England's attack struggled to make inroads against a Mumbai XI today in their final warm-up match before the start of the one-day international series against India.

Having decided to make two changes from Sunday's 12-a-side win - Owais Shah was rested while Stuart Broad was ruled out with a sore right knee - England are hoping for an emphatic display to boost their options before the start of the one-day series in Rajkot on Friday.

But after claiming an early success, the tourists were frustrated by a stubborn second wicket partnership which guided the Mumbai XI to 40 for one after 15 overs after they were put into bat.

Today's game gave another opportunity to Lancashire seamer James Anderson to reclaim his place after being left out of the Stanford showdown in Antigua.

He impressed during Sunday's warm-up triumph by claiming three wickets and captured another early scalp when opener Paul Valthaty edged low to Graeme Swann at first slip.

Valthaty already had one reprieve in the first over of the match when he edged Anderson behind but wicketkeeper Matt Prior failed to take the chance after diving low to his right.

Steve Harmison was unfortunate not to claim a wicket in the next over when he had two appeals for a catch behind and an lbw shout denied against fellow opener Rohan Bagade.

But having survived a testing early spell, Bagade grew in confidence and claimed his first boundary with a deft late cut behind point off Harmison.

New batsman Sushant Marathe settled quickly and drove Anderson down the ground for his first boundary and despite introducing Andrew Flintoff and Swann into the attack, England struggled to break the partnership.

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