Sachin Tendulkar comes out for what could be his final innings at Lord's after India captain Rahul Dravid wins the toss

And Tendulkar is looking in fine touch under cloudy skies in north London as the tourists look to set an imposing target

But Sourav Ganguly looks all at sea before finally edging James Anderson to the returning Andrew Flintoff at slip on 15

Gautum Gambhir then pulls Anderson to mid-wicket where Luke Wright holds a low chance to reduce India to 52-2

And when Dravid is adjudged to have edged Flintoff to Matt Prior, he departs for a duck and India are in trouble at 53-3

Tendulkar is the next to go when umpire Aleem Dar again adjudges that Flintoff has found the edge

The Little Master departs for 30 to a standing ovation - but his side are tottering on 59-4 in the 16th over

Dimitri Mascarenhas gets in on the wickets, having Robin Uthappa and Yuvraj Singh caught to leave India 119-6

The runs dry up for India and Ramesh Powar is run out before Piyush Chawla is stumped as Mascarenhas picks up 3-23

Zaheer Khan then attempts to heave Monty Panesar into central London, but misses and India are 160-9 off 42 overs

Mahendra Dhoni, who has been playing a more circumspect innings than normal, cuts loose and brings up his half century

Dhoni finally falls to a diving Anderson catch at long-off and India are all out for 187 as Flintoff picks up 3-45

England's reply gets off to a disastrous start when Wright top-edges a pull and RP Singh takes a caught and bowled

Prior also falls for a duck in the same over after feathering Singh to Dhoni and England are in tatters at 11-2

Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen come to the rescue though and put on 50 as England progress to 72-2 after 15 overs

However, Bell is run out for 36 an over later after initially being called through by Pietersen before being sent back

Undeterred, Pietersen brings up his 16th ODI half century as he and Paul Collingwood push England to within 50 of victory

Collingwood also races past his half century and England are fairly cruising towards their target with overs to spare

And Pietersen wraps up a comfortable seven-wicket victory with a high straight drive off Powar to finish 71 not out

It is England's first home one-day series win for three years and provides some consolation following the Test series loss