5th ODI ENG V IND

ENG 294/7

Fall of wickets: 23-1 (Hales 4), 39-2 (Moeen 9), 91-3 (Cook 46), 117-4 (Morgan 14), 225-5 (Buttler 49), 249-6 (Root 113), 265-7 (Woakes 9)

Cook	c Dhoni	b Raina	46
Hales	c Rahane	b Yadav	4
Moeen	c Yadav	b B Kumar	9
Root	c Ashwin	b Shami	113
Morgan	st Dhoni	b Ashwin	14
Buttler	run out Dhoni		49
Stokes	not out		29
Woakes		b Shami	9
Tredwell	not out		8
Extras		5w 1b 3lb	9

An innings of 113 from Joe Root has helped England to 294-7 in the final one-day international against India at Headingley.

After losing the toss, England saw Alex Hales fall for four before Moeen Ali was dismissed for nine to leave the hosts on 39-2.

Alastair Cook, who was desperately in need of an improved performance, hit six fours on the way to registering 46 off 63 balls before he mistimed a sweep while attempting to nudge closer to his half-century.

England were reduced to 117-4 when Eoin Morgan went cheaply for 14 but Root and Jos Buttler steadied the ship before taking their side past the 200-mark.

Buttler was agonisingly run out for 49 but Root kicked on to reach three figures before getting out for his highest one-day international score when flicking the ball straight to Ravichandran Ashwin.

However, Ben Stokes ended his side's innings with 33 off 23 balls to give England a chance of avoiding a 4-0 series defeat.

IND 253

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Rahane 0), 25-2 (Kohli 13), 49-3 (Dhawan 31), 91-4 (Raina 18), 132-5 (Rayudu 53), 173-6 (Dhoni 29), 203-7 (Ashwin 16), 208-8 (Kumar 1), 209-9 (Shami 0), 253-10 (Jadeja 87)

Rahane	c Morgan	b Anderson	0
Dhawan		b Moeen	31
Kohli	c Cook	b Anderson	13
Rayudu	c Cook	b Stokes	53
Raina	c Buttler	b Moeen	18
Dhoni	c Stokes	b Finn	29
Jadeja		b Finn	87
Ashwin	c Finn	b Stokes	16
B Kumar	run out Finn		1
Shami	c Hales	b Stokes	0
Yadav	not out		0
Extras		5w	5

Joe Root scored his second one-day international century to help England beat India by 41 runs in the final match of the series at Headingley on Friday.

The middle-order batsman made 113 on his home ground as the hosts posted their first competitive total of a series which they end up losing 3-1.

India, who had won the three previous matches by emphatic margins, inserted England hoping to restrict them to a low score once again, and had them 39-2 when Alex Hales and Moeen Ali went for single figures.

Root came together with Alastair Cook to put on 52 for the third wicket before England's captain was caught behind off Suresh Raina for 45, and MS Dhoni claimed another victim when he stumped Eoin Morgan for 14.

It was Root's stand with Jos Buttler which defined the game, as the two youngsters added 108 in a partnership which initially stabilised the England innings and then gave it some much-needed impetus.

Buttler hit seven boundaries, including two sixes, in a 40-ball knock of 49 before he was run out by Dhoni, trying to steal a single behind the wicket, and Root accelerated at the other end to bring up his hundred.

The Yorkshireman eventually went for a crucial 113, which came at better than a run a ball, and Ben Stokespicked up where they left off to bludgeon a quickfire 33 which took England to 294-7.

India's reply began poorly when Ajinkya Rahane, a centurion at Edgbaston earlier this week, softly chipped up to Morgan at point off the third ball to become James Anderson's first wicket of the series.

The seamer soon had Virat Kohli caught behind in a familiar scene from this summer's Tests, and Moeen again contributed an important wicket when he bowled Shikhar Dhawan for 31 to leave India on 49-3.

Steven Finn had new batsmen Ambati Rayudu and Raina both dropped early on, but the latter would not be given a second life when he feathered a Moeen delivery into the gloves of Buttler for 18.

Rayudu chanced his arm for 53, but the Indians continued to lose wickets at regular intervals and a fledgling partnership between Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja was thrown away when the visiting skipper slashed a Finn long hop to Stokes at cover.

he tourists needed over ten an over with Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin at the crease, and Stokes soon made their task even more mountainous when he took two wickets on his way to figures of 3-47.

Jadeja swung from the hip with his side nine down and scored all 48 runs that were added by India's final pair, but played on to Finn for 87 while seeking three figures as India were bowled out for 253.