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20-Jan-2015 09:30:00 GMT
England v India, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Brisbane

Impressive Finn, Anderson Thrash India

Brisbane: Steven Finn and James Anderson lead England to a morale-boosting nine-wicket tri-series win over India at Brisbane Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

Finn took a career-best 5-33 and Anderson, back after a knee injury, 4-18 as India were bowled out for 153.

Ian Bell then made an unbeaten 88 and James Taylor 56 not out in a stand of 131 as England chased their target inside 28 overs.

The bonus-point win leaves England second in the tri-series points table behind Australia, who they meet again on Friday.

It came thanks to the penetration of pace pair Finn and Anderson, some woeful India shot selection and a purposeful England run-chase.

Bowling on a true pitch after losing the toss, Anderson swung the ball both ways with miserly accuracy, while Finn - who was deemed "not selectable" in the same city almost a year ago to the day - exploited the pace and bounce on offer to regularly unsettle the India batsmen.

In fact, England's victory could have been more emphatic had a stand of 70 between Stuart Binny and MS Dhoni not been aided by some pressure-free field settings and an overuse of the short ball by Chris Woakes.

By this point, Finn had already sparked a collapse of four wickets for 10 runs in 27 balls that reduced India to 67-5.

With India recovering well from Shikhar Dhawan's early edge behind to Jos Butler off an Anderson out-swinger, Ajinkya Rahane inexplicably charged a Finn short ball to be held at mid-on.

Both Virat Kohli and Ambati Rayudu looked to guide Finn over slip only to be caught behind either side of Suresh Raina skipping past a Moeen Ali off-break to be stumped.

The Dhoni-Binny partnership steadied India and was beginning to look dangerous when Finn returned to have Dhoni feather another short ball down the leg side and, from the next delivery, Axar Patel edged on to his stumps.

Anderson produced a beauty that nipped off the seam to bowl Bhuvneshwar Kumar and, when the same bowler enticed Binny and Mohammed Shami to sky consecutive deliveries - brilliantly held by Morgan and Moeen respectively - India had lost their last five wickets for 16 runs in 20 balls.

England had a spell to bat before tea, in which over-aggression saw Moeen hole out to mid-off from the bowling of Binny, but Bell and Taylor, who both fell for ducks in Friday's defeat by Australia, ensured their would be no alarms.

Bell classily caressed his way to a first ODI half-century in 10 innings, while Taylor, after an uncertain start, gradually found his timing to register a third fifty in six matches.

It was Taylor who swept the winning runs, completing England's domination of an India side that are winless in eight matches on tour in Australia.

Earlier, India have won the toss and again opted to bat.

Rohit Sharma has missed out due to sore hamstring, Ambati Rayudu replaces him, and Stuart Binny comes in for R. Ashwin.

For England -- Anderson comes back. He will be replacing Chris Jordan

Teams:

India:
Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

England: Ian Bell, Moeen Ali, James Taylor, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (Capt.), Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Brief scores
India -
153 (Binny 44, Finn 5-33, Anderson 4-18)
England - 156/1 (Bell 88, Taylor 56)
Result - England won by 9 wickets
MOM - Steve Finn (England)


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