Topley takes record six-for as England level series with Lord's win

Reece Topley took six wickets as England fought back brilliantly from their heavy defeat to India on Tuesday to level the series with a 100-run hammering of their own in the second one-day international at Lord's.

England were bowled out for just 110 in their series-opening 10-wicket drubbing at The Kia Oval, and though they again were skittled short of batting their full 50 overs, their 247-run target ultimately proved far too challenging for India on a testing pitch.

Topley (6-24) claimed record figures for an England bowler in ODI cricket to rip through the Indian batting line-up as the visitors were bundled out for 146 in 38.5 overs.

After India won the toss and elected to insert England for the second time in the series, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow got the innings off to a strong start with 41 put on in the opening nine overs.

Roy (23) was first to go, hugely disappointed to chip one from Hardik Pandya (2-28) straight to the man placed at deep backward square.

Then, when Yuzvendra Chahal (4-47) came on and swiftly saw the back of Jonny Bairstow (38), Joe Root (11) and Ben Stokes (21) in quick succession, with Jos Buttler (4) also bowled by Mohammed Shami (1-48) in among the chaos, England looked in danger of again subsiding with the bat.

Liam Livingstone played a few characteristically eye-catching shots in a run-a-ball 33, but his wicket to Hardik, holing out to deep square-leg, in the 29th over had England 148-6.

That could have been even worse soon after, only for David Willey to be dropped by Prasidh Krishna on one, and he and Moeen Ali subsequently cashed in on the error, putting on a 62-run partnership to see England beyond 200 and to a match-winning total.

In reply, Topley immediately set about his work