Ground Report

Rain plays spoilsport in the 1st of the 5match oneday Natwest series between India  and England played at Chester-Le-Street.India batted first  scoredm 274/7 in their stipulated 50 overs thanks to contribution from Parthiv Patel, Virat kohli, Ajinka Rahane & cameo from Raina & Dhoni at the end.England in reply were 27/2 where rain finally stopped play.Pravin Kumar took both the wickets of the openers Cook  & Kieswetter