, when a press conference was hastily convened at Lord's last Monday, it did not take a genius to work out what Cook was about to announce.

From that moment, it was perhaps inevitable England's greatest run scorer would find a way to conclude his Test career with a final flourish.

After all, his even temperament has always been one of his greatest assets. It has helped him remain a threat and a prized scalp even when horribly out of form, and surely also helped him cope with any extra nerves on this marquee occasion.

Rather wonderfully, the Oval saw the very best of Cook on the fourth day of the fifth Test - the late cut and the pull were played with aplomb as he shared a third-wicket stand with Root (125) of 259.

Bizarrely, Cook brought up his century with a five as a result of overthrows from Jasprit Bumrah.

But the slightly odd circumstances took nothing away from a magnificent sporting moment which was greeted all around the Oval with a rapturous standing ovation.

England eventually piled up a second innings total of 423-8 declared, setting a target of 464 for India to gain an unlikely consolation victory.

Almost immediately, though, the tourists were in trouble as new ball pair James Anderson and Stuart Broad reduced them to 2-3.

KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane guided their side to stumps without any further loss - but Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali struck before lunch on the fifth day.

Deeper and deeper into day five, India resisted - and things looked good for them when Rahul (149) and Rishabh Pant (114) put on 204 for the sixth wicket.

However, once they both fell in consecutive Adil Rashid overs, England made light work of the tail and the Indians fell 118 runs short.

To his great relief, the final wicket fell to Anderson who had been forced to wait patiently during the innings for his own moment in the sun.

Anderson had taken the first two wickets to fall at the end of day four but had gone wicketless during day five until he breached Mohammed Shami's defence and splattered his middle stump with what was the last ball of the series.

And so the Burnley Express surpassed Glenn McGrath as the most successful fast bowler in Test history with his 564th scalp.

Of course, England had already wrapped up the series ahead of Cook's farewell with earlier victories at Edgbaston, Lord's, and Southampton.

The first Test in Birmingham was a cracker as England squeezed home by 31 runs after bowling India out in the fourth innings for 162.

By contrast, the second Test was a cakewalk with overhead conditions favouring the hosts throughout.

The result - victory by an innings after bowling India out for 107 and 130 - was never in doubt but what was not clear then was if the Indians would subsequently continue to collapse in a heap for the rest of the campaign.

Creditably, Virat Kohli's men stood up to the challenge - and their 203-run win in the third Test will surely rank among the best ever performances by India on these shores.

All of a sudden, heading into the fourth match, all of the big questions were instead being asked about England - despite their 2-1 advantage.

The questions were valid, of course. Even in the first Test, the hosts were rocking on 87-7 in the second innings, leading by just 100, before the raw all-rounder Sam Curran struck 63 alongside the the tail.

Ultimately, it proved to be just enough - but, in an incredible selection own goal for the third Test, it was not enough to keep Curran in the team.

The 20-year-old was restored for the fourth game - but there was a certain familiarity about proceedings when England found themselves on 86-6 on the first day.

Again, Curran intervened with a 78 and got England to a somewhat competitive total of 246 - and, again, it was ultimately enough when the result was decided on day four.

For India then, this was a series of missed opportunities - and the 4-1 final score is more reflective of England's ability to wriggle out of tough situations through individual efforts than anything else.

After all, as good as it has been to beat the world number one side in exciting fashion at home, the England Test side under Joe Root remain a work in progress.

Undoubtedly, the two biggest holes are the openers' slots, and they have only just got bigger following Cook's decision.

The refusal to go into the next series away in Sri Lanka with two new openers may be the main thing to save the woeful Keaton Jennings.

And, while the Lancashire batsman can also point to his century on debut in a spin-dominated match against India in Mumbai, even on that occasion he was dropped while he was on 0.

More pertinently, Jennings's average and high score in this series were 18.11 and 42 respectively - and, if anything, his dismissals have been getting worse.

In particular, the lbw to Bumrah in the fourth Test and his leave to be clean bowled by Shami in the fifth Test were comically bad misjudgements not befitting of an international-class player.

And, certainly, any decision to retain Jennings for this winter feels overly generous - and misguided in the extreme.

For Cook, the selectors are now the least of his concerns - and he will no doubt look forward to tending his farm while winding down his cricket career at Essex.

Meanwhile, the fact that his wife Alice is imminently expecting their third child further reinforces Cook has made the right call to curtail his involvement in international cricket.

Undoubtedly, though, he will be an immediate miss to England - and the struggle to produce another player like him will go on for a long time.
 
Indeed, such was Cook's precocious talent, fitness, and determination, it may in fact prove to be an impossible task. 

ENGLAND v INDIA 2018

ALASTAIR COOK In numbers
Test debut v India at Nagpur, Mar 1-5, 2006

12,472 Test runs
294 Test high score
175 Test catches
161 Tests
159 consecutive Tests
59 Tests as captain
45.35 Test average 

33 Test centuries (including five double centuries)
24 Test wins as captain
4 Ashes series wins (two as captain)
1 Test wicket

 

TEST MATCHES

01-04 Aug	FIRST Edgbaston	England 287 & 180 beat India 274 & 162 by 31 runs
09-11 Aug	SECOND Lord's	England 396-7dec beat India 107 &130 by an innings and 159 runs
18-22 Aug	THIRD Trent Bridge	India 329 & 352-7dec beat England 161 & 317 by 203 runs
30 Aug-03 Sep	FOURTH Southampton	England 246 & 271 beat India 273 & 184 by 60 runs
07-11 Sep	FIFTH The Oval	England 332 & 423-8dec beat India 292 & 345 by 118 runs

Series result ENGLAND won 4-1
Players of the series: Sam Curran (England), Virat Kohli (India)

ODI & T20I SERIES

03-July	T20I 1	India 163-2 (18.2) beat England 159-8 by eight wickets	Old Trafford
06-July	T20I 2	England 149-5 (19.4) beat India 148-5 by five wickets	Cardiff
08-July	T20I 3	India 201-3 (18.4) beat England 198-9 by seven wickets	Bristol
12-July	ODI 1	India 269-2 (40.1) beat England 268 (49.5) by eight wickets	Trent Bridge
14-July	ODI 2	England 322-7 beat India 236 by 86 runs	Lord's
17-July	ODI 3	England 260-2 (44.3) beat India 256-8 by eight wickets	Headingley

T20I series INDIA won 2-1
ODI series ENGLAND won 2-1