LONDON, Sep 11 (IANS): The rain-interrrupted fourth one-day international between India and England ended in a tie via the Duckworth Lewis Method at the Lord's here Saturday.
England won the series 2-0 with still a match to go.
Earlier, Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni shared a blistering 169-run partnership for the fifth wicket to propel India to 280 for five against England in the fourth One-day International at Lord's here Sunday.
Raina smashed 84 runs off 75 balls while theskipper struck 78 of 71 balls for his second consecutive fifty of the series. The two got together when India were struggling at 110 for four at the half-way stage but their brutal assault on the England bowlers in the last 13 overs produced 130 runs and took their side to a formidable total.
In reply, England needing 271 for a win were 270 for 8 in 48.5 overs when rain stopped play.
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India:
Parthiv Patel c Bopara b Broad 27
Ajinkya Rahane lbw Broad 38
Rahul Dravid c&b Swann 19
Virat Kohli c Kieswetter b Swann 16
Suresh Raina c Stokes b Finn 84
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 78
Ravindra Jadeja not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 13): 18
Total (for five wickets in 50 overs): 280
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Rahane, 13.3 overs), 2-70 (Parthiv, 15.2), 3-109 (Kohli, 25.2), 4-110 (Dravid, 25.5), 5-279 (Raina, 49.4)
Bowling:
James Anderson 10-2-57-0
Steve Finn 9.4-0-54-1
Tim Bresnan 10-1-51-0
Stuart Broad 9.2-0-52-2
Ravi Bopara 2-0-12-0
Graeme Swann 9-1-49-2
England:
Alastair Cook c Kohli b Singh 12
Craig Kieswetter c Jadeja b Singh 12
Jonathan Trott b Kumar 23
Ian Bell c sub (Tiwary) b Jadeja 54
Ravi Bopara c Jadeja b Munaf 96
Ben Stokes c&b Ashwin 7
Tim Bresnan b Singh 27
Graeme Swann run out (Munaf) 31
Steve Finn not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 8
Total (for eight wickets in 48.5 overs) 270
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Kieswetter, 3.6 overs), 2-27 (Cook, 5.1), 3-61 (Trott, 12.1), 4-159 (Bell, 32.1), 5-173 (Stokes, 35.2), 6-220 (Bresnan, 42.1), 7-270 (Swann, 48.4), 8-270 (Bopara, 48.5)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 9-0-35-1
Rudra Pratap Singh 9-0-59-3
Munaf Patel 9.5-0-54-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 10-0-44-1
Ravindra Jadeja 9-0-60-1
Suresh Raina 2-0-13-0
