Second Innings
Batting : England
Bowling : India
England beat India by 7 wickets and clinch the series 4-3. England have won an ODI series on home soil after a three years gap and have taken revenge over India for their Test series loss. England's chase had early hiccups as RP Singh got rid of both the openers as early in the 2nd over. But first a 63 runs stand between Bell and Pietersen and then a consolidated unbeaten 114 runs partnership between the skipper and Pietersen took game away from India. Apart from the early blows, Indian bowling looked out of sorts throughout the innings. Pietersen pocketed the Man of the Match award for his blistering unbeaten knock of 71 runs. Ian Bell deservingly won the Man of the series award for his 422 runs in this series. So, England will be going into the WT20 champiopnship with high morale after their series win whereas India will be a bit disappointed for their performance today. Thanks for being with us throughout the live commentary of the NatWest series.
36.2 R Powar to K Pietersen, Pietersen dances down the track and lofts the ball straight over the bowlers's head for three runs. England win the series 4-3. 188/3
36.1 R Powar to K Pietersen, Pietersen sweeps the ball fine for a boundary towards the square leg region. England three runs away from victory. 185/3
Powar replaces Yuvraj Singh in the bowling attack.
36 Z Khan to K Pietersen, Pietersen works the ball down the leg side for an easy single. 181/3
35.5 Z Khan to P Collingwood, Driven through the covers by Collingwood. Good running between the wickets by both the batsmen to pick up three runs. 180/3
100 runs partnership between Pietersen and Collingwood
35.4 Z Khan to P Collingwood, Collingwood has played that off the front foot and into the ground. Dot ball. 177/3
35.3 Z Khan to P Collingwood, The ball strikes Collingwood very low on the pads and races to the fine leg boundary. Umpire Gould gives four Leg byes. 177/3
35.2 Z Khan to P Collingwood, Collingwood plays the ball on the off side for no runs. 173/3
35.1 Z Khan to P Collingwood, Collingwood has punched the ball off the backfoot for no runs. 173/3
35 Y Singh to K Pietersen, Pietersen plays a crunching shot through the cover region. The ball races to the boundary in a flash. Runs coming easily for England at this moment. 173/3
34.5 Y Singh to K Pietersen, Left alone by Pietersen. 169/3
34.4 Y Singh to K Pietersen, Sweetly driven through the covers by Pietersen. Good effort by Chawla to save a certain boundary. Two runs conceded. 169/3
34.3 Y Singh to K Pietersen, Driven through the off side by Pietersen. Dot ball. 167/3