England Batsmen set Oval on Fire

England batsmen made a mockery of Indian bowling line-up and exposed it with fours and sixes. England overcame a poor start to post a mammoth total of 316/6 in the sixth ODI at the Oval. Owais Shah hit his maiden century and built good partnerships with Wright and Mascarenhas. He scored an unbeaten 107 off 95 balls with 11 boundaries and two sixes.

Wright made 50 from 39 balls. Kevin Pietersen made 53, while Ian Bell scored 49. However, it was Mascarenhas who stole the show with his final over blast. He hit Yuvraj Singh for five sixes off five balls to help England post a huge total. The unbroken seventh wicket partnership between Shah and Mascarenhas fetched England 73 runs off 34 balls. Now it's up to the Indian batsmen to do their part to keep the series hope alive.