September 03, 2007	Monday	Sha'aban 20, 1428

LEEDS (England), Sept 2: Sachin Tendulkar returned in style to the Headingley ground where he was Yorkshire's first overseas player as he set up India's 38-run win against England under the Duckworth/ Lewis method in the fifth One-day International here on Sunday.

India's victory reduced England's lead in the seven-match series to 3-2.

Tendulkar (71) and Saurav Ganguly (59) shared a rapid first-wicket partnership of 116 in 118 balls to lay the base for a total of 324 for six.

Yuvraj Singh followed up with 72, including two sixes and 10 fours, in a match India had to win to keep the series alive.

Gautam Gambhir, in for left-arm pace bowler Rudra Pratap Singh as India strengthened their batting, made 51 after being dropped twice and helped Yuvraj add 94 for the third wicket.

England, ultimately chasing a revised target of 311 in 45 overs after a rain break, lost three wickets for seven runs in 13 balls as they collapsed from 97 for one to 104 for four.

When rain finally stopped play, England were 242 for eight off 39 overs with captain Paul Collingwood 91 not out and James Anderson unbeaten on one.

Ganguly also proved a thorn in England’s side with his medium-pace bowling, taking two for 26 in seven overs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's six dismissals equalled the record for a wicket-keeper in a One-day International, achieved on seven previous occasions.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad, Man-of-the-Match in England's three-wicket win at Old Trafford on Thursday, conceded 84 runs in 10 overs and was later dismissed for one.

Ravi Bopara dislocated his right thumb and sustained a minor fracture after dropping Gambhir off his own bowling.

England had started the game without his fellow all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, out with a recurrence of his left ankle injury.

In reply, England's Matt Prior was dropped on one by Tendulkar at first slip off left-arm quick Zaheer Khan. But fellow opener Alastair Cook fell for four, caught behind off Ajit Agarkar.

Prior was out for a 45-ball 46, stumped by Dhoni off Ganguly.

Star batsman Kevin Pietersen, yet to find his form this series, fell for nought when he edged Zaheer through to Dhoni.

And then Bell, who made 44, saw an edged cut well caught by Dhoni, standing up, off Ganguly.

Off-spinner Ramesh Powar, after the rain break, took a wicket fifth ball, Owais Shah caught behind for 15.

England, at 145 for five, saw Bopara come in as scheduled at No 7 despite his injury.

Collingwood, who won the toss and fielded, defiantly hit Tendulkar for two sixes in as many balls on his way to a 41-ball fifty. Bopara though, who scored 43 not out at Old Trafford, was caught and bowled by Powar for 11.

Scoreboard

INDIA:

S.C. Ganguly c Cook b Panesar 59

S.R. Tendulkar c Prior b Lewis 71

G. Gambhir c sub b Broad 51

Yuvraj Singh c Anderson b Collingwood 72

M.S. Dhoni c Prior b Anderson 24

R. Dravid run out 24

K.D. Karthik not out 2

Zaheer Khan not out 4

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, W-12) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 324

FALL OF WKTS: 1-116, 2-150, 3-244, 4-266, 5-311, 6-318.

DID NOT BAT: A.B. Agarkar, R.R. Powar, Piyush Chawla.

BOWLING: Anderson 10-1-60-1 (2w); Lewis 10-1-63-1 (5w); Broad 10-0-84-1 (2w); Collingwood 10-1-48-1 (2w); Panesar 8-0-50-1; Bopara 1.1-0-7-0; Pietersen 0.5-0-7-0 (1w).

ENGLAND:

A.N. Cook c Dhoni b Agarkar 4

M.J. Prior st Dhoni b Ganguly 46

I.R. Bell c Dhoni b Ganguly 44

K.P. Pietersen c Dhoni b Zaheer 0

P.D. Collingwood not out 91

O.A. Shah c Dhoni b Powar 15

R.S. Bopara c and b Powar 11

S.C.J. Broad c Karthik b Chawla 1

J. Lewis c Dhoni b Agarkar 17

J.M. Anderson not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-3, NB-6) 12

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 39 overs) 242

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-97, 3-102, 4-104, 5-145, 6-193, 7-196, 8-240.

DID NOT BAT: M.S. Panesar.

BOWLING: Zaheer Khan 8-0-44-1 (3nb,1w); Agarkar 7-0-58-2 (3nb); Ganguly 7-0-26-2; Chawla 5-0-31-1; Tendulkar 5-0-35-0; Powar 7-0-45-2 (1w).

RESULT: India won by 38 runs (D/L Method).

UMPIRES: N.J. Llong (England) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).

TV UMPIRE: I.J. Gould (England).

MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Saurav Ganguly.

SIXTH ODI: The Oval, Sept 5.

SEVENTH ODI: Lord’s, Sept 8.—AFP