England vs India - third ODI

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So here we go again, England have won the toss and decided to bowl first, Cook feeling it isn't easy to defend a score here at the Oval. England make the one change, with Trott coming back into the side for Samit Patel, while India make two changes: Jadeja in for Tiwary to strengthen their bowling, and R.P. Singh for Vinay Kumar.

England team
AN Cook*, C Kieswetter†, IJL Trott, IR Bell, RS Bopara, BA Stokes, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, JW Dernbach

India team
AM Rahane, PA Patel, R Dravid, V Kohli, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, P Kumar, MM Patel, RP Singh

Surprised Aaron still not given a go...

cricketfan90 wrote:india's fans must surely fear the worst everytime they turn up to a game now.

They don't show it.

Credit to them, they look excited and confident that they are on top in every game.

Given our fortune with the conditions I thought it was an acceptable performance but really England should have bowled India out for less than 200.

Promising fast scoring start from Kieswetter and Cook and then Bopara and Bresnan held a good partnership to get near to the target. Hopefully the next game will be the first in the series not affected by the weather.