What

The third One-Day International of the five-match series between England and India

When

September 9, 2011. The game begins at 17:30 pm, IST. The match is a day-night affair.

Where

Kennington Oval, London. The last game between the two sides at this venue was a thriller. Batting first, England put on a staggering 316 thanks to a feisty 107* from Owais Shah in 95 deliveries. However, India were up to the fight with some scintillating stroke-play from their top order batsmen (Sourav Ganguly 53 off 60, Sachin Tendulkar 94 off 81 and Gautam Gambhir 47 off 57). But when the game went down to the wire, with the visitors needing 10 off the last over with three wickets in hand, it was Robin Uthappa who saw the side through with two balls to spare.

The Teams

India find themselves in a situation similar to the one they faced leading up to that sensational win at the Oval in 2007. Back then India trailed the hosts 1-3 before successive victories at Leeds and the Oval helped keep the seven-match series alive. India are currently trailing the five-match series 0-1 after three games and will be desperate to register their first win of the tour.

England are comfortably placed, much like they were in the Test series against India. They were able to tide past the last minute injury to Eoin Morgan before the second ODI and yet record a comfortable win against the visitors while chasing a stiff target. Their middle-order does look a little vulnerable (Ravi Bopara, Ben Stokes, Samit Patel) but as long as Broad, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann lead their bowling attack, the hosts will always hold the edge against the relatively inexperienced Indian batting line-up.

Trivia

Having scored 94 runs from his previous two ODI outings, Ajinkya Rahane needs 55 runs to become the leading run-scorer for India after the first three matches. Navjot Sidhu currently holds the record with 148 runs.

James Anderson became just the second English bowler after Darren Gough to record 200 ODI wickets when he dismissed Parthiv Patel in the first ODI. Should Anderson play at The Oval, it will be the pacer’s 150th ODI; that would make him only the fourth England player after Paul Collingwood (197), Alec Stewart (170) and Darren Gough (159) to achieve this distinction.

Venue Stats

England – played - 34, won - 18, lost – 15, tied – 0, no result – 1

India – played - 10, won - 3, lost – 6, tied – 0, no result – 1

Highest total in an innings: New Zealand 347/4 in 50.0 overs v USA - September 10, 2004

Lowest total in an innings: England 103 all out in 41.0 overs v South Africa - May 22, 1999

Best individual score in an innings: Nathan Astle (New Zealand) – 145* v USA - September 10, 2004

Best bowling figures in an innings: Umar Gul (Pakistan) 10.0-0-42-6 v England – September 17, 2010

Average first innings score at the Kennington Oval (in D/N matches): 255

Result summary at the Kennington Oval:

Head-to-head

Last meeting at the Kennington Oval between England and India: Sep 05, 2007

Brief scores: England 316-6 (50 overs) lost to India 317-8 (49.4 overs) by 2 wickets.

Form guide (most recent listed first)

India: Loss, No result, Lost, Lost, Won (1 win, 3 losses)

England: Won, No result, Won, Won, Lost (3 wins, 1 loss)

The Squads

India: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Suresh Raina, Varun Aaron, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Rahul Dravid, R Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, RP Singh, Manoj Tiwary & R Vinay Kumar

England: Alastair Cook (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Samit Patel, Ben Stokes, Graeme Swann & Jonathan Trott

All stats are as onSeptember 08, 2011