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UPDATE 1-Cricket-Sehwag blasts England as India go 5-0 up

(updates with result)

CUTTACK, India, Nov 26 - Opener Virender Sehwag
smashed 91 to guide India to a six-wicket win with more than six
overs to spare over England in the fifth one-dayer on Wednesday,
the hosts going 5-0 up in the seven-match series.
Sehwag missed out on his 10th one-day hundred but added 136
runs with fellow opener Sachin Tendulkar (50) as India chased
down England's 270 for four.

Skipper Kevin Pietersen compiled 111 not out, his seventh
one-day hundred, to steer England to a solid total after being
asked to bat first.

England bowlers removed Tendulkar, in-form Yuvraj Singh (6)
and Sehwag in the space of 20 runs before the hosts recovered to
reach 273 for four in 43.4 overs.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina struck fifties
and added 94 for the fourth wicket to ensure an easy win.

Pietersen had shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 112
with Owais Shah (66 not out) after adding 89 for the third with
Paul Collingwood (40).

However, the explosive Sehwag struck his fourth fifty of the
series in a 73-ball effort, scoring 15 fours and a six.

The sixth one-dayer will be played in Guwahati on Saturday.
(Writing by N.Ananthanarayanan, editing by Miles Evans)

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