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India-England eves' second ODI today

Kamesh Srinivasan

LUCKNOW: The Indian eves have so far failed to drive home the advantage against England both in the Test at Delhi and the one-dayer at Faridabad, despite having gained the upper-hand.

Skipper Mithali Raj expressed her resolve to swing the tide in the host's favour on the eve of the second ODI to be played at the K.D. Singh Babu Stadium here on Wednesday. She also suggested that she might reshuffle the batting order to provide the impetus at the top.

More than winning or losing, quality cricket is the need of the hour to breathe life into the game.

The English team, obviously, is trying to build on the momentum it set by winning the first ODI by 20 runs. The team has good memories of the ground here.

If anything, it should be a good contest and the organisers have done their part well by getting a few celebrities like film-star Govinda.

Doordarshan will telecast the match `live' from 9.30 a.m.

The stage is nicely set and it is for the Indian girls to provide a fitting entertainment, so that the team's hopes could be sustained in the five-match series.

The teams (from):

India: Mithali Raj (Capt.), Jaya Sharma, Neetu David, Anjum Chopra, Jhulan Goswami, Amita Sharma, Arundhati Kirkire, Nooshin Al-Khadeer, Reema Malhotra, Karuna Jain, Rumeli Dhar, Asha Rawat, Monica Sumra, S. K. Shravanthi Naidu and Varsha Raffel.

England: Charlotte Edwards (Capt.), Arran Brindle, Caroline Atkins, Rosalie Birch, Lydia Greenway, Isa Guha, Jenny Gunn, Laura Harper, Beth Morgan, Laura Newton, Jane Smit, Claire Taylor, Jo Watts and Nicky Shaw.

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