England all out for 240 in 3rd ODI

Harbhajan Singh's spell of 3/31 spelled doom for the English XI as the visitors were all out for a mere 240 runs.

Ravi Bopara top scored for the hosts with a neat knock of 60. Earlier, England made a solid start in the Kanpur ODI but India has struck crucial blows to bring England to 102/2 in 19 overs.

Ian Bell fell to a Munaf Patel delivery that jagged away while Harbhajan Singh got the all important wicket of skipper Kevin Pietersen.

Ian Bell and Ravi Bopara forged 79 run partnership for the opening wicket to give England its best start for the series. After Bell's fall Bopara (41 batting) soldiered on and now he is joined by Paul Collingwood in the middle.

England skipper Kevin Pietersen won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the third one-day international on Thursday.

The start was delayed by 45 minutes due to hazy conditions, reducing play to 49-overs per side. The forecast is for showers during the day.

England dropped pace spearhead Steve Harmison and picked off spinner Graeme Swann as the second spinner, for his first game of the series in the only change from the previous game.

Harmison took just three wickets at over 41 runs apiece in the first two games, the hosts having won both easily to lead the seven-match series.

India recalled fast bowler Ishant Sharma after his recovery from an ankle injury, replacing left-arm R.P. Singh in the only change from the previous game.

Teams: England:Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen (captain), Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah, Samit Patel, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

India:Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.

England could not make the most of their best start of the series so far as India's phalanx of disciplined bowlers shot them out for 240 in 48.4 overs in the third cricket ODI here today.