LONDON : Suresh Raina hit 84 as India made 280-5 off their 50 overs after
being put in to bat in the fourth one-day international here at Lord's
on Sunday.Raina shared a stand of 169 with captain MS Dhoni
(78 not out) which was the highest fifth wicket partnership for India
in one-day internationals against England as India posted a challenging
total.Dhoni faced 71 balls, hitting six fours and three
sixes, whilst Raina, who accelerated late in his innings faced 75 balls
and hit seven fours and two sixes.But it looked like it would be a different story when India were 110-4 in 26th over.Graeme
Swann had just dismissed Virat Kholi and Rahul Dravid in his first over
and one more wicket would have exposed the Indian tail.But
Raina and Dhoni got their side to a score well above the average first
innings one-day total here with aggressive batting which delighted the
hordes of Indian supporters at the ground.They helped their
side to add 109 off the last ten overs with both batsmen hitting the
English bowlers high into stands as India finally enjoyed themselves
after a dismal summer in England.In a bad session for
England Stuart Broad went off without completing the final over holding
his arm and Steve Finn was called on to bowl the rest of the over. Earlier,
Broad had dismissed both openers Parthiv Patel for 27 and Ajinkya
Rahane for 38 but Finn, playing his first match of the series, went
wicketless despite bowling well.He eventually snared Raina when he was asked to replace Broad when the batsman was superbly caught by Ben Stokes in the deep.England lead the five-match series 2-0 with one no result and one match left to play, in Cardiff, on Friday.
