8 Sep 2011

England beat India again

6:25 am on 8 September 2011

The Indian cricketers' summer of discontent showed no signs of ending after a captain's knock by Alastair Cook ensured England romped to a seven-wicket win in the rain-shortened second one-dayer at Southampton.

Five months after lifting the World Cup amid joyous celebrations on home soil, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men were left to digest their sixth successive international defeat during what is turning out to be a wretched tour of England.

After being humiliated 4-0 in the test series, India also came off second best in a Twenty20 match last week.

Rain washed out the first one-dayer in Durham and the Indians will probably be wishing Tuesday's match had been a washout as well after a torrential downpour delayed the start by almost five hours.

India made 187 for 8 from their 23 overs, which England reached with 5 balls to spare with Cook unbeaten on 80.

England will be looking to extend their lead in the five-match series when the teams move to the Oval in London for the third one-dayer on Friday.