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That's all we've got for you today. Do join us for the fourth ODI on Sunday which is a day-night affair. Till then it's goodbye.
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Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Match for his figures of 3/31. He also picked up his 200th ODI wicket today.
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A smart move by Dhoni to take the powerplay when he did, ensuring India surged ahead of the D/L par score and won comfortably in the end. Both teams were neck-and-neck until the 36th over. Flintoff provided timely breakthroughs while Sehwag had steadied India after Gambhir and Raina fell cheaply followed by useful contributions from Yuvraj and Dhoni in the end. England now need to win all of the remaining four games to clinch the series, a tough ask.
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Right then, it's official now. India have won by 16 runs and lead the series 3-0.
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We're still waiting for the official announcement..
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The light has been offered and the batsmen are walking off. India needed to be 183/5 after 40 overs and with little chance of the light improving it's all but over.
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39.6 Pietersen to Dhoni, 1 run, plants his foot outside the line and works the ball to square leg
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39.5 Pietersen to Dhoni, no run, comes on the frontfoot and defends it solidly
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39.4 Pietersen to Dhoni, no run, defended into the off side
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39.3 Pietersen to Yusuf, 1 run, turns it to mid wicket
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39.2 Pietersen to Yusuf, no run, stumping chance missed! Yusuf came down the track but didn't get close to it, it brushed the pad on it's way before Prior spilled it
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39.1 Pietersen to Yusuf, no run, leans forward and nudges it into the leg side
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Pietersen has been told that he can't use his seamers anymore.
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38.6 Patel to Dhoni, no run, defended forward
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38.5 Patel to Yusuf, 1 run, drives it to long on
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38.4 Patel to Yusuf, no run, slightly slower this time, pushed back to the bowler
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38.3 Patel to Yusuf, no run, pushed through quicker, defended on the backfoot
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38.2 Patel to Yusuf, no run, gives this one some air, Yusuf gets forward to defend
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38.1 Patel to Dhoni, 1 run, driven off the backfoot to deep cover
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Samit Patel is back into the attack
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The lightmeter is out...
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Par score: 175/5
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37.6 Flintoff to Yusuf, no run, full and straight, jammed into the ground to cover
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KP has a small chat with the umpire. Probably asking if he can still continue with the seamers
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37.5 Flintoff to Yusuf, no run, tries the yorker this time, almost gets it right, squeezed out to mid wicket
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37.4 Flintoff to Yusuf, no run, on middle and leg, clipped to mid wicket in the circle
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37.3 Flintoff to Yusuf, FOUR!!, low full toss on the legs, flicked away through long leg
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37.2 Flintoff to Yusuf, FOUR!!, another short delivery, Yusuf opens the face and plays it uppishly past the keeper
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37.1 Flintoff to Yusuf, no run, shortish delivery, turned into the leg side
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The D/L par score at this stage is 171/5. India are well ahead.
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36.6 Broad to Yusuf, 1 run, tucked off his pads to backward square leg
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36.5 Broad to Yusuf, no run, the third slower delivery of the over, he tries to run it down but doesn't connect
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36.4 Broad to Dhoni, 1 run, driven to cover, Bell was at the edge of the circle and the single was there to be taken
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36.3 Broad to Yusuf, 1 run, mistimes a drive into the ground towards mid on to get off the mark
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It's getting darker now. There are floodlights at the ground but they will not be used.
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36.2 Broad to Dhoni, 1 run, pitched up, he drives it to long off
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India are still ahead of the D/L par score despite losing Yuvraj.
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36.1 Broad to Dhoni, FOUR!!, slower again, 112 kph, it was too short and Dhoni had ample time to pull it away in front of the square leg fielder
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36.1 Broad to Dhoni, wide, slower delivery gone wrong, down the leg side
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Flintoff to Yuvraj, out Caught by Broad!! And Freddie gets the breakthrough again! It was short and Yuvraj went for the pull, not quite middling it and getting caught at deep mid wicket in the end! Yuvraj c Broad b Flintoff 38(31) [4s-2 6s-1]
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35.6 Flintoff to Yuvraj, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
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35.5 Flintoff to Yuvraj, no run, short outside off, pulled to mid wicket in the circle
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round the wicket
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35.4 Flintoff to Dhoni, 1 run, good yorker, dug out into the leg side
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35.3 Flintoff to Dhoni, 2 runs, dug in short, Dhoni doesn't get on top of the bounce but manages to slap it over the infield
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