Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Live text - India v England

THIRD ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Kanpur:
India v England

Match starts at 0415 GMT - reduced to 49 overs per side

LATEST ACTION (ALL TIMES GMT)

By Mark Mitchener

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0346: England have won the toss, KP calls "heads" correctly, and they will bat first.

Australia v New Zealand
"C'mon England - I'm sitting at work 100 yards from The Gabba and all I'm getting is abuse from these Aussies despite their poor morning. Give me something to banter back with"
James, Brisbane, in the TMS inbox
[For those of you not aware, the Aussies are four down already in the first Test against the Kiwis, with Tim Southee having removed the top three - MM]
Live scorecard: Australia v New Zealand

0340: Right, play is going to begin at 0415. We're going to have a reduced-overs match, with innings reduced to (sharp intake of breath) 49 overs per side.

0333: India also make one change - the fit-again Ishant Sharma replaces RP Singh in the seam bowling ranks. Here are the full teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel.

England (in what we've been told is batting order): Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah, Samit Patel, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

Umpires are India's Amiesh Saheba and Zimbabwe's Russell Tiffin, with third ump Suresh Shastri on TV replays and ex-Sri Lanka opener Roshan Mahanama as match referee. I'm joined by Pranav Soneji on match report duties, while our "gaffer" this morning is Oliver Brett.

TMS video - third ODI preview

0325: There's going to be an inspection at 0330, there are loads of people milling around on the square. In the meantime, while you're waiting, why not take a look at TMS's video preview of the game? If you haven't noticed on the website, video previews and reaction have been a new feature of this series. Reporter Alison Mitchell has been out and about in Kanpur, and has spoken to Graeme Swann amongst others.

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0320: We're also likely to have a bit of a hold-up - the toss has been delayed as the conditions in Kanpur are a little hazy. More news as we get it. And after plodding through the India-Australia series with no 606 until 0900 GMT, I'm pleased to say it's up and running specially for you to discuss the game (and indeed the series). You lucky people.
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0310: Right then, England have made one change - as expected, off-spinner Graeme Swann gets his first game of the series. He comes in for pace bowler Steve Harmison. But hold on to your hats for these changes in the batting order: keeper Matt Prior is the biggest faller, shunting down the order from number two to number eight. Moving in the opposite direction, up from eight to open the innings, is Ravi Bopara - the all-rounder who hasn't been asked to bowl yet in the first two games, and has only batted in lost causes. Meanwhile, pop-pickers, down from three to six is Owais Shah, Captain Kevin Pietersen's up from four to three and Paul Collingwood's up from six to four. Andrew Flintoff's a non-mover at number five. What a groovy batting order! Not 'alf!

0302: Morning, everyone. It may be the middle of the night here in Britain, but we're still relatively bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, waiting to bring you the third ODI. And, trailing 2-0 in the series, England have made some radical changes to their batting order, if not to their team, as I'll explain shortly...

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