Rain plays spoilsport, warm-up match abandoned

NORTHAMPTON: The warm-up cricket match between India and England Lions was abandoned due to heavy rain on Saturday.

Chasing a victory target of 297, India were 32 without loss in 6.5 overs with Sourav Ganguly batting on 18 and Robin Uthappa on 12 when rain stopped play and players went off the field. Play was later officially called off.

India:
R Uthappa not out 12
S Ganguly not out 18

Extras (lb-2)      2
Total (for no loss in 6.5 overs)  32
Bowling: Lewis 3.5-1-8-0, Kirtley 3-0-22-0.

The teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel.

England Lions: Vikram Solanki (captain), Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Darren Maddy, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnen, Luke Wright, Paul Nixon, Chris Schofield, James Kirtley and Jon Lewis.