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We fell 10-15 runs short, concedes England skipper Morgan

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

"We got off to a fantastic start -- Alex (Hales) and Luke (Wright) really came together as a pair -- but from there we didn't really kick on," said Morgan.

"We lost wickets continuously which halted our momentum and didn't do us any favours. The total we did creep up to was probably about 10 or 15 short of par," said Morgan who is standing in for the injured regular skipper Stuart Broad who has returned home.

Morgan praised the whirlwind 56 scored by Hales, off just 30 balls with seven fours and two sixes and his stand of 68 runs in quick time with Wright (34) before India's Yuvraj Singh, later named the man of the match, halted his side's progress with a three-wicket haul in 10 balls.

 

Yuvraj's victims included the second-wicket pair and Morgan himself as England fell off from 89 for 2 to be contained to 157 for 6.

Later, Yuvraj smashed 38 in 21 balls to give impetus to the successful run-chase following the dismissals of openers Gautam Gambhir and Ajinkya Rahane in close succession. MORE

  

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First Published: Dec 21 2012 | 10:45 AM IST

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