Enngland handed over series to tourists

Edgbaston: India gave England a mortifying nine-wicket fourth one-day- international defeat at Edgbaston and also have won the series by 3-0.

England batting first , able manage only 207 runs to give India a target. Ajinkya Rahane batting superbly made 106 and Shikhar Dhawan 97 not out as India won with 117 balls remaining.

England never cured from collapsing to 23-3 after being asked to bat.

From England's side only Moeen Ali, who made 67 from 52 deliveries, showed some kind of eloquence and England's 206 could not become that of aggressive as expected.

Three clumsy depiction made England to have a defeat in their home ground before World Cup, with seven matches in Sri Lanka and a tri-series against Australia and India to come before the tournament begins on 14 February.

England's captain Cook responded indignantly to former off-spinner Graeme Swann's opinion that England cannot win the World Cup - claims that came before a ball was bowled in this series - but conclusions have only proved Swann's suggestion.
This latest depressing performance saw the bulk of England's batsmen impotent ofplaying and making runs when faced with authentic, but not overwhelming, bowling, while the home attack was then obliterated by Rahane and Dhawan.

This series, which represents the beginning of both teams´continues-in to next year´s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, finished at Headingley on Friday.