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England captain Strauss was unbeaten on 41 in a score of 62 for three after 15 overs of the day-night contest against Australia at the Rose Bowl.

Strauss, top scorer in this summer's 2-1 Test series win, has seen his side struggle in pursuit of modest scores during the current limited-overs campaign. So his innings at least provided hope that one of the top six could go on and develop a start.

He shared an opening stand of 41 with Ravi Bopara, whose departure came when he attempted a second six off Nathan Bracken.

Matt Prior then pulled straight to square-leg without addition to the score, and Mitchell Johnson doubled his wicket haul when Owais Shah was adjudged lbw to a delivery which appeared to be going on past off-stump.

Both sides were unchanged for a pivotal contest in the series, one which England must win to claw things back to 2-1.

Light rain had threatened to delay the start, but the toss did take place on time.

Strauss won the toss for the third consecutive match and chose to bat despite the damp conditions.