Tendulkar fit for final
against England

Sachin Tendulkar will play against England in the NatWest one-day triangular series final at Lord's on Saturday despite an injury scare.

Amrit Mathur, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's director of communications, said on Friday, "He's absolutely fit. He has a minor hamstring strain but will be alright to play."

Tendulkar did not field against Sri Lanka on Thursday as a precaution after scoring 113 at Bristol -- his 33rd one-day international century -- in the 63-run win over Sri Lanka.

India won four of their five group matches to top the table ahead of England. Sri Lanka were eliminated after winning only one of their six matches.

Tendulkar has scored two centuries in the series after being moved down from opener to number four. He is averaging 64.6, the highest by any player in the competition.

India have lost their last nine one-day tournament finals, a run stretching back to 1998, when they lost to Zimbabwe in Sharjah. Their last defeat in a final was against South Africa in November.

England ended a run of 11 one-day defeats against Zimbabwe last year before drawing a one-day series 3-3 in India.

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