Darren Gough

India brought in Anil Kumble for Lakshmipathy Balaji and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik for Ajit Agarkar. England left out Andrew Flintoff - on paternity leave - and brought in Anthony McGrath.

VVS Laxman opened the innings with Sourav Ganguly, as a result of Virender Sehwag's poor form on tour. Sehwag was to come in at number four, but could still only make one off two deliveries.

The opening stand delivered only 24 runs, before Stephen Harmison beat Laxman with a vicious yorker. It was a brute of a delivery that left Laxman groping for his defence.

Ganguly and Mohammad Kaif got confused in their calling and the younger man was run out for only two.

When Ashley Giles took a return catch off his bowling to get rid of Sehwag, India were in deep trouble once more. After 14 overs they were floundering at 48/3.

A 93-run partnership between Ganguly and Dravid did much to repair the damage. However, the fourth-wicket pair struggled to score their runs at any great pace. Dravid in particular struggled, and hit his first boundary after more than an hour-and-a-half at the crease.

The pressure told on Ganguly, who was left to both shore up the innings and accelerate the scoring. The Indian skipper tried to hook Harmison in the 37th over of the innings, was early on the stroke and was caught at midwicket. It was a huge wicket for England.

Ganguly made 90, but India needed more.

Yuvraj Singh and Dravid threatened to kick on in the final ten overs, but Alex Wharf intervened. Yuvraj clipped a full ball off his legs into the hands of square leg fielder Giles. The visitors slipped to 170/5.

Thereafter India lost their wickets in a hurry. Dinesh Karthik went on 181/6, Harbhajan Singh on 182/7, Rahul Dravid on 184/8 and Anil Kumble on 195/9.

Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra made sure that India got to the final over of the innings and that they surpassed the 200-run mark. However, their effort of 204 can only be described as modest.

Darren Gough made history when he dismissed Harbhajan by becoming the first England bowler to take 200 one-day international wickets. He ended the day with 2/41 from his 10, while Harmison returned 4/22 from his 10.