[Lord Snooty]

England v India
The 5th ODI Match
Friday 5th September
at Headingley
starting at 10:30

And so to the much anticipated series decider in front of a packed house at Headingley.........well......hmmm!
The packed house bit is right. Most of the tickets have been sold as Yorkshire CCC seek desperately to hold on to their test match status. Thankfully advance sales have been good, otherwise this could really have been a massive damp squib.
The home crowd therefore will be looking to cheer on two of their own as Joe Root and Gary Ballance play on their home ground. Both will definitely play as Ian Bell is out with a broken toe.
Even though this is a dead rubber, the Indians are expected to field their strongest, unchanged XI.

England squad: Alastair Cook ©, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Gary Ballance, Jos Buttler (w), Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

India squad: Mahendra Dhoni (c & w), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson (w), Karn Sharma, Murali Vijay.

Scorecard



June
Thu 26 - Sat 28, v Leicestershire, Grace Road - Draw Scorecard

July
Tue 1 - Thu 3, v Derbyshire, Derby - India won by 5 wickets Scorecard
Wed 9 - Sun 13, 1st Test v England, Trent Bridge - Draw Scorecard
Thu 17 - Mon 21, 2nd Test v England, Lord's - India won by 95 runs Scorecard
Sun 27 - Thu 31, 3rd Test v England, Rose Bowl - England won by 266 runs Scorecard

August
Thu 7 - Mon 11, 4th Test v England, Old Trafford - England won by an innings and 54 runs Scorecard
Fri 15 - Tue 19, 5th Test v England, The Oval - England won by an innings and 244 runs Scorecard
Fri 22, v Middlesex, Lords - India won by 95 runs Scorecard
Mon 25th, 1st ODI v England, Bristol - Match abandoned Scorecard
Wed 27, 2nd ODI v England, Cardiff - India won by 133 runs (D/L) Scorecard
Sat 30, 3rd ODI v England, Trent Bridge - India won by 6 wickets Scorecard

September
Tue 2, 4th ODI v England, Edgbaston (10:30) - India won by 9 wickets Scorecard
Fri 5, 5th ODI v England, Headingley (10:30) - England won by 41 runs Scorecard
Sun 7, t20I, v England, Edgbaston (15:00)

[Stairs]

The ODI's have lost their appeal recently but will still be hoping for the resurrection of a little form.

[Lord Snooty]

Much better today. Just watched the highlights. Joe Root was outstanding. I don't think we have such a bad team/squad. The results don't back that statement up though.

[Maddix]

Much better today. Just watched the highlights. Joe Root was outstanding. I don't think we have such a bad team/squad. The results don't back that statement up though.  

Our problem is that we treat one day games like dinosaurs and think that 250 is still a good score <doh> whilst the Rest of the World are posting 300 - 350 first innings scores <doh> We need to get out of the 1970's and embrace the way ODI's are played in the 21st Century <doh>