FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Bangalore:
India v England
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By Mark Mitchener
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606: DEBATE
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Play due to start at 0900 GMT
0843: What can I tell you about Pragyan Ojha, who may not be familiar to English audiences? He's a slow left-armer who bats left-handed, he's 22 and has played five ODIs, but has taken just five wickets at 34.60.
0841: My "gaffer" today, Oliver Brett, has just coined a superb word I've never heard before. He described someone as a "dimbo" (a bimbo who is also dim). And my other colleague Pranav Soneji, on match report duties today, has just spilt a cup of water all over my note pad. So it's all go here.
0838: And with England unchanged, the doom-sayers will no doubt point out that it means James Anderson keeps his place despite no wickets in the first three ODIs, while Paul Collingwood keeps his place despite going seven one-day innings without a half-century.
0833: Toss news: England captain Kevin Pietersen has called successfully for the second successive match, and England will field first. I guess, having been caught out on Duckworth-Lewis last time out, he fancies batting second if there's any doubt about the weather.
Team news is that India, as expected, recall Tendulkar in place of Rohit Sharma - while it's a disappointing day for the Sharmas all round as seamer Ishant Sharma, who was a bit wild in the last game, is omitted so left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha plays instead. England are unchanged.
0825: Morning, everyone. We've braved the snow to arrive at the dreaming spires of BBC TV Centre to bring you all the action from Bangalore, where hopefully the weather's a bit sunnier - and less hazier than it was in Kanpur.
No team news yet, apart from the fact that India are set to recall Sachin Tendulkar to their batting line-up after he was rested for the first three ODIs.
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