By IANS
Birmingham : England put up a professional display to defeat India by 42 runs in the third One-day International here Monday and take a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series.
England made 281 for eight wickets in 50 overs, thanks largely to Ian Bell’s 79 (89 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s) and captain Paul Collingwood’s 44 (53 balls, 2x4s, 1×6), after India won the toss. Bell was adjudged the Man of the Match.
Left-arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh captured three England wickets.
In reply, India were all out for 239 in 48.1 overs following some disjointed batting performances.
Only Sourav Ganguly (72, 104 balls, 9x4s, 1×6), who completed 11,000 runs during the match, and captain Rahul Dravid (56, 61 balls, 7x4s, 1×6) played their usual knocks.
Pacer James Anderson bagged three wickets while Chris Tremlett and Collingwood took two wickets apiece.
SCOREBOARD
Third One-day International, India vs. England, Edgbaston, Birmingham
England:
Alastair Cook c Yuvraj b Powar 40
Matt Prior c Chawla b Patel 34
Ian Bell c Karthik b R.P. Singh 79
Kevin Pietersen st Dhoni b Chawla 9
Paul Collingwood c sub (Robin Uthappa) b Powar 44
Owais Shah b Yuvraj 19
Ravi Bopara c Dravid b R.P. Singh 10
Stuart Broad c Yuvraj b R.P. Singh 10
Chris Tremlett not out 19
James Anderson not out 0
Extras: (byes 1, leg byes 5, wides 7, no balls 4) 17
Total: (for 8 wickets in 50 overs) 281
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Prior, 13.4 overs), 2-92 (Cook, 18.1), 3-118 (Pietersen, 23.6), 4-193 (Collingwood, 38.4), 5-226 (Shah, 43.2), 6-246 (Bopara, 45.3), 7-255 (Bell, 47.3), 8-273 (Broad, 49.3)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10 0 49 0 (1w)
Rudra Pratap Singh 9 1 55 3 (2w)
Munaf Patel 5 0 37 1 (4nb)
Ramesh Powar 10 0 45 2 (3w)
Piyush Chawla 9 0 50 1
Yuvraj Singh 7 0 39 1
India:
Sourav Ganguly c Prior b Tremlett 72
Sachin Tendulkar c Collingwood b Anderson 8
Dinesh Karthik c Cook b Broad 0
Rahul Dravid b Tremlett 56
Yuvraj Singh run out (Bell/Panesar) 45
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Collingwood b Anderson 13
Ramesh Powar c Bell b Collingwood 6
Piyush Chawla c Bell b Collingwood 1
Zaheer Khan b Panesar 11
Rudra Pratap Singh not out 12
Munaf Patel b Anderson 2
Extras: (lb 8, w 3, nb 2) 13
Total: (all out in 48.1 overs) 239
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Tendulkar, 9.6 overs), 2-36 (Karthik, 10.5), 3-140 (Dravid, 29.5), 4-149 (Ganguly, 31.5), 5-190 (Dhoni, 38.2), 6-210 (Powar, 42.1), 7-213 (Chawla, 42.5), 8-214 (Yuvraj, 43.3), 9-234 (Khan, 47.1)
Bowling:
Stuart Broad 9 1 34 1 (1w)
James Anderson 9.1 3 32 3
Chris Tremlett 8 0 57 2 (2nb, 1w)
Monty Panesar 10 0 51 1
Paul Collingwood 10 0 45 2 (1w)
Ravi Bopara 2 0 12 0
Result: England won by 42 runs
Series: England lead 2-1 seven-ODI series
Man of the Match: Ian Bell (England)
Umpires: Mark Benson (England) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: P.J. Hartley (England)
Referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)