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Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 12:57 GMT 13:57 UK
England v India photos

India players chat before the start of the one-day game against England

India field after winning the toss as the first of seven one-day internationals against England starts at Hampshire's Rose Bowl

Alastair Cook plays a shot

Alastair Cook and Matt Prior open the innings and negotiate the opening overs at a run-rate hovering around four

Yuvraj Singh (right) collapses in pain after stopping a shot from Matt Prior

Yuvraj Singh receives a nasty blow to his hand but his fine stop from a Prior cut helps keep the pressure on the batsmen

Zaheer Khan (centre) celebrates as Matt Prior (right) trudges off

Prior responds by lofting Zaheer Khan for six, but he holes out to Rahul Dravid attempting a similar shot and England are 43-1

Alastair Cook turns the ball to leg

Cook continues to nudge the Indian bowling around the field and completes his first ODI half century in the 23rd over

Ian Bell hits out

Ian Bell meanwhile is bounding along at a run-a-ball as he records his 15th ODI half ton and England are 155-1 after 31

Alastair Cook celebrates his century

Cook hits his eighth boundary before bringing up his century as England move on to 210-1 with 10 overs remaining

Ian Bell (left) and Alastair Cook run between the wickets

The second-wicket partnership reaches a record 178 off 185 balls before Cook is bowled by Rudra Pratap Singh for 102

Ian Bell (left) celebrates his century

Bell, who is joined by Kevin Pietersen for the final onslaught, completes his maiden ODI century and ends 126 not out

England's Kevin Pietersen

But, despite Pietersen's 33 off 25 balls, England are restricted to just 108 off the last 15 overs and close on 288-2

Sourav Ganguly waits for the third umpire decision on his run out

India's chase gets off to a shaky start when Sourav Ganguly is run out for two following a mix-up with Sachin Tendulkar

James Anderson (third right) is congratulated by his team-mates as Gautam Gambhir (right) departs

And Gautam Gambhir departs for three after feathering James Anderson to Prior and India are in trouble at 19-2

Stuart Broad (right) appeals for a leg before decision against Sachin Tendulkar

England are completely on top and Stuart Broad has two leg before shouts against Tendulkar in the same over rejected

Sachin Tendulkar departs for 17

But the Little Master becomes Anderson's 101st ODI victim when he clips a leg-side delivery to Ravi Bopara on 17

Matt Prior (left) and Alastair Cook celebrate the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh

And Yuvraj becomes Anderson's 102nd wicket four balls later - Cook holds a fantastic slip catch to leave India 34-4

Andrew Flintoff (centre) is congratulated by Kevin Pietersen after taking the wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dravid put on 68 in 19 overs before Dhoni gloves a short Andrew Flintoff delivery to Prior on 19

Rahul Dravid trudges off while the England players celebrate his dismissal

Dravid follows in the next over after sweeping Dimitri Mascarenhas into Prior's gloves on 46 to leave India 105-6

Matt Prior (left) runs out Ajit Agarkar

More poor calling sees the run outs of Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla as India stagger and stumble their way to 145-8

James Anderson takes 4-23 for England against India

Anderson ends with 4-23 after bowling Zaheer and RP Singh is cleaned up by Panesar as England record a 104-run victory



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