England win toss and bat, Flintoff ruled out

LONDON, Sep 5 (Reuters) England all rounders Andrew Flintoff and Ravi Bopara have both been ruled out of the sixth one-day international against India at The Oval today.

Flintoff was not risked because of discomfort in his troublesome left ankle, while Bopara misses out after breaking a thumb in the fifth match which India won to trail 3-2.

Sussex's Luke Wright comes in for his England debut while Dimitri Mascarenhas also plays.

England captain Paul Collingwood won the toss and elected to bat on a hard Oval wicket. Victory will seal a series win for England with just Saturday's Lord's match to come.

India made one change to the side which won at Headingley with opener Dinesh Karthik replaced by Robin Uthappa.

Teams: England - Alastair Cook, Matt Prior (wkt), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Monty Panesar, James Anderson.

India - Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid (capt), MS Dhoni (wkt), Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Zaheer Khan.

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