Live blog from the second Royal London one-day international against India at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff.
By Matt Somerford
Chris Woakes claimed two wickets in an over as England gained early reward in the second Royal London one-day international against India at Cardiff.
Woakes found Shikhar Dhawan's edge at the start of the eighth over before claiming the prize scalp of the out-of-sorts Virat Kohli, who blasted a drive straight to Alastair Cook at mid-on before he had scored.
India had already found runs difficult to come by, as Woakes and James Anderson enjoyed cloudy-morning conditions after Cook won the toss and elected to bowl.
Match Scoreboard / Live ball-by-ball commentary
India Innings
11.29am - Ben Stokes is brought into the attack from the River Taff End. Ajinkya Rahane pounces on an over-pitched delivery by stroking him through mid-on for his first boundary.
11.22am - Rohit carves Anderson through cover for the shot of the day so far. It is the second boundary of the over as he takes 10 from it. India needed that kick-start.
At the other end Chris Jordan is replacing Woakes, whose opening spell read 5-1-8-2.
11.15am - At the end of the powerplay India are 26 for two. They found the boundary just three times in the first 10 overs as Woakes and Anderson have kept them under wraps.
11.03am - WICKET! Kohli c Cook b Woakes 0; Ind 19/1 - Virat Kohli's horror tour continues. He skips down the wicket and smacks Woakes back down the ground from just his third ball only to pick out Alastair Cook at mid-on. He throws his head back in disgust. He can't believe he's picked out the England skipper.
11.01am - WICKET! Dhawan c Buttler b Woakes 11; Ind 19/1 - Dhawan swishes at one ball too many and feathers and edge for Jos Buttler to hold easily. The India opener was just starting to grow in confidence, but he has again been undone by the moving ball.
11am - Rohit and Dhawan have endured a few hairy moments when running between the wickets, but they have just about managed to avoid a run out. Dhawan is just starting to find his timing now and flicks Anderson over mid-wicket for four.
First 5 overs from @jimmy9& @crwoakes19. India 11-0 #EngvIndpic.twitter.com/NFCbGGw5VW
— England Cricket (@ECB_cricket) August 27, 2014
10.46am - Shikhar Dhawan has flashed and swished until he finally cuts Woakes away for his first runs, from his 12th delivery, to the point rope.
10.42am - The first runs off the bat took 18 legitimite deliveries but it was worth the wait as Rohit pushes Anderson down the ground for a boundary.
10.38am - Chris Woakes follows up with another maiden. He found plenty of bounce in his first over too. India eventually get off the mark with an Anderson wide down the leg side to start of the third over.
10.34am - James Anderson begins with a maiden that saw him find enough movement to beat Rohit Sharma's bat a couple of times.
Pre-Play News
10.28am - The players are out on the field and we are moments away from a start. The on-field umpires today are Richard Illingworth and Paul Reiffel.
Fast bowler James Anderson meets today's mascots at the SWALEC Stadium #EngvIndhttps://t.co/2ejQF2WnIy
— England Cricket (@ECB_cricket) August 27, 2014
10 - 10 of the 12 completed One Day Internationals at Cardiff have been won by the chasing team. Plan. @ECB_cricket#EngvInd
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) August 27, 2014
10.07am - There is a little bit of cloud cover this morning so England's bowlers could benefit from that as well as any Duckworth-Lewis calculations that kick in should that rain come later.
IND XI: S Dhawan, RG Sharma, S Raina, V Kohli, A Rahane, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, M Shami, M Sharma
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 27, 2014
Eng XI: Cook (c), Hales, Bell, Root, Morgan, Buttler, Stokes, Woakes, Jordan, Tredwell, Anderson.
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) August 27, 2014
10.03am - England win the toss and Cook does indeed elect to bowl.
10am - Welcome to today's blog from the second Royal London one-day international. The good news is the weather here in Cardiff is not wet!
After the series-opening rain-off in Bristol that is welcomed news for everyone and, while there is some chance of rain later in the day, we should get a good chunk of play and, hopefully, a full game.
Alex Hales is therefore set for his ODI debut after the weather in Bristol had delayed his bow. We're about to have the toss so we'll find out whether he is cast straight into action at the top of the order alongside Alastair Cook. With that weather forecast later, though, you would imagine it is a win the toss and bowl day. We will see soon...
Fielding and catching practice for England at the SWALEC Stadium #EngvIndpic.twitter.com/BSWhVTHzQQ
— England Cricket (@ECB_cricket) August 27, 2014