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Match : India vs England, fifth One day International of Hero Honda Cup 7 ODI series.
Venue/Date : Barabati stadium in Cuttack in Orissa in India.. 26 November 2008.
Debuts : none from either side.
Result : India won by 6 wickets.
Man of the match : Virendra Sehwag.
Umpires : Amish Saheba (India) & Dyrall Harper (Australia).
ODI No. : 2783.

Already 4 played and as many lost, England team were desperate to win something in the series as they came to Cuttack for this 5th ODI of Hero Honda Cup series in 2008 in India.. They played good cricket (specially Owais Shah who has been England's batsman in the series so far and captain Pietersen who scored unbeaten century), but failed to defend their fine looking total.

Indians began their chase in emphatic manner with Sachin-Sehwag dominating and then, although visitors got 3 quick wickeyts - India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with Suresh Raina made another century partnership and spoiled any hope of England win..

A 5th loss in a row, this England's tour of India is slowly becoming humiliating and as I mentioned in the preview - no other team has lost 7 matches out of 7 ODI series - England are seriously looking down the gun barrell now.. will they win at least one match? that remains to be seen.. 2 more game to go.!

India vs England : 5th ODI, Cuttack : 26 November 2008 : Full Scorecard
England (lost the toss) = 270 for 4 wickets in 50 overs
Ravinder Bopara	c Yuvraj	b Zaheer	24	33 balls, 3x4
Alaister Cook	c Tendulkar	b Zaheer	11	15 balls, 1x4
Kevin Pietersen	not out		111	128 balls, 10x4, 1x6
Paul Collingwood	c Zaheer	b Harbhajan	40	64 balls, 4x4
Andrew Flintoff	c Tendulkar	b Ishant	0	3 balls
Owais Shah	not out		66	57 balls, 9x4
Samit Patel
Matt Prior
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
Steve Harmisson
Irfan Pathan = 10-1-57-0		Zaheer Khan = 10-1-60-2 (3 wides)
Ishant Sharma = 10-0-54-1		Harbhajan Singh = 10-0-47-1 (1 wide)
Yuvraj Singh = 10-0-38-0		Extras = 18 (4 wides, 14 lbyes)
India (Target = 270) = 273 for 4 wickets in 43.4 overs
Virendra Sehwag	lbw	b Broad	91	73 balls, 15x4, 1x6
Sachin Tendulkar		b Har'sson	50	57 balls, 6x4
Yuvraj Singh	c&b	b Bopara	6	9 balls
Mahendra Dhoni	lbw	b Swann	50	61 balls, 5x4
Suresh Raina	not out		53	53 balls, 8x4
Rohit Sharma	not out		8	10 balls, 1x4
Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Steve Harmisson = 10-1-50-1 (2 wides)		Stuart Broad = 8.4-0-54-1 (2 wides)
Andrew Flintoff = 9-0-43-0		Samit Patel = 3-0-23-0 (1 wide)
Graeme Swanna = 7-0-56-1 (2 wides)		Ravi Bopara = 6-1-42-1 (1 no ball, 1 wide)
India won by 6 wickets and leads the 7 ODI series 5-0 with 2 to play.

Preview : To try whitewash or to test bench strength?

Scorecard : India vs England 5th ODI, Cuttack : 26 November 2008