Twenty20 international: England v India
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Venue: Edgbaston Date: Sunday, 7 September Start time: 15:30 BST
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Prior to the men's game, England women take on South Africa
in a T20 international starting at 10:30 BST. There will be Test Match
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England Twenty20 skipper Eoin Morgan is at a loss to explain his
poor form this summer ahead of his team's match against India at
Edgbaston on Sunday.
Morgan has scored 198 runs in 10 one-day international innings since he returned from injury in March.
"I've worked incredibly hard this year on my game, and I
have been light on runs," said Morgan. "I can't pinpoint exactly where
it's going wrong."
Surrey batsman Jason Roy will make his debut against India.
Roy, 24, was the leading T20 Blast run-scorer with 677 at an average of 48.35 and a strike-rate of almost 160.
The South Africa-born Roy, who played for
England Lions in this summer's triangular series against Sri Lanka A and New Zealand A,
made his first-class debut for Surrey in 2010.
Morgan's international Twenty20 career
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Matches: 49 Innings: 48 Runs: 1,076 Top score: 85 not out Average: 28.31 Strike rate: 128.40 Fours: 99 Sixes: 37 Catches: 21
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But Yorkshire bowler Tim Bresnan has been ruled out of
the one-off match, which concludes England's summer fixtures, with a
shoulder injury.
The match comes on the back of a 3-1 ODI series defeat to India - with England
winning the final game at Headingley
on Friday, a match that saw Joe Root score 113.
"We didn't compete in the first three ODI games we
played against India," added Morgan. "They are a very strong side and
didn't let us play - all credit to them.
"But for us to stand up on Friday, and for Joe Root to
put in the extremely skilful performance that he did - in difficult
circumstances and given the situation when he came in - it was
exceptional.
"Guys can take a lot of confidence from that."
And Morgan backed Alastair Cook, who has been England's
one-day captain since 2011 but is under pressure with former captain
Michael Vaughan
among those who claim he should step down.
"Cooky has been exceptional this summer," said Morgan.
No assurances over captaincy - Cook
"He's been under the pump quite a lot - and in
challenging times in English cricket at the moment, he's come out really
well.
"He's been outstanding dealing with it. I have every confidence in him."
Before the men's game,
England women
take on South Africa in a Twenty20 international which starts at 10:30 BST.
Charlotte Edwards' team won the first two matches of the three-games series by nine wickets and 42 runs.
England T20 squad:
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Ravi
Bopara (Essex), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk), Steven Finn (Middlesex),
Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris
Jordan (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), James Taylor
(Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
India T20 squad:
Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali
Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran
Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma,
Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson (wk), Karn
Sharma.
Umpires:
I Gould and T Robinson
Third umpire:
R Bailey
Match referee:
R Madugalle (SL)