India spin to win against England

NOTTINGHAM, Aug 31 (AFP): India's spinners again proved England's undoing as the tourists won the third one-day international at Trent Bridge Saturday by six wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

World champions India, chasing a modest 228 for victory, cruised to 228 for four with seven overs to spare.

Ambati Rayudu, only playing because of Rohit Sharma's tour-ending finger injury, was an ODI-best 64 not out.

Together with Suresh Raina, who followed up his 100 in India's equally dominant 133-run victory in Cardiff Wednesday with a run-a-ball 42, Rayudu put on 87 for the fourth wicket.

India 228 for 4 (Rayudu 64*) beat England 227 (Cook 44, Ashwin 3-39) by six wickets.