Summary

  • Patel (57*) & Washington (52*) steer India home - report

  • India captain Gill retires hurt with cramp on 80

  • England recover from 107-6 to post 258

  • Root (76*) & Dawson (68) top-score for hosts

  • First of three ODIs, Edgbaston

Have your say on England men this summer

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham, Elizabeth Botcherby & Esha Nayar

  1. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Dawson makes battling half-century to help England recover from horror start

    Liam Dawson's half-century was his first in ODIs, in his 10th match.

  2. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    250 is defendable, especially because the ball looked like it was starting to do something.

    But, that India top four looks pretty scary. They may be a bit rusty but they have time to settle in.

  3. Thanks, Elizabeth.

    There's only been five ODIs where a team have chased more than England's 258 to win at Edgbaston.

    Cause for optimism?

  4. Elizabeth Botcherby
    BBC Sport

    So India will be chasing 259 to start this three-match ODI series with a win.

    To take you through the interval and the start of India's innings, here's Timothy Abraham.

  5. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Edgbaston

    Either side of the Root-Dawson partnership, England lost 6-46 and 4-30.

  6. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    Having got that far, to leave Root stranded is ridiculous.

    Rashid had the most exasperating dismissal because he's capable of having a bat in his hands.

    If Root stayed on strike, that's potentially another 15 runs.

  7. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Bowled him. Tongue looking to work the ball into the onside but the stumps have been clattered.

    It was a pretty ghastly shot from Tongue.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Tongue b Axar 0 (Eng 258 all out)

    Josh Tongue is bowled after pushing forward at a straight delivery. Middle stump splat.

    England are all out for 258, with Joe Root stranded on a run-a-ball 76.

    13 balls unused by the hosts but 258 should be seen as a positive from 107-6.

  9. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    I take it all back about Rashid being the ideal man. I thought because he has batting attributes, he would find the way to nurdle a single and he miserably failed to do that.

    You can do damage in three overs with Root but oh well.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Rashid st Rahul b Axar 1 (Eng 258-9)

    Adil Rashid dances down, misses it by a mile, and stands with an air of resignation as wicketkeeper KL Rahul demolishes the stumps.

    England are nine down with 2.3 overs remaining.

  11. Gurnoor Brar will not bowl the 48th over.

    Instead, Axar Patel has the ball in his hand. He has 2-61 from nine overs.

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    Must bat out the overs. Madness not to. We’ll get 280.

    Phillip, Kent

    Should we be questioning the shot selection and decision making of the middle order? There were 26 runs for those four wickets. Everyone else seemed able to 'read the room'.

    Mick, Cambridge

    Why do we need hitters in when we have Joe Root? Because one bloke doesn’t make a team. Where’s the resilience? Where’s the depth? We’ve just clocked that issue in the Test side (finally) and made changes. We need change here as well. And quickly!

    Jase, Wiltshire

  13. A bit of a pause before the 48th over.

    Gurnoor Brar pulled up in his run up, holding his right calf. He's lying on his back with his right foot on the physio's shoulder.

  14. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    We're into areas of the rota that we didn't plan for.

    We didn't think it would go this far.

  15. Eng 257-8

    Single, single, uppercut over the wicketkeeper for four. Joe Root was all over that Jasprit Bumrah bouncer.

    Root adds another single to England's tally before Adil Rashid blocks out the remaining two.

  16. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Edgbaston

    RootGetty Images

    Between November 2023 and February 2025, Joe Root went 15 months without playing a one-dayer. Since then, he's averaging more than 70.

  17. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England mustn't slog a couple in the air here, just give it to Joe because these runs could be crucial.

  18. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Never mind, it's back down to the 260, 270 range.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Archer c Washington b Axar 12 (Eng 250-8)

    Oh, Dan.

    One ball after tonking Axar Patel for six over mid-wicket, Jofra Archer is on his way.

    He went for another big pull but didn't get the desired connection. Washington Sundar snaffled the catch at deep mid-wicket.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    England are looking at 280+ here.