4th ODI: England vs India at Old Trafford
Andrew Flintoff is back for this game at Old Trafford, the place where he calls home. He hasn't had much luck at this ground and hasn't played an ODI here since 2003. That will all change today. Flintoff is expected to be the back-up to seamers Staurt Broad and James Anderson who have bowled well in the series so far.
India on the other hand will be looking to level the series again after a poor showing in the previous match. As a side, India do quite well here, in 1983, they beat England in a World Cup semi-final and defeated arch rival, Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup "Super Six" stage. Old Trafford has proven to be a fast ground so India may in fact play an extra batsman to aid their cause. Batting first will be a major advantage here.
England will be out for a third victory here to boost their lead in the series while India will have to knuckle down and try and level the series once more. Should be a good game this one.
England XI (likely): 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Matt Prior+, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood*, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Ravi Bopara, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Chris Tremlett, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty Panesar.
India XI (likely): 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Dinesh Karthik, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Rahul Dravid*, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni+, 7 Ajit Agarkar, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Ramesh Powar, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 RP Singh.
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Mark Benson
3rd Umpire: Ian Gould
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Mainly fine, 19.
Day temp: 19
Night temp: 14
Game starts at 9:30pm AWST (2:30pm local time, 1:30pm GMT).
Andrew Flintoff is back for this game at Old Trafford, the place where he calls home. He hasn't had much luck at this ground and hasn't played an ODI here since 2003. That will all change today. Flintoff is expected to be the back-up to seamers Staurt Broad and James Anderson who have bowled well in the series so far.
India on the other hand will be looking to level the series again after a poor showing in the previous match. As a side, India do quite well here, in 1983, they beat England in a World Cup semi-final and defeated arch rival, Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup "Super Six" stage. Old Trafford has proven to be a fast ground so India may in fact play an extra batsman to aid their cause. Batting first will be a major advantage here.
England will be out for a third victory here to boost their lead in the series while India will have to knuckle down and try and level the series once more. Should be a good game this one.
England XI (likely): 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Matt Prior+, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood*, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Ravi Bopara, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Chris Tremlett, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty Panesar.
India XI (likely): 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Dinesh Karthik, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Rahul Dravid*, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni+, 7 Ajit Agarkar, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Ramesh Powar, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 RP Singh.
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Mark Benson
3rd Umpire: Ian Gould
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Mainly fine, 19.
Day temp: 19
Night temp: 14
Game starts at 9:30pm AWST (2:30pm local time, 1:30pm GMT).
