with all the details here's our reporter henry moeran. here's our reporter henry moeran. were dominant indian england were dominant against an indian team at the start of the series after the vydra at trent bridge looked as though they could run away with the series. england underlined their credentials as the number one team. performances from joe root, back—to—back ioos, number one team. performances from joe root, back—to—backioos, don't come around often and he has proven why he is one of the world's best and he has given himself confidence ahead of the test series to follow. the big prize for england is 12 months away with the world cup on english soil. we have to concentrate on making sure we look to improve and we keep learning. and keep developing as a team. we still have some young guys in the team who can do some special things for a number of years, not just the world cup, and we have to drive that forward. when we get opportunities to be ruthless, like we did today, we have to drive it home and it is nice to put the thinking i

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henry moeran was at the oval.ch of this double—header, the first match between the surrey stars and lancashire thundered going to lancashire thundered going to lancashire thundered. the surrey stars captain hit 95 not out. 149 the target for thunder. it ended 34 not out to win the game. impressive start and impressive run of form for thunder. they have now won three on the bounce and they are the inform tea m the bounce and they are the inform team in the competition. the england hockey team play their next match at the women's world cup in just over an hour. they failed to qualify directly for the quarterfinals after only winning one of their three group games. so they have a play—off match against korea, with the winners going on to face the favourites the netherlands in the last 8. jo currie sent us this from queen elizabeth olympic park in east london. sta kes stakes could not be much higherfor england tonight, a win would see them progress to the quarterfinals to play netherlands on thursday. if they lose the