Bell, Cook smash tons in England’s 288/2

By IANS

Southampton : Ian Bell (126 not out) and Alastair Cook (102) smashed centuries as England scored 288 for two in 50 overs against India in the first One-day International here Tuesday.


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Bell (118 balls, 10x4s, 1×6) and Cook (126 balls, 8x4s) were involved in a whopping 178-run partnership for the second wicket while Kevin Pieterson chipped in with an unbeaten 33 off 25 balls (3x4s).

India will need to score 289 at 5.78 runs per over to win the first match of the seven-ODI series at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.

SCOREBOARD

1st One-day International (day/night), India vs. England, Rose Bowl, Southampton

England:
Alastair Cook b R.P. Singh 102
Matt Prior c Dravid b Khan 19
Ian Bell not out 126
Kevin Pietersen not out 33
Extras: (leg byes 4, wides 4) 8
Total: (for 2 wickets in 50 overs) 288

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Prior, 10.5 overs), 2-221 (Cook, 41.4)

Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10 1 49 1 (1w)
Ajit Agarkar 10 1 65 0
Rudra Pratap Singh 10 0 49 1 (1w)
Sourav Ganguly 4 0 21 0
Piyush Chawla 7 0 42 0
Sachin Tendulkar 4 0 29 0 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 5 0 29 0

Umpires: Mark Benson (England) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: Ian Gould (England)
Referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

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