Rain delays second England-India one-dayer

Southampton, September 6 (AFP): The second one-day international between England and India here on Tuesday was delayed by rain.

The 50-over match had been scheduled to start at 1400BST (1300GMT).

If the match does get underway, England will have Graeme Swann available after he shook off the virus that saw him miss the first match of the series in Durham, which also fell victim to rain.

But the tourists, who have had eight players injured this summer, will have to do without Sachin Tendulkar, who will miss the rest of the series with a toe injury.

Teams

England (from): A. Cook (capt), C. Kieswetter, I. Trott, I. Bell, E. Morgan, B. Stokes, T. Bresnan, S. Broad, G. Swann, J. Anderson, J. Dernbach, S. Patel, R. Bopara, S. Finn

India (from): M. Dhoni (capt), P. Patel, A. Rahane, R. Dravid, V. Kohli, S. Raina, P. Kumar, R. Ashwin, R. Vinay Kumar, M. Patel, A. Mishra, V. Aaron, R. Singh, M. Tiwary

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Rob Bailey (ENG) Third umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)

Series: 0-0

Results so far:

3 Sept 1st ODI Durham No result

To play:

9 Sept 3rd ODI The Oval

11 Sept 4th ODI Lord's

16 Sept 5th ODI Cardiff

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